Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine

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Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine

Genre: Shooting

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1994		T-153015
BR	1996-12	R$69.9969.99	063486

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Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine is a Sega Mega-CD full motion video rail shoot-'em-up game. It was only released in North America.

Gameplay

Loadstar borrows a similar gameplay style from the earlier Mega-CD game, Sewer Shark - quite literally "on rails", the player takes the roll of Tully Bodine, piloting his ship called the "Loadstar" to various destinations. Gameplay consists of turning left or right at junctions, and occasionally moving a crosshair to shoot down nearby enemies.

If the player does not crash and is not destroyed, Loadstar takes roughly 50 minutes to complete (including FMV sequences).

History

Development

Having invested in Rocket Science Games, Sega demanded that Loadstar was released on the Mega-CD first, despite the console's shortcomings when it came to rendering FMV footage^[1].

Through the eyes of senior developer Brian Moriarty, many of the staff being Loadstar were attempting to use the project to better their chances of getting into film production for Hollywood. Very few were knowledgeable when it came to video games, to the point where CEO Steve Blank would not even let his children play video games at the time^[1].

Moriarty suggests Loadstar did the minimum to get past Sega's quality standards, and was hated by Sega's staff^[1].

Magazine articles

Main article: Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in GamePro (US) #64: "November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #65: "December 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:

Next Generation (US) #1: "Premiere Issue 1995" (1994-12-08)^[2]
GamePro (US) #66: "January 1995" (199x-xx-xx)^[3]
VideoGames (US) #72: "January 1995" (199x-xx-xx)^[4]

Print advert in Edge (UK) #16: "January 1995" (1994-11-24)
also published in:

Computer & Video Games (UK) #158: "January 1995" (1994-12-15)^[5]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Consoles + (FR)

NTSC-U

83

^[6]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[10]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

66

^[11]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

72

^[12]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[13]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

66

^[14]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

79

^[15]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-U

39

^[7]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

25

^[8]

Player One (FR)

40

^[16]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[17]

	61
Based on 11 reviews

Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Mega-CD, BR
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

657,678,000

CD (BR)

063486

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 File:NextGeneration US 40.pdf, page 46
↑ Next Generation, "Premiere Issue 1995" (US; 1994-12-08), page 16
↑ GamePro, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 4
↑ VideoGames, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 14
↑ Computer & Video Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 2
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 File:ConsolesPlus FR 040.pdf, page 150 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ConsolesPlus FR 040.pdf_p150" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 File:MeanMachinesSega27UK.pdf, page 112 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega27UK.pdf_p112" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 File:NextGeneration US 01.pdf, page 104 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:NextGeneration US 01.pdf_p104" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:PlayerOne FR 050.pdf, page 99
↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 188
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 42
↑ GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 12: December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 26
↑ GamePro, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 52
↑ MAN!AC, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 60
↑ Mega Force, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 76
↑ Player One, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 101
↑ VideoGames, "February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 66

[:File:NextGeneration_US_40.pdf_p46-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 File:NextGeneration US 40.pdf, page 46

[:File:NextGeneration_US_01.pdf_p16-2] Next Generation, "Premiere Issue 1995" (US; 1994-12-08), page 16

[:File:GamePro_US_066.pdf_p4-3] GamePro, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 4

[:File:VideoGames_US_72.pdf_p14-4] VideoGames, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 14

[:File:CVG_UK_158.pdf_p2-5] Computer & Video Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 2

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_040.pdf_p150-6] 6.0 ^6.1 File:ConsolesPlus FR 040.pdf, page 150 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ConsolesPlus FR 040.pdf_p150" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:MeanMachinesSega27UK.pdf_p112-7] 7.0 ^7.1 File:MeanMachinesSega27UK.pdf, page 112 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega27UK.pdf_p112" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:NextGeneration_US_01.pdf_p104-8] 8.0 ^8.1 File:NextGeneration US 01.pdf, page 104 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:NextGeneration US 01.pdf_p104" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_050.pdf_p99-9] File:PlayerOne FR 050.pdf, page 99

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_27.pdf_p188-10] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 188

[:File:EGM_US_066.pdf_p42-11] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 42

[:File:GameFan_US_0212.pdf_p26-12] GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 12: December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 26

[:File:GamePro_US_067.pdf_p52-13] GamePro, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 52

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-01.pdf_p60-14] MAN!AC, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 60

[:File:MegaForce_FR_36.pdf_p76-15] Mega Force, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 76

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_050.pdf_p101-16] Player One, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 101

[:File:VideoGames_US_73.pdf_p66-17] VideoGames, "February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 66

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Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine

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Contents

Gameplay

History

Development

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References