Magical Drop

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Magical Drop
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Data East
Developer:
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (10 tracks)
Genre: Puzzle

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Saturn
JP
¥5,8005,800 T-1304G

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Magical Drop (マジカルドロップ) is a puzzle game and the first in the Magical Drop series. It was released for the Sega Saturn exclusively in Japan.

A North American release appears to have been planned, as the game appeared at E3 1997[1].

Production credits

  • Game Design: Jun Fuxima, Hirotaka Inaba, Mar Kun
  • Programmer: Jun Fuxima, Toshiharu Kume
  • Graphic Staff: Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Ytomoyuki Arakawa, Kazunori Kosugi, Koichi Ishikawa, Misaki Tsukada, Yoshitane The Star 95, Miyuki Uetsuki, Taguchin 7.20, Okakumi
  • Character voice: Eriko Kodaira, Ojisang Nakamoto, Yu Mizuhima, Mitsuyo Sunada, Eri Tanaka
  • Sound Staff: Maro
  • Special Thanks: Norio Sunohara, Yoshihiro Miyazaki, Toshio Kawamoto, Nobuko Kurihara, Kiomi Oshima, Hiro Ohtsubo, Hirorin, Sixx Yuji, Bigjohn
  • Project Leader: Yasuhiro Sugahara
  • Project Manager: Toshihisa Ugata
  • Sega Sound Library by: InVision Interactive

Data East

Source:
In-game credits
MagicalDrop1 Saturn JP SSEnding.pdf
[2]


Magazine articles

Main article: Magical Drop/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

MagicalDrop Saturn JP Flyer.pdf

PDF
Flyer
MagicalDrop Saturn JP Flyer.pdf

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
63 №366, p33
84 №42, p78/79[3]
60 №1995-14, p200[4]
64 №, p13[5]
Sega Saturn
68
Based on
4 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
63
[6]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-J
84
[3]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
63
[7]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
60
[8]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
64
[5]
Sega Saturn
67
Based on
5 reviews

Magical Drop

Saturn, JP
MagicalDrop Saturn JP Box Back.jpgMagicalDrop Saturn JP Box Front.jpg
Cover
MagicalDrop Saturn JP Spinecard.jpg
Spinecard
MagicalDrop Saturn JP Disc.jpg
Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Saturn
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
407,218,224 1995-11-11 CD-ROM (JP) T-1304G V1.002

References

  1. File:EGM US Supplement E31997.pdf, page 9
  2. File:MagicalDrop1_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf
  3. 3.0 3.1 File:MeanMachinesSega42UK.pdf, page 78 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega42UK.pdf_p78" defined multiple times with different content
  4. File:SSM_JP_19951222_1995-14.pdf, page 202
  5. 5.0 5.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 15 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p15" defined multiple times with different content
  6. Famitsu, "1995-12-22" (JP; 1995-12-08), page 1
  7. Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 4" (JP; 1996-02-02), page 62
  8. Sega Saturn Magazine, "1995-14 (1995-12-22)" (JP; 1995-12-08), page 202