Maken X

n/a

Maken X

Publisher: Sega (US, Europe), Atlus (Japan)

Developer: Atlus

Peripherals supported: Jump Pack, Visual Memory Unit, Dreamcast VGA Box

Genre: Adventure^[1]^[2]^[3]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1999-11-25^[2]	¥6,800 (7,140)6,800e^[2]	T-14401M
US	2000-04-29^[4]	$49.9549.95^[5]	51050
EU	2000-07-07		MK-51050-50
DE	2000-07-07	DM 109109^[8]	MK-51050-50
FR	2000-07-07		MK-51050-50
UK	2000-07-07^[6]	£39.9939.99^[7]^[6]	MK-51050-50
AU	2000	$89.9589.95^[9]

Maken X (魔剣Ｘ) is an adventure game for the Sega Dreamcast played in the first person perspective.

Story

Maken refers to the sword with special abilities that also allows the game's protagonist, Kay Sagami, to brainjack certain opponents to take control of them.

Gameplay

Maken X plays as a first person action adventure game with combat being the main focus. Your character will make use of a sword or sword-like weapon. You'll start off with Kay wielding the Maken sword. To progress through the story you will also run across other characters who can be "Brainjacked" which allows to not only take control of a character, but gain their memories as well as help unfold the story from a different character's viewpoint.

Characters

Each character has different stats as well as special attacks which also causes progress in stages to differ between playable characters. You can only Brain jack characters so long as your current Brainjack level matches or exceeds a target character. The previous host character will stay in a level they were list in should there be a need to go back to other characters.

World Map

You will have a choice to select a stage from the World Map that will also branch out to other possible paths depending on which character is being used and which order the levels are played in. The map also provides chances to save game progress and

History

Development

Much of the staff behind Maken X were responsible for one of Atlus' flagship series Shin Megami Tensei.

Legacy

Maken X was later released in an updated form for the PlayStation 2 under the name Maken Shao: Demon Sword which makes significant gameplay changes such as making the game play from a third person perspective. Sega was not involved with the PlayStation 2 version.

The story was also adapted for a manga series under the name Maken X Another.

Production credits

Art Director: Kazuma Kaneko
Director: Katsura Hashino

Planner

Sub System Planner / Stage Planner: Takashi Miyasaka
Stage Planner: Nobutaka Shimizu, Kazuyuki Yamai, Kiyoshi Shin
Enemy Algorithm Planner: Kazuya Usui, Daisuke Kanada
Scenario Writer / Event Planner: Kazunori Sakai
Event Planner: Azusa Kido

Programmer

Leader / Main Programmer: Tai Yamaguchi
Sub-System Programmer: Masaya Takano
Enemy Algorithm Programmer: Tomohiro Hosoya, Tamotsu Sekiguchi
Event Programmer: Masahiro Horikoshi
Tool Programmer / 3D Effect Programmer: Takahiro Akiyama
2D Effect Programmer / Sound Programmer: Kazuya Mukae

Designer

Leader / Event Designer: Tatsuya Igarashi
Stage Designer: Eri Nishimura, Makoto Kitano, Masahumi Hondou, Tetsuya Murakami, Masakatsu Suzuki, Eisuke Matsuda, Maki Kurimoto, Yoshiharu Hayakawa
Character Model Designer: Eiji Ishida, Masaaki Sato, Fumihiro Kimura, Satoshi Kasahara
Event Designer: Kazuhisa Wada, Hiroaki Izutsu, Akira Noguchi, Homi Hada
Effect Designer: Satoshi Shio, Towako Kajiie
Window Designer: Ayako Fukuzawa, Mayuko Kokubo, Masayuki Doi
Publishing Designer: Megumi Shiraishi

Sound Composer

Leader / 3D-Sound Designer: Takahiro Ogata
Composer: Shoji Meguro
CG Cooperate: Links Corporation
CG Supervisor: Ikuo Nishii
CG Producer: Mikitaka Kurasawa
CG Chief Animator: Masaru Matsumoto
CG Animator: Miyuki Uetsuki
CG Assistant Animator: Tarou Mizoguchi
CG Technical Adviser: Yoshihisa Hirano
Product Manager: Jun-Ichi Murakami
Cast: Mayumi Iizuka (Yaegaki Jimusho), Tsutomu Takakura (81 Produce), Kujira (81 Produce), Shinichi Nakamura (Artsvision), Isshin Chiba (Artsvision), Mami Kusuge (Artsvision), Miki Ito (Osawa Office), Chikara Watanabe (Osawa Office), Mitsuaki Hoshino (Ezaki Production), Osamu Saka (Aoni Production)
Recording Studio: Space Velio

Debug Team

Manager: Kazufumi Honma
Chief: Kazuhito Aragane
Test Player: Atsushi Watanabe, Yuji Kimura, Juntaro Tanaka, Tetsuya Oomoto, Masaru Watanabe, Mayumi Ishizuka, Kei Saito, Hirokazu Ito, Keitaro Waku, Haruka Nakahira, Kazuyoshi Saito, Tetsuo Saito, Eiichi Sato, Yasuhiro Tanaka
Special Thanks: Masami Sato, Kiyomi Yuhara, Yuuko Sekine, Kouichi Nakamura, Emi Kanamori, Yasushi Yamashita (Sega Enterprises, Ltd.), Ken-Ei Unoki (Sega Enterprises, Ltd.), And Other Sega Staffs, All R&D1 Staffs
General Producer: Hideyuki Yokoyama
Exective Producer: Naoya Harano
Produced by: Cozy Okada
Presented by: R&D1 Reserch And Development, Atlus

Source:

In-game credits (JP)

Product Development:
- Localization Producer: Jason Kuo
- Localization Manager: Osamu Shibamiya
- VP of Product Development: Jin Shimazaki
- Lead Product Analyst: Todd Slepian
- Assistant Lead Analysts: Joey Edwards, Jonas Robledo
Marketing:
- Product Manager: Robert Alvarez
- Product Marketing Specialist: Dennis Lee
- Marketing Director: John Golden
- Public Relations: Heather Hawkins
- Creative Services: Bob Schonfisch, Angela Santos
Project Management (SOJ): Koji Kuroki
Manual Production Staff (SOJ):
- Writer/Editor/Translator: Luke Valentine
- Writer: Jun-ichi Murakami (ATLUS)
- DTP Operator: Makoto Nishino
- Supervisor: Kaoru Ichigozaki
Special Thanks to: Rick Bowman, Sandy Castagnola, Shinobu Shindo (SOJ)

Source:

US manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Maken X/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #1999-37: "1999-37 (1999-12-03)" (1999-11-19)

Print advert in Neo Plus (PL) #30: "Marzec 2001" (2001-xx-xx)
also published in:

Neo Plus (PL) #31: "Kwiecień 2001" (2001-xx-xx)^[10]
Neo Plus (PL) #32: "Maj 2001" (2001-xx-xx)^[11]
Neo Plus (PL) #33: "Czerwiec 2001" (2001-xx-xx)^[12]
Neo Plus (PL) #34: "Lipiec-Sierpień 2001" (2001-xx-xx)^[13]
Neo Plus (PL) #35: "Wrzesień 2001" (2001-xx-xx)^[14]

Artwork

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

576 Konzol (HU)

67

^[22]

Arcade (UK)

PAL

25

^[15]

Bonus (YU)

PAL

83

^[23]

Consoles + (FR)

NTSC-J

88

^[24]

Consoles + (FR)

PAL

65

^[25]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

25

^[7]

Dreamcast Monthly (UK)

PAL

70

^[26]

DC-UK (UK)

PAL

80

^[27]

Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR)

PAL

50

^[28]

Dreamcast Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

83

^[18]

Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

NTSC-J

75

^[20]

Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

PAL

85

^[6]

Dorimaga (JP)

NTSC-J

85

^[19]

Edge (UK)

NTSC-J

60

^[21]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

58

^[29]

Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)

83

^[30]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[31]

Fun Generation (DE)

PAL

72

^[32]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

88

^[33]

Gamers' Republic (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[34]

Hyper (AU)

PAL

75

^[9]

Incite Video Gaming (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[35]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

50

^[36]

Joypad (IT)

NTSC-J

70

^[37]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC-J

45

^[38]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

58

^[39]

Neo Plus (PL)

50

^[40]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

25

^[41]

Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

PAL

50

^[42]

Official Dreamcast Magazine (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[43]

Playmag (FR)

PAL

55

^[44]

Sega Magazin (DE)

PAL

70

^[8]

Strana Igr (RU)

80

^[45]

Strana Igr (RU)

70

^[46]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

61

^[47]

	66
Based on 35 reviews

Maken X

Dreamcast, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual Inlay Reg Card Dream Point Bank card

Dreamcast, US
Cover
Disc Inlay

Dreamcast, EU
Cover
Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments

External links

Sega of America webpage: Dreamcast
Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast

References

↑ File:MakenX DC JP Box Back.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 http://sega.jp/dc/990702/ (Wayback Machine: 2009-02-20 17:43)
↑ https://sega.jp/history/hard/dreamcast/software_l.html#tab01 (Wayback Machine: 2020-02-01 22:57)
↑ http://www.sega.com:80/sega/catalog/SegaProduct.jhtml?PRODID=180 (Wayback Machine: 2002-04-13 18:54)
↑ Press release: 2000-04-25: Maken X for Sega Dreamcast Introduces a New Approach to First Person Fighting Games
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 12" (UK; 2000-08-10), page 62
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Computer & Video Games, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-16), page 112
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 Sega Magazin, "September 2000" (DE; 2000-07-31), page 18
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 Hyper, "September 2000" (AU; 2000-xx-xx), page 72
↑ Neo Plus, "Kwiecień 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 100
↑ Neo Plus, "Maj 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 100
↑ Neo Plus, "Czerwiec 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 100
↑ Neo Plus, "Lipiec-Sierpień 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 84
↑ Neo Plus, "Wrzesień 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 84
↑ ^15.0 ^15.1 Arcade, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-11), page 85
↑ Consoles +, "Janvier 2000" (FR; xxxx-xx-xx), page 96/97 (96)
↑ Consoles +, "Août 2000" (FR; 2000-07-xx), page 84/85 (84)
↑ ^18.0 ^18.1 Dreamcast Magazine, "1999-37 (1999-12-03)" (JP; 1999-11-19), page 24
↑ ^19.0 ^19.1 Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 34
↑ ^20.0 ^20.1 Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 4" (UK; 1999-12-23), page 74
↑ ^21.0 ^21.1 Edge, "February 2000" (UK; 2000-01-26), page 85
↑ 576 Konzol, "Augusztus 2000" (HU; 2000-xx-xx), page 43
↑ Bonus, "9/2000" (YU; 2000-12-25), page 52
↑ Consoles +, "Janvier 2000" (FR; xxxx-xx-xx), page 96
↑ Consoles +, "Août 2000" (FR; 2000-07-xx), page 84
↑ Dreamcast Monthly, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-03), page 74
↑ DC-UK, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-02), page 68
↑ Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel, "Septembre/Octobre 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 72
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 2000" (US; 2000-05-09), page 160
↑ Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 115
↑ Famitsu, "1999-12-03" (JP; 1999-11-19), page 30
↑ Fun Generation, "08/2000" (DE; 2000-07-19), page 63
↑ GamePro, "July 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 94
↑ Gamers' Republic, "May 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 62
↑ Incite Video Gaming, "July 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 96
↑ Joypad, "Septembre 2000" (FR; 2000-xx-xx), page 158
↑ Joypad, "Gennaio 2000" (IT; xxxx-xx-xx), page 84
↑ MAN!AC, "02/2000" (DE; 2000-01-05), page 45
↑ MAN!AC, "09/2000" (DE; 2000-08-02), page 72
↑ Neo Plus, "Wrzesień 2000" (PL; 2000-xx-xx), page 40
↑ Next Generation, "July 2000" (US; 2000-06-20), page 90
↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-03), page 72
↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "July/August 2000" (US; 2000-06-06), page 102
↑ Playmag, "Septembre 2000" (FR; 2000-xx-xx), page 138
↑ Strana Igr, "Fevral 2000 2/2" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 53
↑ Strana Igr, "Sentyabr 2000 2/2" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 19
↑ Video Games, "09/2000" (DE; 2000-08-02), page 85

Maken X

Books: Maken X Koushiki Guide Book (1999)

Prototypes: 2000-02-09

[:File:MakenX_DC_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:MakenX DC JP Box Back.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20090220174349.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fdc.2F990702.2F-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 http://sega.jp/dc/990702/ (Wayback Machine: 2009-02-20 17:43)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200201225739.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fhistory.2Fhard.2Fdreamcast.2Fsoftware_l.html.23tab01-3] ttps://sega.jp/history/hard/dreamcast/software_l.html#tab01 (Wayback Machine: 2020-02-01 22:57)

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[Press_release:_2000-04-25:_Maken_X_for_Sega_Dreamcast_Introduces_a_New_Approach_to_First_Person_Fighting_Games-5] Press release: 2000-04-25: Maken X for Sega Dreamcast Introduces a New Approach to First Person Fighting Games

[:File:DreamcastMagazine_UK_12.pdf_p62-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 12" (UK; 2000-08-10), page 62

[:File:CVG_UK_226.pdf_p112-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Computer & Video Games, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-16), page 112

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_82.pdf_p18-8] 8.0 ^8.1 Sega Magazin, "September 2000" (DE; 2000-07-31), page 18

[:File:Hyper_AU_083.pdf_p72-9] 9.0 ^9.1 Hyper, "September 2000" (AU; 2000-xx-xx), page 72

[10] Neo Plus, "Kwiecień 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 100

[11] Neo Plus, "Maj 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 100

[12] Neo Plus, "Czerwiec 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 100

[13] Neo Plus, "Lipiec-Sierpień 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 84

[:File:Neo_Plus_35_PL.pdf_p84-14] Neo Plus, "Wrzesień 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 84

[:File:Arcade_UK_23.pdf_p85-15] 15.0 ^15.1 Arcade, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-11), page 85

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_096.pdf_p96_.2896.2F97.29-16] Consoles +, "Janvier 2000" (FR; xxxx-xx-xx), page 96/97 (96)

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_103.pdf_p84_.2884.2F85.29-17] Consoles +, "Août 2000" (FR; 2000-07-xx), page 84/85 (84)

[:File:DCM_JP_19991203_1999-37.pdf_p24-18] 18.0 ^18.1 Dreamcast Magazine, "1999-37 (1999-12-03)" (JP; 1999-11-19), page 24

[:File:Dorimaga_JP_20021011_2002-18.pdf_p34-19] 19.0 ^19.1 Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 34

[:File:Dreamcast_Magazine_04.pdf_p74-20] 20.0 ^20.1 Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 4" (UK; 1999-12-23), page 74

[:File:Edge_UK_081.pdf_p85-21] 21.0 ^21.1 Edge, "February 2000" (UK; 2000-01-26), page 85

[22] 576 Konzol, "Augusztus 2000" (HU; 2000-xx-xx), page 43

[:File:Bonus_9_SCG.pdf_p52-23] Bonus, "9/2000" (YU; 2000-12-25), page 52

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_096.pdf_p96-24] Consoles +, "Janvier 2000" (FR; xxxx-xx-xx), page 96

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_103.pdf_p84-25] Consoles +, "Août 2000" (FR; 2000-07-xx), page 84

[:File:DreamcastMonthly_UK_12.pdf_p74-26] Dreamcast Monthly, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-03), page 74

[:File:DCUK_UK_13.pdf.E2.80.8E_p68-27] DC-UK, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-02), page 68

[:File:DLMO_FR_06.pdf_p72-28] Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel, "Septembre/Octobre 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 72

[:File:EGM_US_131.pdf_p160-29] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 2000" (US; 2000-05-09), page 160

[30] Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 115

[31] Famitsu, "1999-12-03" (JP; 1999-11-19), page 30

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_55.pdf_p63-32] Fun Generation, "08/2000" (DE; 2000-07-19), page 63

[:File:GamePro_US_142.pdf_p94-33] GamePro, "July 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 94

[:File:GamersRepublic_US_24.pdf_p62-34] Gamers' Republic, "May 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 62

[:File:InciteVideoGaming_US_8.pdf_p96-35] Incite Video Gaming, "July 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 96

[:File:Joypad_FR_100.pdf_p158-36] Joypad, "Septembre 2000" (FR; 2000-xx-xx), page 158

[:File:Joypad_IT_01.pdf_p84-37] Joypad, "Gennaio 2000" (IT; xxxx-xx-xx), page 84

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_2000-02.pdf_p45-38] MAN!AC, "02/2000" (DE; 2000-01-05), page 45

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_2000-09.pdf_p72-39] MAN!AC, "09/2000" (DE; 2000-08-02), page 72

[40] Neo Plus, "Wrzesień 2000" (PL; 2000-xx-xx), page 40

[:File:NextGeneration_US_67.pdf_p90-41] Next Generation, "July 2000" (US; 2000-06-20), page 90

[:File:ODM_UK_11.pdf_p72-42] Official Dreamcast Magazine, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-03), page 72

[:File:ODCM_US_06.pdf_p102-43] Official Dreamcast Magazine, "July/August 2000" (US; 2000-06-06), page 102

[:File:Playmag_FR_50.pdf_p138-44] Playmag, "Septembre 2000" (FR; 2000-xx-xx), page 138

[45] Strana Igr, "Fevral 2000 2/2" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 53

[46] Strana Igr, "Sentyabr 2000 2/2" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 19

[:File:VideoGames_DE_2000-09.pdf_p85-47] Video Games, "09/2000" (DE; 2000-08-02), page 85

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Maken X

From Sega Retro

Contents

Story

Gameplay

Characters

World Map

History

Development

Legacy

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Artwork

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

External links

References