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Running Battle

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Sega

Genre: Action^[1]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
EU	1991		7037
BX	199x
UK	1991-10^[2]^[3]	£29.9929.99^[4]^[5]	7037
AU	199x
MX	199x
BR	1992-03^[6]

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Running Battle is a simplistic beat-'em-up released for the Sega Master System. Players will take control of Police Detective Sgt. Gray as he attempts to infiltrate the "Dark Zone", a place in the city so dangerous even police are reluctant to enter, and bring the killers of his partner Brody to justice.

Released only in Europe and Brazil, the game received mixed to negative reviews due to the repetitive gameplay, backgrounds and soundtrack.

The instruction manual is unique by the fact that it contains several comic book-style story segments, which is unusual for a manual of an overseas Master System release.

Production credits

Hikoshi Hashimoto^[7]

Source:

Uncredited

Magazine articles

Main article: Running Battle/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #120: "November 1991" (1991-10-15)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Ação Games (BR)

63

^[8]

Consoles + (FR)

PAL

70

^[9]

Console XS (UK)

PAL

79

^[10]

Joystick (FR)

PAL

73

^[11]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

50

^[12]

Mean Machines (UK)

PAL

54

^[13]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

54

^[14]

Player One (FR)

PAL

78

^[15]

Play Time (DE)

26

^[16]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

23

^[5]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

66

^[17]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

44

^[18]

Sega Force (UK)

PAL

69

^[19]

	58
Based on 13 reviews

Running Battle

Master System, EU
Cover
Cart

Master System, BX^†
Cover
Cart Manual

Master System, CZ/SK (ITO CS)
Cover
Cart Manual

Master System, AU
Cover
Cart

Master System, BR
Cover
Cart

Master System, MX
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	1fdae719
MD5	c32c95222ce705c0c93732a8922f7453
SHA-1	8f680b3a9782304a2f879f6590dc78ea4e366163

256kB

Cartridge (EU)

References

Running Battle
	Main page \| Maps \| Hidden content \| Development \| Magazine articles \| Reception No results

[:File:RunningBattle_SMS_EU_Box.jpg_p-1] File:RunningBattle SMS EU Box.jpg

[:File:SegaPro_UK_01.pdf_p9-2] Sega Pro, "November 1991" (UK; 1991-xx-xx), page 9

[:File:SegaPower_UK_24.pdf_p11-3] Sega Power, "November 1991" (UK; 1991-10-04), page 11

[:File:CVG_UK_120.pdf_p83-4] Computer & Video Games, "November 1991" (UK; 1991-10-15), page 83

[:File:SegaPower_UK_28.pdf_p47-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Sega Power, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-06), page 47

[:File:Supergame_BR_08.pdf_p44-6] Supergame, "Março 1992" (BR; 1992-03-xx), page 44

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20210722011140.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fhikoshi.matrix.jp.2Fprof.2Findex.shtml-7] ttp://hikoshi.matrix.jp/prof/index.shtml (Wayback Machine: 2021-07-22 01:11)

[:File:AcaoGames_BR_010.pdf_p36-8] Ação Games, "Fevereiro 1992" (BR; 1992-02-xx), page 36

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_006.pdf_p124-9] Consoles +, "Février 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 124

[:File:Console_XS_UK_01.pdf_p144-10] Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 144

[:File:Joystick_FR_023.pdf_p125-11] Joystick, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 125

[:File:MegaForce_FR_04.pdf_p96-12] Mega Force, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 1992-01-15), page 96

[:File:MeanMachines_UK_17.pdf_p56-13] Mean Machines, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-27), page 56

[:File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p135-14] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 135

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_017.pdf_p85-15] Player One, "Février 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 85

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1992-02.pdf_p90-16] Play Time, "2/92" (DE; 1992-01-08), page 90

[:File:SegaPro_UK_05.pdf_p36-17] Sega Pro, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-20), page 36

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p72-18] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 72

[:File:SegaForce_UK_02.pdf_p30-19] Sega Force, "Februrary 1992" (UK; 1992-01-23), page 30

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-{{sub-stub}}'''''Running Battle''''' is a simplistic beat-'em-up released for the [[Sega Master System]].
+{{stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is a simplistic beat-'em-up released for the [[Sega Master System]]. Players will take control of Police Detective Sgt. Gray as he attempts to infiltrate the "Dark Zone", a place in the city so dangerous even police are reluctant to enter, and bring the killers of his partner Brody to justice.
+Released only in Europe and Brazil, the game received mixed to negative reviews due to the repetitive gameplay, backgrounds and soundtrack.
+The instruction manual is unique by the fact that it contains several comic book-style story segments, which is unusual for a manual of an overseas Master System release.
+==Production credits==
+{{creditstable|
+*[[Hikoshi Hashimoto]]{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20210722011140/http://hikoshi.matrix.jp/prof/index.shtml}}
+| console=SMS
+| source=Uncredited
+}}
+==Magazine articles==
+{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Magazine articles}}
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+|cvg|120|82-83
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 }}
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+{{ratings|SMS}}
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+{{Scanbox
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+| console=Master System
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+| region=EU
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+| cover=RunningBattle SMS EU Box.jpg
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 {{Scanbox
 | console=Master System
-| region=EU
+| region=BX
+| cover=RunningBattle SMS BX Box front.jpg
+| cart=RunningBattle SMS EU Cart.jpg
+| manual=Notavailable.svg
+}}
+{{Scanbox
+| console=Master System
+| region=CZ/SK ([[ITO CS]])
 | cover=RunningBattle SMS EU Box.jpg
 | cart=RunningBattle SMS EU Cart.jpg
-}}{{Scanbox
+| manual=RunningBattle SMS CZ Manual.png
+}}
+{{Scanbox
 | console=Master System
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-| cover=
+| cover=RunningBattle SMS AU cover.jpg
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-}}{{scanbox
+}}{{Scanbox
 | console=Master System
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+}}{{Scanbox
+| console=Master System
+| region=MX
+| cover=RunningBattle SMS MX Box.jpg
+| cart=RunningBattle SMS EU Cart.jpg
+}}
+==Technical information==
+===ROM dump status===
+{{romtable|
+{{rom|SMS|sha1=8F680B3A9782304A2F879F6590DC78EA4E366163|md5=C32C95222CE705C0C93732A8922F7453|crc32=1FDAE719|size=256kB|date= |source=Cartridge (EU)|comments=|quality=|prototype=}}
 }}
 ==References==
 <references/>
+{{RunningBattleOmni}}