StarBlade

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StarBlade

Publisher: Namco, Sega (EU)

Developer: Namco

Genre: Shooting

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1994-10-28	¥7,8007,800	T-14014
US	1994		T-14025
EU	1994-11^[1]		4284-50

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StarBlade (スターブレード) is a 1991 arcade game developed by Namco which was later ported to the Sega Mega-CD in 1994. It is an on-the-rails shooter, set in space, where the player's aim is to gun down enemies and not be killed. It is compatible with the Sega Mouse and XE-1 AP.

Production credits

This article needs a list of production credits, either from the game itself, a manual, or other reliable source.

note: the staff roll shown at the end of the game is that of the arcade version; whether a staff list for the port is available is unknown

Magazine articles

Main article: StarBlade/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #21: "October/November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:

GamePro (US) #64: "November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[2]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

68

^[4]

Consoles + (FR)

74

^[5]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[6]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[7]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[8]

GamesMaster (UK)

PAL

71

^[9]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

PAL

82

^[10]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

69

^[11]

Mega (UK)

PAL

75

^[12]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

61

^[13]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

63

^[14]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

75

^[1]

Play Time (DE)

PAL

55

^[15]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

72

^[16]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

68

^[17]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

87

^[18]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

53

^[19]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[20]

Todo Sega (ES)

89

^[21]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

68

^[22]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[3]

	71
Based on 21 reviews

StarBlade

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Mega-CD, EU
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Mega-CD, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 File:MeanMachinesSega26UK.pdf, page 110 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega26UK.pdf_p110" defined multiple times with different content
↑ GamePro, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 175
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 File:VideoGames US 70.pdf, page 101 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:VideoGames US 70.pdf_p101" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1994" (JP; 1994-09-08), page 21
↑ Consoles +, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 110
↑ Famitsu, "1994-11-04" (JP; 1994-10-21), page 40
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 9 September 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 92
↑ GamePro, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 118
↑ GamesMaster, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 72
↑ Games World: The Magazine, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-xx), page 21
↑ MAN!AC, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 84
↑ Mega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 44
↑ Mega Force, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 80
↑ Mega Fun, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 118
↑ Play Time, "1/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 108
↑ Saturn Fan, "1995 January" (JP; 1994-12-xx), page 63
↑ Sega Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 91
↑ Sega Power, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 68
↑ Sega Pro, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 56
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
↑ Todo Sega, "Febrero 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 36
↑ Video Games, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-18), page 96

[:File:MeanMachinesSega26UK.pdf_p110-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 File:MeanMachinesSega26UK.pdf, page 110 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega26UK.pdf_p110" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:GamePro_US_064.pdf_p175-2] GamePro, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 175

[:File:VideoGames_US_70.pdf_p101-3] 3.0 ^3.1 File:VideoGames US 70.pdf, page 101 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:VideoGames US 70.pdf_p101" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1994-10.pdf_p21-4] Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1994" (JP; 1994-09-08), page 21

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_040.pdf_p110-5] Consoles +, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 110

[6] Famitsu, "1994-11-04" (JP; 1994-10-21), page 40

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0709.pdf_p92-7] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 9 September 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 92

[:File:GamePro_US_064.pdf_p118-8] GamePro, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 118

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_023.pdf_p72-9] GamesMaster, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 72

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_08.pdf_p21-10] Games World: The Magazine, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-xx), page 21

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-01.pdf_p84-11] MAN!AC, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 84

[:File:Mega_UK_27.pdf_p44-12] Mega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 44

[:File:MegaForce_FR_36.pdf_p80-13] Mega Force, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 80

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-12.pdf_p118-14] Mega Fun, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 118

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1995-01.pdf_p108-15] Play Time, "1/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 108

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1995-01_19950115.pdf_p63-16] Saturn Fan, "1995 January" (JP; 1994-12-xx), page 63

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_13.pdf_p91-17] Sega Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 91

[:File:SegaPower_UK_61.pdf_p68-18] Sega Power, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 68

[:File:SegaPro_UK_40.pdf_p56-19] Sega Pro, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 56

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-20] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

[:File:TodoSega_ES_23.pdf_p36-21] Todo Sega, "Febrero 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 36

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1995-02.pdf_p96-22] Video Games, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-18), page 96

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StarBlade

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Contents

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

References