The Second Samurai

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The Second Samurai

Publisher: Psygnosis, Sony Electronic Publishing

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
EU	1994-10^[1]		T-113106-50
AU	199x

Non-Sega versions
Amiga

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The Second Samurai is a beat-em-up developed by Vivid Image and Psygnosis and released exclusively in Europe for the Commodore Amiga (1993) and Sega Mega Drive (1994). It is the sequel to The First Samurai, a beat-em-up released for various home computers and the SNES internationally a few years prior.

A Sega Mega-CD port was advertised and was planned to launch alongside the Mega Drive version^[1], but never released.

Gameplay

You play as one of two Samurais (the 1-player mode has the male protagonist from The First Samurai only; the 2-player mode lets the second player control a new female Samurai). and both attack depending on what weapon you have equipped right now (only one at a time, some in limited quantities), what enemies/objects are nearby, and which D-pad buttons you are holding at the time. jumps. A screen at the beginning of the game (also accessible from the Options menu) shows you what each in-game item does for you.

Production credits

Programming: Raffaele Cecco
Design, SFX: Raffaele Cecco, Mevlut Dinc
Graphics: Teoman Irmak
Title Screen & Dutro Graphics: Saurev Sarkar
Music: Brian Marshall
Documentation and Design: Psygnosis Creatives
Cover Illustration: Paul Kidby
Producer for Vivid Image: Mevlut Dinc
Producer for Psygnosis: Nik Wild

Magazine articles

Main article: The Second Samurai/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Mega Force (FR) #34: "Décembre 1994" (1994-12-02)

Print advert in AS Magazin-Video Igrice (YU) #13: "Jul-Avgust 1995" (1995-xx-xx)

Print advert in Velikiy Drakon (RU) #60 (2002-09-05)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

60

^[3]

Alaab Alcomputtar (SA)

85

^[4]

Cool Gamer (RU)

70

^[5]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

60

^[6]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3 (RU)

60

^[7]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

68

^[8]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

80

^[9]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

40

^[10]

Player One (FR)

65

^[11]

Play Time (DE)

PAL

48

^[12]

Sega Magazin (DE)

70

^[13]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

86

^[14]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

88

^[15]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

82

^[16]

Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)

60

^[17]

Todo Sega (ES)

74

^[18]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

82

^[19]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

58

^[20]

	69
Based on 18 reviews

The Second Samurai

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, FR (Blister pack)
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	78e92143
MD5	333f15e8bc4ecacf168b399a988fe1e7
SHA-1	72bfe0d4c56d9600a39fae00399fef157eb1fe6f

1MB

1994-09

Cartridge (EU)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Mega Power, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 7
↑ GamesMaster, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-17), page 77
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 201
↑ Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-08-xx), page 73
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 182
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 356
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 237
↑ MAN!AC, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 82
↑ Mega Force, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 54
↑ Mega Fun, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 124
↑ Player One, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 118
↑ Play Time, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 109
↑ Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1994" (DE; 1994-11-17), page 69
↑ Sega Magazine, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 97
↑ Sega Power, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 55
↑ Sega Pro, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-03), page 42
↑ Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 123
↑ Todo Sega, "Enero 1995" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 55
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 153
↑ Video Games, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 111

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[:File:MegaPower_UK_10.pdf_p7-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Mega Power, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 7

[2] GamesMaster, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-17), page 77

[3] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 201

[:File:AlaabAlcomputtar_SA_2.pdf_p73-4] Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-08-xx), page 73

[5] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 182

[6] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 356

[7] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 237

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1994-12.pdf_p82-8] MAN!AC, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 82

[:File:MegaForce_FR_35.pdf_p54-9] Mega Force, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 54

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-12.pdf_p124-10] Mega Fun, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 124

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_049.pdf_p118-11] Player One, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 118

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1994-12.pdf_p109-12] Play Time, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 109

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_13.pdf_p69-13] Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1994" (DE; 1994-11-17), page 69

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_12.pdf_p97-14] Sega Magazine, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 97

[:File:SegaPower_UK_60.pdf_p55-15] Sega Power, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 55

[:File:SegaPro_UK_39.pdf_p42-16] Sega Pro, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-03), page 42

[:File:Sega_Mega_Drive_Review_2_RU.pdf_p123-17] Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 123

[:File:TodoSega_ES_22.pdf_p55-18] Todo Sega, "Enero 1995" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 55

[19] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 153

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-12.pdf_p111-20] Video Games, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 111

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The Second Samurai

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Contents

Gameplay

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References