Universal Soldier

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Universal Soldier
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Ballistic
Developer:
Licensor: Carolco
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US 		$54.9554.95[1] ACLD011
Sega Mega Drive
EU 		ACLD011
Non-Sega versions

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Universal Soldier is an action game released for the Sega Mega Drive in 1992. It is an interesting creation, as it is essentially a reworking of Factor 5's Turrican II with branding from the 1992 Universal Soldier film. Though the game was sold in stores, it was not licensed by Sega.

The game gives no credit to the original Turrican II staff in any form.

Gameplay

Universal Soldier replaces the three shoot 'em up levels in Turrican II with three new levels of standard gameplay with completely different sets of graphics and using the same music the discarded levels had. Aside from that and a reordered sequence of the levels, the gameplay in the whole game is left mostly intact. New additions compared to the original also include a password system and selectable difficulty. A couple of bosses were edited to resemble the antagonist in the film, Sergeant Andrew Scott (portrayed by Dolph Lundgren).

A is for shooting, B as well as Up are for jumping and C is for the screen covering line attack. Unlike the Amiga original, the lines cover the whole screen. Pushing all three buttons together launches a very devastating screen filling attack, which is limited to one use per stage. Pushing B while crouching transforms the player into an invincible spiked ball.

History

Legacy

Ports were later made to the Game Boy and SNES, though the latter was not released officially.

Magazine articles

Main article: Universal Soldier/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
95 №15, p102/103
65 [4]
41 №14
43 №33, p164
60 №5, p56-59
68 [5]
60 №12, p62-64
47 [6]
91 №38, p44/45
89 №14, p36/37
89 №18, p68
88 №2, p16-18
63 [7]
Sega Mega Drive
 69
Based on
13 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[8]
Consoles + (FR)
95
[9]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
60
[10]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
45
[11]
Game Power (IT)
81
[12]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
65
[1]
Joypad (FR)
41
[13]
Joystick (FR) PAL
43
[14]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
60
[15]
Mega (UK) PAL
68
[16]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
60
[17]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
47
[18]
Play Time (DE) PAL
68
[19]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
91
[20]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
89
[21]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
89
[22]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
88
[23]
Sega Force (UK) PAL
63
[24]
Todo Sega (ES)
80
[25]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
76
[26]
Sega Mega Drive
 68
Based on
20 reviews

Universal Soldier

Mega Drive, US
UniversalSoldier MD US Box Front.jpg
Cover
UniversalSoldier MD US Cart.jpg
Cart
UniversalSoldier MD US Manual.jpg
Manual
Mega Drive, FR

Universal Soldier MD FR Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, CZ
UniversalSoldier MD CZ Box Front.jpg
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 352ebd49
MD5 1546f822e7fe5b5d7fa54067968628dd
SHA-1 9ac1416641ba0e6632369ffe69599b08fc3c225f
1MB 1992-10 Cartridge (US/EU)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 GamePro, "January 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 64
  2. ↑ Sega Zone, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-28), page 9
  3. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-11-xx), page 147
  4. ↑ GamePro, "January 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 60 (64)
  5. ↑ Mega, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-17), page 46/47 (46)
  6. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-28), page 60-62 (60)
  7. ↑ Sega Force, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-10), page 68/69 (68)
  8. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 254
  9. ↑ Consoles +, "Décembre 1992" (FR; 1992-1x-xx), page 102
  10. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 366
  11. ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 113
  12. ↑ Game Power, "Febbraio 1993" (IT; 1993-0x-xx), page 68
  13. ↑ Joypad, "Novembre 1992" (FR; 1992-1x-xx), page 170
  14. ↑ Joystick, "Décembre 1992" (FR; 1992-1x-xx), page 164
  15. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 56
  16. ↑ Mega, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-17), page 46
  17. ↑ MegaTech, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-11-20), page 62
  18. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-28), page 60
  19. ↑ Play Time, "1/93" (DE; 1992-12-09), page 88
  20. ↑ Sega Power, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-03), page 44
  21. ↑ Sega Pro, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-11-12), page 36
  22. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 68
  23. ↑ Sega Zone, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-11-xx), page 16
  24. ↑ Sega Force, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-10), page 68
  25. ↑ Todo Sega, "Julio 1993" (ES; 1993-0x-xx), page 66
  26. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 27
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