Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage

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Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage
System(s): Sega Dreamcast
Publisher: Eidos Interactive (US, Europe), ASCII (Japan)
Developer:
Supporting companies:
Licensor: Kentarou Miura, Studio Gaga, Hakusensha, vap, Nippon TV
Peripherals supported: Dreamcast VGA Box, Jump Pack, Visual Memory Unit
Genre: Dramatic 3D Action (ドラマティック3Dアクション)[1][2], Action[3]

















Number of players: 1
Official in-game languages:
  • 日本語
  • English
  • Release Date RRP Code
    Sega Dreamcast
    JP
    ¥6,800 (7,140)6,800e[2] T-2101M
    Sega Rating: Violent Content
    Sega Dreamcast
    US
    $49.9949.99[6] T-36805N
    ESRB: Mature 17+
    Sega Dreamcast
    DE
    T-36807D-05
    USK: 18
    Sega Dreamcast
    UK
    £39.9939.99[8][9] T-36807D-05
    ELSPA: 18+ OK
    Sega Dreamcast
    AU
    $89.9589.95[11]
    OFLC: MA15

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    Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage, known as Berserk: Sennen Teikoku no Taka Hen Wasurebana no Shou (ベルセルク 千年帝国の鷹篇 喪失花の章) in Japan, is an action game for the Sega Dreamcast based on the Berserk media franchise.

    Production credits

    • Executive Producer: Hozumi Yoshida, Hisashi Suzuki, Yukinori Taniguchi (Yuke's)
    • Producer: Ichiro Sugiyama
    • Executive Supervisor & Original Scenario Written & Character Designed By: Kentarou Miura (Studio Gaga), Berserk (Young Animal Published by Hakusensha)
    • Product Supervisor: Akira Shimada
    • Scenario Writer: Tsuyoshi Tamai
    • Quality Check Director: Takashi Suzuki
    • Director: Yoshio Togiya
    • Planning Director: Norifumi Hara
    • Planner: Susumu Nakamoto, Nozomi Hanai
    • Programmer: Tatsuhiko Sugimoto, Hiroki Ueno, Takanori Yoshioka
    • Art Director: Yoshio Togiya
    • 3D Character Creator: Makoto Yamamoto, Yuki Asano, Taichi Higashino, Katsushi Baba
    • Background Creator: Kyohei Hosomi, Chiyo Amari, Satoshi Ueda, Takashi Komiyama, Naomi Obama
    • 3D Animation Director: Takashi Komiyama
    • 3D Animation Creator: Masahiro Nakatani, Maiko Hayaishi, Yoshihiro Tamura, Kanako Hayashi, Masataka Yamada
    • Interface Designer: Chiyo Amari
    • Visual Effect Designer: Takashi Komiyama
    • Technical Supporter: Takashi Hashiki, Syuji Matsudaira, Masaki Izuoka
    • Cast
      • Guts: Nobutoshi Hayashi
      • Casca: Yuko Miyamura
      • Puck: Yuriko Fuchizaki
      • Rita: Yuri Shiratori
      • Eriza: Sumi Shimamoto
      • Dunteth: Takahiro Yoshimizu, Yasuhiko Tokuyama, Munehiro Tokita, Tsuyoshi Takizawa, You Murakami, Daisuke Toujyou, Teruki Kitatani, Haramaki Kouji, Noriko Yoshitake
      • Balzak / Zoddo: Kenji Utsumi
    • Cooperation: Artsvision, Aoni Production, Ken Production, Sigma Seven, Japan Actionclub
    • Sound Producer: Rokurou Okuyama
    • Casting Coordinator: Ryuichi Ohnuma
    • Studio: Avaco Creative Studios
    Sound
    • Executive Sound Producer: Susumu Hirasawa
    • Music Director (Supervisor): Kentarou Miura (Studio Gaga)
    • Sound Engineer: Masanori Chinzei
    • Management: Rihito Yumoto (Chaos Union), Mika Hirano (Chaos Union), Osamu Sunami, Hiroshi Kubota, Yutaka Takahashi (Marine Entertainment), Koichi Kikuchi (Marine Entertainment), Mina Otsuka (Marine Entertainment)
    • Supervisor: Akira Shimada
    • Sound Director: Masaya Imoto
    • Composer: Masaya Imoto, Hiromi Murakami
    • Sound Engineer: Kouji Yamada, Hiroaki Funane
    Software Manual・Package
    • Director: Ryuichi Ohnuma
    • Designer: Hiroaki Kobayashi (K Plus Artworks)
    • Writer: Takashi Suzuki, Susumu Nakamoto
    • Product Manager: Akiyoshi Yamazaki, Jyunichi Ikehata
    • Sales Manager: Takeshi Osanai
    • Planning Coordinator: Takanari Oshida (Titans・Entertainment)
    • Special Thanks: Nobuo Wada, Atsushi Tsutsumi, Takaichi Satou, Toshihiro Sakamoto, Yukihiro Yoshida, Katsuya Kashiwagi, Kouichi Ikeda, Hiroaki Tomita, Sayuri Ohkawa, Momoko Sekine, Naoko Oikawa, Miwa Togashi, Mika Nomura, Hirofumi Sugawara, Ayako Mori, Osamu Sunami, Kiyotaka Azuma, Shinya Masuda, Minoru Nagano, Hiromi Furuta, Takashi Kosono, Takashi Terasoma, Kentarou Miura (Studio Gaga), Hakusensha Inc., Vap Inc., Nippon Television Network Corporation, Yuke's Co. Ltd.
    • Presented by: ASCII
    Source:
    In-game credits (JP)

    Versions

    Localised names

    Also known as
    Language Localised Name English Translation
    English Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage
    English (US) Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage
    Japanese ベルセルク 千年帝国の鷹篇 喪失花の章 Berserk: Sennen Teikoku no Taka Hen Wasurebana no Shou

    Magazine articles

    Main article: Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage/Magazine articles.

    Promotional material

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    Print advert in Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #1999-36ex: "1999-36 extra (1999/11/26ex)" (1999-11-12)
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    Print advert in Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #1999-39ex: "1999-39 extra (1999-12-24ex)" (1999-12-10)
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    Print advert in Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #2000-01: "2000-01 (2000-01-07,14)" (1999-12-24)
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    Print advert in Dreamcast Magazine (UK) #8: "No. 8" (2000-04-20)
    also published in:
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    Print advert in Next Level (AR) #15: "Abril 2000" (2000-xx-xx)
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    Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #130: "May 2000" (2000-04-04)
    also published in:
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    Physical scans

    Sega Retro Average 
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    Sega Retro Average 
    Publication Version Score
    576 Konzol (HU)
    78
    [15]
    Arcade (UK) PAL
    25
    [16]
    Bonus (YU) PAL
    92
    [17]
    Consoles + (FR) NTSC-J
    88
    [18]
    Computer & Video Games (UK)
    25
    [8]
    Dreamcast Monthly (UK) PAL
    40
    [19]
    DC-UK (UK) PAL
    60
    [20]
    Digitiser (UK) PAL
    40
    [21]
    Dreamcast Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
    83
    [22]
    Dreamcast Magazine (UK) NTSC-J
    75
    [23]
    Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL
    73
    [9]
    Dorimaga (JP) NTSC-J
    89
    [24]
    Edge (UK) NTSC-J
    30
    [25]
    Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
    81
    [26]
    Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU) NTSC-U
    81
    [27]
    Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU) NTSC-J
    79
    [28]
    Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
    75
    [29]
    Fun Generation (DE) NTSC-J
    70
    [30]
    GameFan (US) NTSC-J
    72
    [31]
    GamePro (US) NTSC-U
    73
    [32]
    Gamers' Republic (US) NTSC-U
    91
    [33]
    GameWEEK (US) NTSC-U
    67
    [34]
    Incite Video Gaming (US) NTSC-U
    60
    [35]
    Joypad (IT) NTSC-J
    75
    [36]
    MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-J
    56
    [37]
    MAN!AC (DE) PAL
    58
    [38]
    Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-J
    86
    [39]
    Neo Plus (PL)
    80
    [40]
    Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
    50
    [41]
    Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL
    50
    [42]
    Official Dreamcast Magazine (US) NTSC-U
    70
    [6]
    Playmag (FR) NTSC-J
    70
    [43]
    PSX Extreme (PL)
    73
    [44]
    Sega Magazin (DE) PAL
    81
    [45]
    Strana Igr (RU)
    65
    [46]
    Sega Dreamcast
    67
    Based on
    35 reviews

    Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage

    Dreamcast, JP
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    Manual
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    Dreamcast, UK
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    Cover
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    Dreamcast, DE
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    Cover
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    Dreamcast, DE (alt)
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    Cover
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    Dreamcast, AU
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    Technical information

    Main article: Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage/Technical information.

    ROM dump status

    System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
    Sega Dreamcast
     ?
    CRC32
    MD5
    SHA-1
    GD-ROM (JP)
    Sega Dreamcast
     ?
    CRC32
    MD5
    SHA-1
    GD-ROM (US)
    Sega Dreamcast
     ?
    CRC32
    MD5
    SHA-1
    GD-ROM (EU)

    External links

    References

    1. File:SotB DC JP Box Back.jpg
    2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 http://sega.jp/dc/991029/ (Wayback Machine: 2014-08-04 02:20)
    3. https://sega.jp/history/hard/dreamcast/software_l.html#tab01 (Wayback Machine: 2020-02-01 22:57)
    4. http://www.sega.com:80/pc/catalog/SegaProduct.jhtml?PRODID=206&CATID=72 (Wayback Machine: 2002-06-06 00:15)
    5. http://www.ebworld.com/ebx/categories/newReleases/morenr-DC.asp (Wayback Machine: 2000-06-21 08:01)
    6. 6.0 6.1 Official Dreamcast Magazine, "July/August 2000" (US; 2000-06-06), page 106
    7. http://spong.com:80/game/11024728/Sword-Of-The-Berserk-Guts-Rage-Dreamcast (Wayback Machine: 2013-08-04 03:06)
    8. 8.0 8.1 Computer & Video Games, "June 2000" (UK; 2000-05-17), page 85
    9. 9.0 9.1 Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 9" (UK; 2000-05-18), page 52
    10. http://www.futuregamez.net:80/outnow/dc.html (Wayback Machine: 2001-07-31 23:17)
    11. Hyper, "August 2000" (AU; 2000-xx-xx), page 71
    12. Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 9" (UK; 2000-05-18), page 23
    13. Computer & Video Games, "June 2000" (UK; 2000-05-17), page 2
    14. Expert Gamer, "June 2000" (US; 2000-05-23), page 58
    15. 576 Konzol, "Június-Július 2000" (HU; 2000-xx-xx), page 40
    16. Arcade, "July 2000" (UK; 2000-06-20), page 75
    17. Bonus, "7/2000" (YU; 2000-09-25), page 48
    18. Consoles +, "Février 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 120
    19. Dreamcast Monthly, "June 2000" (UK; 2000-05-11), page 78
    20. DC-UK, "June 2000" (UK; 2000-05-12), page 80
    21. Digitiser (UK) (2000-06-02)
    22. Dreamcast Magazine, "1999-39 extra (1999-12-24ex)" (JP; 1999-12-10), page 25
    23. Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 5" (UK; 2000-01-27), page 78
    24. Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 33
    25. Edge, "March 2000" (UK; 2000-02-22), page 73
    26. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 2000" (US; 2000-04-04), page 145
    27. Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 257
    28. Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 264
    29. Famitsu, "1999-12-24" (JP; 1999-12-10), page 35
    30. Fun Generation, "02/2000" (DE; 2000-01-19), page 98
    31. GameFan, "Volume 8, Issue 3: March 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 13
    32. GamePro, "May 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 108
    33. Gamers' Republic, "May 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 64
    34. GameWEEK, "February 21, 2000" (US; 2000-02-21), page 17
    35. Incite Video Gaming, "May 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 94
    36. Joypad, "Febbraio 2000" (IT; 2000-0x-xx), page 99
    37. MAN!AC, "03/2000" (DE; 2000-02-02), page 39
    38. MAN!AC, "08/2000" (DE; 2000-07-05), page 67
    39. Mega Fun, "02/2000" (DE; 2000-01-05), page 79
    40. Neo Plus, "Lipiec-Sierpień 2000" (PL; 2000-xx-xx), page 72
    41. Next Generation, "June 2000" (US; 2000-05-23), page 98
    42. Official Dreamcast Magazine, "August 2000" (UK; 2000-07-06), page 83
    43. Playmag, "Mars 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 122
    44. PSX Extreme, "03/2001" (PL; 2001-0x-xx), page 41
    45. Sega Magazin, "Juli 2000" (DE; 2000-06-05), page 22
    46. Strana Igr, "Sentyabr 2000 2/2" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 18


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