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Battlecorps

System(s): Sega Mega-CD

Publisher: Core Design (US, Europe), Victor Entertainment (Japan)

Developer: Core Design

Distributor: Time Warner Interactive (US)

Peripherals supported: Six Button Control Pad

Genre: Shooting^[1]^[2]

Number of players: 1

Official in-game languages:

English

Deutsch

Français

Español

日本語

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1994-09-30^[2]	¥8,000 (8,240)8,000e^[3]	T-60194
US	1994-08^[4]^[5]	$49.9549.95^[6]	T-115045
EU	1994-08^[7]		T-115045-50
DE	199x		T-115045-50
PT	1994		CD115045
UK	1994-08-19^[8]^[7]^[9]	£44.9944.99^[7]^[10]	T-115045-50
AU	199x
BR	199x		062140

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Battlecorps (バトルコープス) is a first person shooter for the Sega Mega-CD. It takes place in giant mechs.

Gameplay

In Battlecorps, players take control over a "Bipedal Attack Machine" (BAM) to liberate a planet from an infected AI system and its army of robots. Typically this involves destroying specified targets or getting to a location without being killed. When all lives are lost, the game ends.

In order to simulate a 3D world, Battlecorps relies heavily on the use of sprite scaling. However, unlike a game such as Doom, the engine rarely draws flat "walls", instead simulating them by placing a series of large sprites in a line. Ceilings are never rendered, though many stages overcome this by taking place exclusively outside. Battlecorps also gives players a degree of control over the Y axis, allowing him or her to attack flying enemies or "ceiling" turrets.

Draw distance is considerably lower than many other first person shooters of the era, and in order to maintain a steady frame rate, the heads-up display comprises of roughly half the screen. Battlecorps also limits itself to a 256x224 screen resolution at all times.

Production credits

Programmed / Game Design / Story : Jon Hilliard
Production Designer/ Game Design / Story / Graphic Artist: Jason Gee
Music + SF/X: Martin Iveson
Live Guitar: Anthony Wheeldon
Production Designer / Game Design / Story / Graphic Artist: Jason Gee
Game Design / Story / Voices / Creative Manager: Guy Miller
Produced by: Jeremy Heath-Smith

Producer: Toshiyuki Nagai
Director: Gaku Sato
Assistant: Ryo Misawa, Kanji Ishizeki
Thanks to: Takeshi Minagawa

Thanks to: Bob Churchill (Game Evaluation), James Ryman (Cover Design), Lads & Lasses at Core Design...

Source:

In-game credits (JP)^[11]

Magazine articles

Main article: Battlecorps/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in EGM² (US) #2: "August 1994" (1994-0x-xx)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #62: "September 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[12]

Print advert in GamePro (US) #64: "November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:

EGM² (US) #5: "November 1994" (1994-1x-xx)^[13]

Print advert in Mean Machines Sega (UK) #24: "October 1994" (1994-08-xx)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1994-09: "September 1994" (1994-08-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1994-10: "October 1994" (1994-09-08)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

73

^[14]

Consoles + (FR)

89

^[15]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

92

^[16]

Edge (UK)

60

^[17]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

63

^[18]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[19]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

71

^[6]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[20]

GamePro (DE)

87

^[21]

Gamers (DE)

87

^[22]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

PAL

85

^[23]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

78

^[24]

Joypad (HU)

79

^[25]

Mega (UK)

PAL

92

^[26]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

84

^[27]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

83

^[28]

Mega Power (UK)

PAL

96

^[29]

MegaTech (UK)

PAL

90

^[30]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

92

^[31]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[32]

Player One (FR)

95

^[33]

Play Time (DE)

82

^[34]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

92

^[35]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

84

^[36]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

95

^[37]

Świat Gier Komputerowych (PL)

78

^[38]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

72

^[39]

Sonic the Comic (UK)

PAL

86

^[40]

Todo Sega (ES)

91

^[41]

VideoGames (US)

70

^[42]

	81
Based on 30 reviews

Battlecorps

Mega-CD, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Mega-CD, EU
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual

Mega-CD, DE
Cover
Disc Manual

Mega-CD, PT
Cover
Disc

Mega-CD, BR
Cover

Mega-CD, AU
Cover

Technical information

Main article: Battlecorps/Technical information.

References

↑ File:Battlecorps MCD JP Box Back.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/mcd/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-06-10 17:56)
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "September 1994" (JP; 1994-08-08), page 5
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 9 September 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 10
↑ Mega Play, "August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 57
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 10 October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 108
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Mega, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-21), page 13
↑ Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1994-08-15), page 10
↑ Sega Pro, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-11), page 8
↑ Computer & Video Games, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-15), page 82
↑ File:Battlecorps_MCD_JP_SSCredits.pdf
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 107
↑ EGM², "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 75
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1994" (JP; 1994-09-08), page 21
↑ Consoles +, "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 147
↑ Computer & Video Games, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-15), page 65
↑ Edge, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-06-30), page 68
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 36
↑ Famitsu, "1994-10-07" (JP; 1994-09-22), page 1
↑ GamePro, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 70
↑ GamePro, "September 1994" (DE; 1994-08-26), page 66
↑ Gamers, "Juli/August 1994" (DE; 1994-07-01), page 20
↑ Games World: The Magazine, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-06-30), page 25
↑ Joypad, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 112
↑ Joypad, "3/1994" (HU; 1994-xx-xx), page 26
↑ Mega, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-21), page 54
↑ Mega Force, "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-07-04), page 80
↑ Mega Fun, "07/94" (DE; 1994-06-22), page 37
↑ Mega Power, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-23), page 22
↑ MegaTech, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-21), page 20
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-06-30), page 60
↑ Next Generation, "Premiere Issue 1995" (US; 1994-12-08), page 104
↑ Player One, "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 102
↑ Play Time, "8/94" (DE; 1994-07-16), page 140
↑ Sega Magazine, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-15), page 80
↑ Sega Power, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-07), page 46
↑ Sega Pro, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-14), page 46
↑ Świat Gier Komputerowych, "4/1994" (PL; 1994-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86
↑ Sonic the Comic, "May 27th 1994" (UK; 1994-05-14), page 10
↑ Todo Sega, "Octubre 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 46
↑ VideoGames, "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 101

Battlecorps
	Main page \| Hidden content \| Magazine articles \| Reception \| Technical information Demos: Battlecorps (1994) Prototypes: 1994-02-11

[:File:Battlecorps_MCD_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:Battlecorps MCD JP Box Back.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20190610175627.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Fsegahard.2Fmcd.2Fsoft_licensee.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/mcd/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-06-10 17:56)

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1994-09.pdf_p5-3] Beep! MegaDrive, "September 1994" (JP; 1994-08-08), page 5

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0709.pdf_p10-4] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 9 September 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 10

[:File:MegaPlay_US_0504.pdf_p57-5] Mega Play, "August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 57

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0710.pdf_p108-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 10 October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 108

[:File:Mega_UK_23.pdf_p13-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Mega, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-21), page 13

[8] Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1994-08-15), page 10

[:File:SegaPro_UK_36.pdf_p8-9] Sega Pro, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-11), page 8

[:File:CVG_UK_155.pdf_p82-10] Computer & Video Games, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-15), page 82

[:File:Battlecorps_MCD_JP_SSCredits.pdf_p-11] File:Battlecorps_MCD_JP_SSCredits.pdf

[:File:EGM_US_062.pdf_p107-12] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 107

[:File:EGM2_US_05.pdf_p75-13] EGM², "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 75

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1994-10.pdf_p21-14] Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1994" (JP; 1994-09-08), page 21

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_034.pdf_p147-15] Consoles +, "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 147

[:File:CVG_UK_153.pdf_p65-16] Computer & Video Games, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-15), page 65

[:File:Edge_UK_011.pdf_p68-17] Edge, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-06-30), page 68

[:File:EGM_US_062.pdf_p36-18] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 36

[19] Famitsu, "1994-10-07" (JP; 1994-09-22), page 1

[:File:GamePro_US_062.pdf_p70-20] GamePro, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 70

[:File:GamePro_DE_1994-09.pdf_p66-21] GamePro, "September 1994" (DE; 1994-08-26), page 66

[:File:Gamers_DE_1994-05.pdf_p20-22] Gamers, "Juli/August 1994" (DE; 1994-07-01), page 20

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_02.pdf_p25-23] Games World: The Magazine, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-06-30), page 25

[:File:Joypad_FR_035.pdf_p112-24] Joypad, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 112

[25] Joypad, "3/1994" (HU; 1994-xx-xx), page 26

[:File:Mega_UK_23.pdf_p54-26] Mega, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-21), page 54

[:File:MegaForce_FR_30.pdf_p80-27] Mega Force, "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-07-04), page 80

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-07.pdf_p37-28] Mega Fun, "07/94" (DE; 1994-06-22), page 37

[:File:MegaPower_UK_12.pdf_p22-29] Mega Power, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-23), page 22

[:File:MegaTech_UK_32.pdf_p20-30] MegaTech, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-21), page 20

[:File:MeanMachinesSega22UK.pdf_p60-31] Mean Machines Sega, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-06-30), page 60

[:File:NextGeneration_US_01.pdf_p104-32] Next Generation, "Premiere Issue 1995" (US; 1994-12-08), page 104

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_044.pdf_p102-33] Player One, "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 102

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1994-08.pdf_p140-34] Play Time, "8/94" (DE; 1994-07-16), page 140

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_08.pdf_p80-35] Sega Magazine, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-15), page 80

[:File:SegaPower_UK_57.pdf_p46-36] Sega Power, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-07), page 46

[:File:SegaPro_UK_35.pdf_p46-37] Sega Pro, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-14), page 46

[38] Świat Gier Komputerowych, "4/1994" (PL; 1994-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p86-39] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86

[40] Sonic the Comic, "May 27th 1994" (UK; 1994-05-14), page 10

[:File:TodoSega_ES_19.pdf_p46-41] Todo Sega, "Octubre 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 46

[:File:VideoGames_US_70.pdf_p101-42] VideoGames, "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 101

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 ==References==
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+{{BattlecorpsOmni}}

Difference between revisions of "Battlecorps"

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Contents

Gameplay

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

References