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Black Fire

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Japan, Europe), Sega (US)

Developer: NovaLogic, Sega Away Team

Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (1 track)

Peripherals supported: Mission Stick

Genre: 3D Shooting^[1], Shooting^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1995-12-22^[2]	¥5,800 (5,974)5,800e^[3]	T-7003G
US	1995-09^[4]		81003
EU	1996-06-28		T-7011H-50
UK	1996-06-28^[5]	£44.9944.99^[6]	T-7011H-50
PL	1996	199zł199
AU	199x		VFBLA10SSC

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Black Fire (ブラックファイアー) is a helicopter simulation game for the Sega Saturn.

Production credits

Programmed by: John Bojorquez
Game Design by: Paul Robinson
Original Concept by: Eric Rawlins, John Butrovich
Produced by: Eric Rawlins
Managing Producer: Steven Apour
Direcy by: John Butrovich
Project manager: David Seeholzer
Technical Design Support: Paul Drzeweiki, Gavin Games
Additional Support: David Seeholzer, Randy Casey
Animation by: Osman Soykut, Dean Fowler
Art: Daniel Cabuco, Bryon Carson, Joby Otero, Rod Parong, Keith Rust, Eric Scharf, Walter Schulz, Jon Tando
Orchestrated by: Barry Blum
Additional Orchestrations by: Jim Hedges
Sound Effects by: Loudmouth
Project Manager: Doria Sanchez
Packaging: Bob Schonfisch
Manual: Hillary Clayson Loeb, Kathy Garfield
Product Specialist: Clint Dyer

Voice Talent

Lt. Bishop: David Baker
Lt. Mackenzie (radio chatter): Kathryn Nymoen-Verege
Lt. Mackenzie (mission briefings): Connie Hall
Kane/Colonel Oversteet: Billy Pitrone
Gideon: Joe Kerska
Computer: Cynthia Marcucci
Bad guys (Spanish voice chatter): Millie Santiago
Good guys/Canadian Air Authority: Jeff Faber
Recorded at: Music Annex, Menio Park
Quality Assurance by: Sega of America, Test Department
Lead Testers: Michael Williams, Janine Cook
Assistant Leads: Sean Doidge, Michael Baldwin, Marc Dawson
Testers: Sako Bezdjian, Alfred Dutton, Mark Griffin, Joshua Johnson, Tracy Johnson, Bart Larrenaga, Sancho Martinez, Rob Prideaux, Mark Vitello, Stan Weaver
Special Thanks to: Tim Dunley, Jef Feltman, Jonathan Flamm, Renee Greenwood, Bob Hardy, Joshua Johnson, Benjamin Lee, Lawrence Loth, Thomas Miley, Zach Meston, Mark Miller, Steve Payne, David Woldrich

Source:

US manual^[7]

Magazine articles

Main article: Black Fire/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1995-14: "1995-14 (1995-12-22)" (1995-12-08)
also published in:

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-01: "1996-01 (1996-01-12,26)" (1995-12-22)^[8]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[15]

Fusion (US)

NTSC-U

25

^[9]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

68

^[16]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

71

^[17]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

60

^[18]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

60

^[10]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC-U

67

^[19]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-U

47

^[20]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

70

^[6]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[21]

Player One (FR)

60

^[11]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

58

^[22]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

74

^[23]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC

80

^[24]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

75

^[25]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[26]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[27]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

67

^[28]

Ultimate Gamer (US)

NTSC-U

60

^[29]

Videogame Advisor (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[30]

	61
Based on 20 reviews

Black Fire

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, AU
Cover
Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

392,814,576

CD-ROM (EU)

T-7011H-50 V1.000

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

392,386,512

1995-10-27

CD-ROM (JP)

T-7003G V1.001

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

392,791,056

CD-ROM (US)

81003 V1.032

References

[:File:BlackFire_Saturn_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:BlackFire Saturn JP Box Back.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200227195410.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Fsegahard.2Fss.2Fsoft_licensee1.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee1.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-02-27 19:54)

[:File:SSM_JP_19951222_1995-14.pdf_p29-3] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1995-14 (1995-12-22)" (JP; 1995-12-08), page 29

[:File:EGM_US_075.pdf_p166-4] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 166

[:File:CVG_UK_176.pdf_p48-5] Computer & Video Games, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-12), page 48

[:File:MeanMachinesSega46UK.pdf_p72-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Mean Machines Sega, "August 1996" (UK; 1996-07-05), page 72

[:File:Blackfire_sat_us_manual.pdf_p24-7] File:Blackfire sat us manual.pdf, page 24

[:File:SSM_JP_19960112_1996-01.pdf_p12-8] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-01 (1996-01-12,26)" (JP; 1995-12-22), page 12

[:File:Fusion_US_0102.pdf_p90-9] 9.0 ^9.1 Fusion, "Volume 1, Number 2: September 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 90

[:File:Joypad_FR_057.pdf_p76-10] 10.0 ^10.1 Joypad, "Octobre 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 76

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_068.pdf_p118-11] 11.0 ^11.1 Player One, "Octobre 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 118

[:File:SSM_UK_09.pdf_p70_.2870.2F71.29-12] Sega Saturn Magazine, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-20), page 70/71 (70)

[:File:SSM_JP_19960112_1996-01.pdf_p191_.28183.29-13] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-01 (1996-01-12,26)" (JP; 1995-12-22), page 183 (191)

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p15_.2813.29-14] Sega Saturn Magazine (readers), "Final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 13 (15)

[15] Famitsu, "1995-12-29" (JP; 1995-12-15), page 1

[:File:GameFan_US_0311.pdf_p21-16] GameFan, "Volume 3, Issue 11: November 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 21

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0812.pdf_p68-17] Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 12 December 1995" (US; 1995-1x-xx), page 68

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_061.pdf_p120-18] Hobby Consolas, "Octubre 1996" (ES; 1996-xx-xx), page 120

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1996-01.pdf_p40-19] MAN!AC, "01/96" (DE; 1995-12-06), page 40

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1996-09.pdf_p81-20] Mega Fun, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-21), page 81

[:File:NextGeneration_US_12.pdf_p180-21] Next Generation, "December 1995" (US; 1995-11-21), page 180

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-05_19960301.pdf_p68-22] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 5" (JP; 1996-02-16), page 68

[:File:SegaPower_UK_82.pdf_p58-23] Sega Power, "Collectors' Issue 1996" (UK; 1996-07-xx), page 58

[:File:SegaPro_UK_53.pdf_p42-24] Sega Pro, "January 1996" (UK; 1995-11-30), page 42

[:File:SSM_UK_09.pdf_p70-25] Sega Saturn Magazine, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-20), page 70

[:File:SSM_JP_19960112_1996-01.pdf_p191-26] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-01 (1996-01-12,26)" (JP; 1995-12-22), page 191

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p15-27] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 15

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_04.pdf_p11-28] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 11

[:File:UltimateGamer_US_05.pdf_p77-29] Ultimate Gamer, "December 1995" (US; 1995-1x-xx), page 77

[:File:VideogameAdvisor_US_0104.pdf_p32-30] Videogame Advisor, "Volume 1, Number 4: August 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 32

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Difference between revisions of "Black Fire"

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Contents

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References