Hellfire

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Hellfire
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: JP Masaya US Seismic EU Sega
Developer:
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

















Release Date RRP Code

Hellfire (ヘルファイアー) is a 1989 arcade shoot-em-up developed by Toaplan and published by Taito. It was ported to the Sega Mega Drive in 1990 by Toaplan and NCS.

Hellfire does not follow the typical powerup system of most shmups of the time. Instead, your ship, the CNCS1, can fire either straight to the right (pink), straight to the left (yellow), straight up and down (green), or diagonally in four directions (blue), switching between these modes by pressing B. A shoots, and C shoots the Hellfire, a much more powerful version of your shot which comes in limited quantities for each level.

Version differences

  • The Japanese version has quite loud shots, the volume was lowered for the PAL release (TODO: NTSC-U release)

Promotional Material

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
60 №40, p101
93 №4, p31
94 №109, p118/119
86 №8
70 №48
94
95 №7, p140/141
97 №10, p134
72 №5, p92
90 №1, p78[1]
89 №2, p23[2]
93 №5, p24/25/26/27
93 №3, p74/75/76
84 №19, p62/63
84
82 №3, p71
92 №5, p56/57[3]
91
100 №23, p53
84 №31, p28/29
94 №9, p28/29[4]
69 №18, p66
Sega Mega Drive
87
Based on
22 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
40
[5]
ACE (UK) PAL
60
[6]
Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)
93
[7]
The Complete Guide to Sega (UK)
90
[8]
Cool Gamer (RU)
30
[9]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
94
[10]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
91
[11]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
78
[12]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
91
[13]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
73
[14]
Game Mania (UK)
92
[15]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
84
[16]
Games-X (UK)
86
[17]
Games-X (UK)
70
[18]
Famicom Hisshoubon (JP) NTSC-J
60
[19]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
94
[20]
Joypad (FR) PAL
95
[21]
Joystick (FR)
97
[22]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
72
[23]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
68
[24]
MegaTech (UK)
90
[25]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC
89
[26]
MegaTech (UK)
93
[27]
Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)
73
[28]
Mean Machines (UK)
93
[29]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
93
[30]
Player One (FR)
84
[31]
Play Time (DE)
72
[32]
Power Up! (UK)
76
[33]
Power Play (DE)
84
[34]
Raze (UK) NTSC-J
82
[35]
Score (CZ)
60
[36]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC
100
[37]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
84
[38]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
94
[39]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC
69
[40]
Sega Force (SE)
91
[41]
Sega Force (UK)
92
[42]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
69
[43]
Supergame (BR)
88
[44]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
59
[45]
Sega Mega Drive
80
Based on
41 reviews

Hellfire

Mega Drive, US
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Mega Drive, EU
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Mega Drive, JP
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Hellfire md jp manual.pdf
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Cart
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  2. File:Megatech UK 02.pdf, page 23
  3. File:SegaForce05UK.pdf, page 56
  4. File:Segapro UK 09.pdf, page 28
  5. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 95
  6. ACE, "January 1991" (UK; 1990-12-xx), page 101
  7. Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 31
  8. The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 47
  9. Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 100
  10. Computer & Video Games, "December 1990" (UK; 1990-11-16), page 148
  11. Computer & Video Games, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 106
  12. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 18
  13. Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 57
  14. Famitsu, "" (JP; 1990-xx-xx), page 1
  15. Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 80
  16. GamePro, "December 1990" (US; 1990-xx-xx), page 132
  17. Games-X, "14th-20th June 1991" (UK; 1991-06-14), page 35
  18. Games-X, "26th March-1st April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-26), page 24
  19. Famicom Hisshoubon, "1990-18, 19 (1990-09-21, 10-05)" (JP; 1990-09-14), page 17
  20. Hobby Consolas, "Abril 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 56
  21. Joypad, "Avril 1992" (FR; 1992-03-1x), page 140
  22. Joystick, "Novembre 1990" (FR; 1990-1x-xx), page 134
  23. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 92
  24. Mega Drive Fan, "December 1990" (JP; 1990-11-08), page 79
  25. MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 78
  26. MegaTech, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-20), page 23
  27. MegaTech, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-20), page 24
  28. Micromanía (segunda época), "Mayo 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 67
  29. Mean Machines, "December 1990" (UK; 1990-12-xx), page 74
  30. Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 139
  31. Player One, "Avril 1992" (FR; 1992-04-10), page 62
  32. Play Time, "5/92" (DE; 1992-04-08), page 93
  33. Power Up!, "Saturday, April 18, 1992" (UK; 1992-04-18), page 1
  34. Power Play, "12/90" (DE; 1990-11-16), page 154
  35. Raze, "January 1991" (UK; 1990-11-29), page 71
  36. Score, "Březen 1994" (CZ; 1994-03-14), page 47
  37. Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53
  38. Sega Power, "June 1992" (UK; 1992-05-07), page 28
  39. Sega Pro, "July 1992" (UK; 1992-06-18), page 28
  40. Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
  41. Sega Force, "4/93" (SE; 1993-07-08), page 19
  42. Sega Force, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-16), page 56
  43. Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86
  44. Supergame, "Setembro 1992" (BR; 1992-09-xx), page 42
  45. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 16