Last Bronx

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Last Bronx
System(s): Sega Model 2B CRX, Sega Saturn, Windows PC
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code

Last Bronx, subtitled Last Bronx: Tokyo Bangaichi (ラストブロンクス -東京番外地-) in Japan, is a 3D versus fighting game developed by Sega AM3 for Sega Model 2B CRX arcade hardware.

History

Development

Last Bronx is the third in a set of games released during the mid-1990s by Sega's AM teams to capitalise on the success on a genre kickstarted by Sega's own Virtua Fighter. At the time, Sega AM2's Virtua Fighter 2 and Fighting Vipers were proving to be profitable ventures - Last Bronx stands as Sega AM3's (sole) attempt at taking some of the market for themselves. While Virtua Fighter 2 is seen as the technical fighter and Fighting Vipers a more intense experience, Last Bronx was envisioned as a story-led fighting game with motion-captured weapons, one of the first games to do so (the other being Namco's Soul Edge).

Release

Model 2 Version

Last Bronx proved to be another big success for Sega, despite AM3's lack of experience with the genre.

Sega Saturn Version

Last Bronx was brought to the Sega Saturn in early 1997, and was considered at the time to be a big technical achievement for home console fighting games, the key feature being polygonal backgrounds, which although present in plenty of arcade games prior to Last Bronx's release, were non-existent on home consoles due to a perceived lack of processing power. Usually, as was the case in Virtua Fighter 2 and Fighting Vipers, backgrounds would be replaced with unrealistic 2D variants, and were a common source of complaint at the time.

Last Bronx was the first fighting game to break this trend, although the level of detail in the background still pales in comparison to the Model 2 version. It is also notable as at the time, no PlayStation fighting games were achieving this feat either (although they became more common towards the end of 1998). Of note is that Last Bronx was also is also AM3's first Saturn game, with previous conversions behind handled by CS Team.

As was customary, the Saturn version contains more gameplay modes so as to satisfy a console audience.

PC Version

Following the Saturn release, a PC version of Last Bronx was released in 1998. The PC version retains the Saturn's extra modes but with visuals more comparable to the Model 2 version.

Legacy

Following the release of Last Bronx, AM3 largely abandoned the 3D fighting game genre so no direct sequels have ever been produced. The popularity of Last Bronx however led to comics, radio dramas and a V-Cinema film.

The game was souped up and brought to the PlayStation 2 as Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 24: Last Bronx -Tokyo Bangaichi- in 2006.

Production Credits

Arcade Version

Director: Akinobu Abe
Assistant Director: Nobuyuki Yamashita
Chief Programmer: Seiji Fujiwara
Programmer: Masanobu Yanagisako, Kenichi Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Kataoka, Yoshio Hirasawa
Chief Designer: Shinichi Nakagawa
Designer: Takeshi Sano, Mitsuhiko Kakita, Jun Uriu, Masamitsu Hoshino, Koji Ono, Go Kikuchi, Yasuhito Tanaka, Kenji Shimizu, Kuniharu Takeuchi
Motion Editor: Tomosuke Tsuda, Mari Tsuruzoe, Isao Matsumoto
Character Designer: Yoshitsugu Sato
Model Designer: Tomoko Yemura
Sound Director: Tomoyuki Kawamura
Publicity: Noriaki Yatsuzuka
Special Thanks: Attractive Action Club, Sega Digital Media Studio, Bose (SDP), Shinsuke Takizawa, Jun Uehara (Hakuhodo Inc.), Mitsuko Akata,
Staff of

  • "Ikebukuro Gigo"
  • "Hi-Tech Sega Shibuya"

Technical Research Section, To All Members of AM R&D Dept. #3
Producer: Yoshiro Akata
General Manager: Hisao Oguchi
Produced by: Sega
© 1996 Sega

Saturn Version

Director: Akinobu Abe
Programmers: Seiji Fujiwara, Hirofumi Okamoto, Mitsuyoshi Ono, Bungo Ishida
Designers: Seiichi Yamagata, Kiyohiko Yamashita, Masaki Takahashi, Minori Hisamatsu, Sayaka Ishiyama
Character Design: Yoshitsugu Sato
Sound: Tomoyuki Kawamura
Computer Graphic: Koji Ono
Movie Convert: Yuji Sawairi
Coordinator: Noriaki Yatsuzuka, Nobuhiko Shimizu
SOJ Text Coordination: Ryoichi Hasegawa
SEGA of America: Steve Hutchins, Michael Jablonn
SEGA of Europe: Mark Maslowicz

LAST BRONX Opening Movie and Ending Movie

Director: Hiroyuki Aoyama
Producer: Teruhisa Yamaji
Art Director: Makoto Shiraishi
Color Key: Tomoko Yamamoto
Computer Staff: Yukihiko Ichikawa

" Jaggy Love " (iNOKS Records)
  • Artist: D'Secrets
  • Lyrics: Minoru Ohta
  • Music & Arrangement: Woora

Special Thanks: Hiroya Tanaka, Tetsu Saito (iNOKS Records), Masaaki Hori (iNOKS Records), W.Tang (APJ), Kouyousha, Sega Digital Studio, & All the Testers
Executive Producer: Hisao Oguchi
Producer: Akinobu Abe

PC Version

Voices
  • Yusaku: Kazuki Yao
  • Joe: Kaneto Shiozawa
  • Lisa: Mina Tominaga
  • Tommy: Nobuyuki Hiyama
  • Yoko: Megumi Ogata
  • Kurosawa: Norio Wakamoto
  • Nagi: Kikuko Inoue
  • Zaimoku: Tessho Genda
  • Redeye: Nobutoshi Hayashi

Director: Akinobu Abe
Programmers: Seiji Fujiwara, Hirofumi Okamoto, Mitsuyoshi Ono, Bungo Ishida
Designers: Seiichi Yamagata, Kiyohiko Yamashita, Masaki Takahashi, Minori Hisamatsu, Sayaka Ishiyama
Character Design: Yoshitsugu Sato
CG Design: Koji Ono
Sound: Tomoyuki Kawamura
Coordinators: Noriaki Yatsuzuka, Nobuhiko Shimizu
Executive Producer: Hisao Oguchi
Producer: Akinobu Abe

PC Edition Staff

Programmers: Tatsuya Satoh (HIC), Takashi Yonemori (HIC), Tenshi Ueda (HIC), Hiroki Kawashima (HIC), Kunihide Izawa (HIC)
Graphic Designers: Katsufumi Yoshimori, Takeo Kimata, Ryuhei Arai (HIC)
Producer: Toshinori Asai
Assistant Producer: Shun Arai
Director: Tadashi Kuroi
Special Thanks: Original Last Bronx Staff, AM#2 Dept. Sound Team, Sega Digital media Studio

Promotional Material

Physical Scans

Model 2 Version

Saturn Version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
60 №191, p60/61
80 №49, p78/79
84 №60, p41
84 №68, p100/101
85 №5, p72/73/74/75
92 №24, p68/69
Sega Saturn
81
Based on
6 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
576 Konzol (HU)
92
[1]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
50
[2]
Edge (UK) NTSC-J
80
[3]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
81
[4]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
73
[5]
Fun Generation (DE) PAL
80
[6]
Gambler (PL)
83
[7]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
84
[8]
Game Power (IT)
84
[9]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
65
[10]
Gry Komputerowe (PL)
75
[11]
GMR (US)
70
[12]
Joypad (FR) PAL
84
[13]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
80
[14]
Mega Console (IT) NTSC-J
83
[15]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
93
[16]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
86
[17]
Neo (PL)
80
[18]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-J
75
[19]
neXt Level (DE) PAL
85
[20]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
75
[21]
Saturn Power (UK) PAL
85
[22]
Sega Magazin (DE) PAL
88
[23]
Sega Power (GR)
90
[24]
Świat Gier Komputerowych (PL)
90
[25]
Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL
92
[26]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
73
[27]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
80
[28]
Strana Igr (RU)
90
[29]
Super Power (FI)
92
[30]
Sega Saturn
81
Based on
30 reviews

Last Bronx

Saturn, US
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Disc
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Manual
Saturn, EU
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Cover
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Disc
Saturn, JP
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Cover
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Spinecard
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Disc
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Disc2
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Inlay
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Inlay Front
Saturn, BR
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Cover

PC Version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
80 №56, p104
Windows PC
80
Based on
1 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Arcade (UK)
25
[31]
CD-Action (PL)
80
[32]
Edge (UK)
80
[33]
The Games Machine (IT)
81
[34]
Gry Komputerowe (PL)
82
[35]
Game Over (RO)
84
[36]
Hacker Plus (HR)
70
[37]
Next Generation (US)
25
[38]
PC Zone (UK)
87
[39]
Riki (SK)
83
[40]
Secret Service (PL)
70
[41]
Svet Kompjutera (YU)
82
[42]
Master Games (BG)
70
[43]
Ultimate PC (UK)
82
[44]
Windows PC
72
Based on
14 reviews

Last Bronx

PC, US
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Cover
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Jewel Case
PC, US (Expert Software)
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Cover
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Jewel Case
PC, EU

PC, JP
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Cover
PC, UK (Xplosiv)
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Cover
PC, UK (Fair Game)

PC, FR

PC, ES (Xplosiv)

PC, RU
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Cover
PC, IL
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Cover

External Links



Games in the Last Bronx Series
Last Bronx (1996) | Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 24: Last Bronx -Tokyo Bangaichi- (2006)
Last Bronx related media
Music
Last Bronx: Tokyo Bangaichi Soundtracks vs Club Remix (1996) | Last Bronx: Tokyo Bangaichi Sound Battle (1997)
Audiobook
Last Bronx Radio Drama Vol. 1 (1997) | Last Bronx Radio Drama Vol. 2 (1997) | Last Bronx Radio Drama Vol. 3 (1997) | Last Bronx Radio Drama Vol. 4 (1997)
Book
Last Bronx Tokyo Bangaichi Koushiki Command Book (1996) | Last Bronx Tokyo Bangaichi Comic Anthology (1996) | Last Bronx Tokyo Bangaichi Koushiki Guide Book (1996) | Arcade Game Hisshou Hou Special: Last Bronx Tokyo Bangaichi (1996) | Last Bronx Official Art Works (1997) | Last Bronx Comic Anthology (1997) | Last Bronx Official Guide (1997) | Last Bronx Comic Anthology 2 (1997)
Film
Last Bronx: Tokyo Bangaichi (1997) | Sega Official Video Library Vol. 4: Last Bronx (?)
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  3. Edge, "September 1997" (UK; 1997-08-18), page 78
  4. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "February 1998" (US; 1998-0x-xx), page 108
  5. Famitsu, "1997-08-08" (JP; 1997-07-25), page 1
  6. Fun Generation, "11/97" (DE; 1997-10-15), page 94
  7. Gambler, "2/1998" (PL; 1998-xx-xx), page 1
  8. GameFan, "Volume 5, Issue 11: November 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 26
  9. Game Power, "Ottobre 1997" (IT; 1997-xx-xx), page 50
  10. GamePro, "December 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 182
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  12. GMR, "October 2003" (US; 2003-xx-xx), page 90
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  20. neXt Level, "November 1997" (DE; 1997-10-17), page 83
  21. Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 18" (JP; 1997-09-12), page 82
  22. Saturn Power, "October 1997" (UK; 1997-08-22), page 72
  23. Sega Magazin, "November 1997" (DE; 1997-10-15), page 72
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  34. The Games Machine, "Marzo 1998" (IT; 1998-0x-xx), page 124
  35. Gry Komputerowe, "3/1998" (PL; 1998-xx-xx), page 1
  36. Game Over, "" (RO; 1998-xx-xx), page 39
  37. Hacker Plus, "Travanj 1998" (HR; 1998-xx-xx), page 32
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  41. Secret Service, "Kwiecień 1998" (PL; 1998-xx-xx), page 34
  42. Svet Kompjutera, "April 1998" (YU; 1998-xx-xx), page 1
  43. Master Games, "Maĭ 1998" (BG; 1998-xx-xx), page 20
  44. Ultimate PC, "Volume One, Issue Seven: March 1998" (UK; 1998-02-28), page 104