The Steel Empire

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The Steel Empire

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: HOT-B, Flying Edge (US/Europe)

Developer: HOT-B

Sound driver: Cube/Noriyuki Iwadare

Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1992-03-13	¥7,8007,800	T-28033
US	1992-06^[1]		T-81046
EU	1992-07		T-80146-50
AU	1992

The Steel Empire, called Empire of Steel in Europe and Koutetsu Teikoku (鋼鉄帝国) in Japan, is a 1992 shoot-'em-up for the Sega Mega Drive developed by HOT-B and published in the US and Europe by Acclaim-owned Flying Edge. A Game Boy Advance port was released in Japan and Europe in 2004.

In the US, the game was originally set to be published by Sage's Creation under the title Battlewings, before handing the license to Acclaim.

Story

The game presents itself as an old-time war film produced by the "HOT-B Film Corporation". In the film, the future is the Steel Age, where a military dictatorship called Motorhead enslaved the human population. The only hope for freedom is the Republic of Silverhead, who managed to remain independent, and who alone has the weapons to take out Motorhead.

Gameplay

You control one of two Silverhead aircraft, the Striker and the ZEP-01. Striker is a military aircraft that can go fast but is somewhat weak. ZEP-01 is a zeppelin that is considerably slower but can handle much more damage. shoots to the right, shoots to the left, and launches a Super Bomb, which shoots lightning upon every enemy on screen. There are weapon enhancements, much like most other shooters, however they can be leveled up by collecting emblems throughout the level to fill up your EX bar (filling it up then getting one more levels up once).

Power-ups

File:SteelEmpire MD Item1.png - Extra Lightning Bomb
File:SteelEmpire MD Item2.png - 100 points
File:SteelEmpire MD Item3.png - Energy bonus
File:SteelEmpire MD Item4.png - Extra life
File:SteelEmpire MD Item5.png - Speed boost
File:SteelEmpire MD Item6.png - Adds outrigger planes
File:SteelEmpire MD Item7.png - Adds experience

Stages

	Stage 1 - The Mine City of Rahl

	Stage 2 - The Liedengel Caverns

	Stage 3 - Sky District Zektor

	Stage 4 - Gardandi Beach

	Stage 5 - Dama City

	Stage 6 - Germburn Fortress

	Stage 7 - Lunar Space

Production credits

As the game pretends it's a film, some of the staff roles make little sense in this game. In situations where the actual role is known, it is parenthesized after the role given in the game.

Director: N.Yamaguchi
Co-Director: Y.Satake
Producer: A.Tomonaga
Executive Producer: J.Kuriyama
Screenplay: K.Asai
Based on the Novel by: Carr.H.Schitch: (ↄ)"Steel Empire" 1819
Music: Cube Co., Ltd.
Music Composer: I.Mizoguchi, Y.Kubotera, N.Iwadare
Special Sound Effectes: [sic] M.Hikichi
Re-Recording Engineer: Dougen.Sibuya
Production Supervisor: A.Tomonaga
Operating Cameramen: Y.Hirasawa, T.Suzuki
Location Director of Photography (co-programmer): K.Endoh
Conceptual Artist: Kemono I.
Art Director: S.Hatsuya
Set Director: K.Nishi
Mattepainting Supervisor: V.Bestie
Modelshop Supervisor: S.Riot.H
Construction Manager: [sic] M.Yorozuya
Head Effects Animation: N.Yamaguchi
Steadicam(R) Plate Photography: K.Suganuma, N.Nakane, A.Tomonaga
Translation Assist: Sarah.Y

Source:

In-game credits

Other credits

Cover Illustration: Marc William Ericksen }}

Magazine articles

Main article: The Steel Empire/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

JuegateloTodo ES PrintAd 1992-11.jpg

ES print advert

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #8: "May/June 1992" (1992-xx-xx)

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #8: "May/June 1992" (1992-xx-xx)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #36: "July 1992" (1992-xx-xx)^[3]
GamePro (US) #36: "July 1992" (1992-xx-xx)^[4]

Artwork

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

40

^[17]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

73

^[18]

Consoles + (FR)

82

^[5]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

90

^[6]

Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)

79

^[19]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[20]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

85

^[21]

Games-X (UK)

70

^[22]

Game Zone (UK)

79

^[23]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[24]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

89

^[25]

Joypad (FR)

NTSC-J

82

^[8]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

82

^[26]

Joystick (FR)

NTSC-J

72

^[9]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

PAL

84

^[27]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

68

^[28]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-U

82

^[29]

Mega Play (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[30]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-J

85

^[31]

Mean Machines (UK)

70

^[10]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

70

^[32]

Player One (FR)

85

^[33]

Power Play (DE)

56

^[34]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

54

^[35]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

72

^[14]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

60

^[36]

Sega Force (SE)

86

^[12]

Sega Force (UK)

PAL

72

^[13]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

81

^[37]

Supergame (BR)

NTSC-J

86

^[15]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

44

^[38]

VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (US)

NTSC-U

60

^[39]

Video Games (DE)

63

^[40]

	72
Based on 33 reviews

The Steel Empire

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, SE (Rental)

References

↑ File:SegaVisions US 08.pdf, page 58
↑ File:SegaForce UK 08.pdf, page 87
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 78
↑ GamePro, "July 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 8
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 File:ConsolesPlus FR 007.pdf, page 82 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ConsolesPlus FR 007.pdf_p82" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 File:CVG UK 126.pdf, page 62 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 126.pdf_p62" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:HobbyConsolas ES 014.pdf, page 104
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 File:Joypad FR 008.pdf, page 90 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joypad FR 008.pdf_p90" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 File:Joystick FR 026.pdf, page 150 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joystick FR 026.pdf_p150" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 File:MeanMachines UK 20.pdf, page 96 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachines UK 20.pdf_p96" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:PlayerOne FR 025.pdf, page 90
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 File:SegaForce SE 1992 02.pdf, page 8 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForce SE 1992 02.pdf_p8" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 File:SegaForce UK 08.pdf, page 86 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForce UK 08.pdf_p86" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 File:SegaPro UK 07.pdf, page 43 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPro UK 07.pdf_p43" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^15.0 ^15.1 File:Supergame BR 12.pdf, page 16 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Supergame BR 12.pdf_p16" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:VideoGames DE 1992-06.pdf, page 46
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 223
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1992" (JP; 1992-02-08), page 38
↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 41
↑ Famitsu, "1992-03-20" (JP; 1992-03-06), page 39
↑ GamePro, "June 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 56
↑ Games-X, "26th March-1st April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-26), page 22
↑ Game Zone, "August 1992" (UK; 1992-07-xx), page 64
↑ Hippon Super, "February 1992" (JP; 1992-01-07), page 96
↑ Hobby Consolas, "Noviembre 1992" (ES; 1992-xx-xx), page 112
↑ Joypad, "Décembre 1992" (FR; 1992-1x-xx), page 166
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 91
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "June 1992" (JP; 1992-05-08), page 83
↑ Mega Fun, "06/92" (DE; 1992-0x-xx), page 27
↑ Mega Play, "August 1992" (US; 1992-0x-xx), page 64
↑ MegaTech, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-20), page 36
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 138
↑ Player One, "Novembre 1992" (FR; 1992-11-10), page 94
↑ Power Play, "6/92" (DE; 1992-05-13), page 146
↑ Sega Power, "August 1992" (UK; 1992-07-02), page 36
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 67
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 178
↑ VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "July 1992" (US; 1992-0x-xx), page 111
↑ Video Games, "6/92" (DE; 1992-05-29), page 48

[:File:SegaVisions_US_08.pdf_p58-1] File:SegaVisions US 08.pdf, page 58

[:File:SegaForce_UK_08.pdf_p87-2] File:SegaForce UK 08.pdf, page 87

[:File:EGM_US_036.pdf_p78-3] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 78

[:File:GamePro_US_036.pdf_p8-4] GamePro, "July 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 8

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_007.pdf_p82-5] 5.0 ^5.1 File:ConsolesPlus FR 007.pdf, page 82 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ConsolesPlus FR 007.pdf_p82" defined multiple times with different content

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[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_014.pdf_p104-7] File:HobbyConsolas ES 014.pdf, page 104

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[:File:MeanMachines_UK_20.pdf_p96-10] 10.0 ^10.1 File:MeanMachines UK 20.pdf, page 96 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachines UK 20.pdf_p96" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_025.pdf_p90-11] File:PlayerOne FR 025.pdf, page 90

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[:File:SegaPro_UK_07.pdf_p43-14] 14.0 ^14.1 File:SegaPro UK 07.pdf, page 43 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPro UK 07.pdf_p43" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:Supergame_BR_12.pdf_p16-15] 15.0 ^15.1 File:Supergame BR 12.pdf, page 16 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Supergame BR 12.pdf_p16" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1992-06.pdf_p46-16] File:VideoGames DE 1992-06.pdf, page 46

[17] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 223

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1992-03.pdf_p38-18] Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1992" (JP; 1992-02-08), page 38

[:File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide_Book_UK.pdf_p41-19] Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 41

[:File:Famitsu_JP_0170.pdf_p39-20] Famitsu, "1992-03-20" (JP; 1992-03-06), page 39

[:File:GamePro_US_035.pdf_p56-21] GamePro, "June 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 56

[:File:GamesX_UK_48.pdf_p22-22] Games-X, "26th March-1st April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-26), page 22

[:File:GameZone_UK_10.pdf_p64-23] Game Zone, "August 1992" (UK; 1992-07-xx), page 64

[24] Hippon Super, "February 1992" (JP; 1992-01-07), page 96

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_014.pdf_p112-25] Hobby Consolas, "Noviembre 1992" (ES; 1992-xx-xx), page 112

[:File:Joypad_FR_015.pdf_p166-26] Joypad, "Décembre 1992" (FR; 1992-1x-xx), page 166

[:File:MDAG_UK_05.pdf_p91-27] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 91

[:File:Mdfan_JP_1992-06.pdf_p83-28] Mega Drive Fan, "June 1992" (JP; 1992-05-08), page 83

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1992-06.pdf_p27-29] Mega Fun, "06/92" (DE; 1992-0x-xx), page 27

[:File:MegaPlay_US_0304.pdf_p64-30] Mega Play, "August 1992" (US; 1992-0x-xx), page 64

[:File:MegaTech_UK_05.pdf_p36-31] MegaTech, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-20), page 36

[:File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p138-32] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 138

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_025.pdf_p94-33] Player One, "Novembre 1992" (FR; 1992-11-10), page 94

[:File:PowerPlay_DE_1992-06.pdf_p146-34] Power Play, "6/92" (DE; 1992-05-13), page 146

[:File:SegaPower_UK_33.pdf_p36-35] Sega Power, "August 1992" (UK; 1992-07-02), page 36

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p67-36] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 67

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-37] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

[38] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 178

[:File:VG.26amp.3BCE_US_42.pdf_p111-39] VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "July 1992" (US; 1992-0x-xx), page 111

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1992-06.pdf_p48-40] Video Games, "6/92" (DE; 1992-05-29), page 48

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The Steel Empire

From Sega Retro

Contents

Story

Gameplay

Power-ups

Stages

Production credits

Other credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Artwork

Physical scans

References