Master of Weapon

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Master of Weapon

Publisher: Taito

Developer: KID^[1]

Original system(s): Arcade boards

Genre: Shooting^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1991-09-27^[2]	¥6,8006,800	T-11063

Non-Sega versions
Arcade

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Master of Weapon (マスターオブウエポン) is a Sega Mega Drive vertical shoot-'em-up developed by KID^[1] and published by Taito. A port of the publisher's titular 1989 arcade game Master of Weapon, it was released exclusively in Japan in September 1991.

Sega later manufactured a conversion kit for the arcade release of Master of Weapon which converted the game into a Tetris machine.

Gameplay

shoots a gun and drops bombs. These can be rapidfired, however enemies will only be killed by one or the other. drops a bomb with a special weapon attached to it. Special weapons and upgrades are collected as powerups found in green capsules throughout each level; they last until you are killed.

Production credits

Executive Producer: Takao Ueno
Producer: Tomohiro Nishikado
Director: Syoji Takahashi
Main Programmer: Kuniharu Iwata
Programmers: Kakkun, Com, Sasa, Ichi, Haru
Character Designers: Thigen, Oza, Kawai, Yaga
Music Programmer: Naga
Music Editor: Kane
Special Thanks to: Helper Suit, Mr X, KZM, Ginya Sekido, Yuji Koga
Presented by: Taito

Source:

In-game credits^[3]

Magazine articles

Main article: Master of Weapon/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-08: "August 1991" (1991-07-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-09: "September 1991" (1991-08-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-10: "October 1991" (1991-09-07)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1992-01: "January 1992" (1991-12-07)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1992-02: "February 1992" (1992-01-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1992-03: "March 1992" (1992-02-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1992-04: "April 1992" (1992-03-07)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

40

^[4]

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

42

^[5]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

55

^[6]

Console XS (UK)

NTSC-J

77

^[7]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

55

^[8]

Joypad (FR)

NTSC-J

52

^[9]

Joystick (FR)

NTSC-J

50

^[10]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

59

^[11]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

77

^[12]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

72

^[13]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

52

^[14]

Super Gaming (US)

53

^[15]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

60

^[16]

	57
Based on 13 reviews

Master of Weapon

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	12ad6178
MD5	6d28b0c2d6cf454328a8dcd24b5afc0d
SHA-1	574da95ab171b12546daa56dc28761c6bcc4a5fc

512kB

1991-09

Cartridge (JP)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/KID
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
↑ File:Master of Weapon MD credits.pdf
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 175
↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "Februar 1992" (DE; 1992-01-10), page 117
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1991" (JP; 1991-09-07), page 35
↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 132
↑ Famitsu, "1991-10-04" (JP; 1991-09-20), page 39
↑ Joypad, "Décembre 1991" (FR; 1991-11-19), page 86
↑ Joystick, "Novembre 1991" (FR; 1991-1x-xx), page 132
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "December 1991" (JP; 1991-11-08), page 91
↑ Sega Pro, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-21), page 69
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
↑ Super Gaming, "Winter 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 6
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 110

Master of Weapon
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[http:.2F.2Fgdri.smspower.org.2Fwiki.2Findex.php.2FKID-1] 1.0 ^1.1 http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/KID

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200702232146.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fhistory.2Fhard.2Fmegadrive.2Fsoftware_l.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)

[:File:Master_of_Weapon_MD_credits.pdf_p-3] File:Master of Weapon MD credits.pdf

[4] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 175

[:File:ASM_DE_1992-02.pdf_p117-5] Aktueller Software Markt, "Februar 1992" (DE; 1992-01-10), page 117

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1991-10.pdf_p35-6] Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1991" (JP; 1991-09-07), page 35

[:File:Console_XS_UK_01.pdf_p132-7] Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 132

[:File:Famitsu_JP_0146.pdf_p39-8] Famitsu, "1991-10-04" (JP; 1991-09-20), page 39

[:File:Joypad_FR_003.pdf_p86-9] Joypad, "Décembre 1991" (FR; 1991-11-19), page 86

[:File:Joystick_FR_021.pdf_p132-10] Joystick, "Novembre 1991" (FR; 1991-1x-xx), page 132

[:File:Mdfan_JP_1991-12.pdf_p91-11] Mega Drive Fan, "December 1991" (JP; 1991-11-08), page 91

[:File:SegaPro_UK_02.pdf_p69-12] Sega Pro, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-21), page 69

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p66-13] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-14] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

[:File:SuperGaming_US_03.pdf_p6-15] Super Gaming, "Winter 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 6

[16] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 110

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Master of Weapon

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Contents

Gameplay

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References