Omikron: The Nomad Soul

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Omikron: The Nomad Soul
System(s): Sega Dreamcast
Publisher: Eidos Interactive
Developer:
Original system(s): Windows PC
Peripherals supported: Visual Memory Unit, Dreamcast VGA Box
Genre: Adventure

















Number of players: 1
Official in-game languages:
  • English
  • Français
  • Deutsch
  • Español
  • Italiano
  • Release Date RRP Code
    Sega Dreamcast
    US
    $49.9949.99[2] T-36807N
    ESRB: Teen
    Sega Dreamcast
    DE
    DM 109109[8] T-36805D-18
    USK: 16
    Sega Dreamcast
    ES
    T-36805D-60
    ELSPA: 15+ OK
    Sega Dreamcast
    FR
    T-36805D-09
    SELL: 12+
    Sega Dreamcast
    UK
    £39.9939.99[5][6] T-36805D-05
    ELSPA: 15+ OK
    Sega Dreamcast
    ES/IT
    T-36805D-60
    Sega Dreamcast
    AU
    OFLC: M15
    Non-Sega versions

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    Omikron: The Nomad Soul, known in Europe as The Nomad Soul, is a Sega Dreamcast adventure game developed by Quantic Dream and published by Eidos Interactive. A port of the developer's titular 1999 Windows PC game The Nomad Soul, it was first released in the United Kingdom in May 2000, and is most notable for being the first game directed by David Cage, and for its contributions by musicians David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels.

    Versions

    Localised names

    Also known as
    Language Localised Name English Translation
    English The Nomad Soul The Nomad Soul
    English (US) Omikron: The Nomad Soul Omikron: The Nomad Soul

    Production credits

    • Development Team: Quantic Dream
    • Written &d Directed by: David Cage
    • Project Manager: Olivier Demangel
    • Internal Producer: Anne Devouassoux
    • Design & Graphics: Loic Normand
    • Lead Graphists: Stepbane Elbaz, Philippe Aballea
    • Graphists: Olivier Demangel, Edouard Pham, Xavier Malard, Eric Seigaud, Pierre Roux, Nathalie Chody, Tsoa Rakotoarisoa, Kamel Gali, Franck Aubessard, Amar Hamidi, Corentin Jaffre, Yann Legal
    • Programming: Olivier Nallet, Fabien Fessard
    • Programmers: Frederic Hanoulle, Antoine Yiau, Francois Kermorvant, Stephane Fournier, Julien Varnier, Christophe Vivet, Jean-Charles Meyrignac
    • Animations: Tony Lejuez
    • Animators: Christophe Leulier, Xavier Malard, Yan Le Gall
    • IAM Scripting: Sophie Buhl
    • Scripters: Nathalie Chody, Audrey Leprince
    • Cameras: Daniel Cinglant, David Cage
    • Dialogue: Christophe Leulier, Tsoa Rakotoarisoa, Marie Catherine Herveau, Anne Devouassoux, Regis Carlier
    • Sound Effects, Ambient & Additional Tracks: Xavier Despas
    • Original English Voices: David Bowie, David Gasman, Paul Bondey, Karen Strassman, Christian Erickson, Barbara Weber, Gay Marshall, Edward Marcus, Allan Wenger, Joe Rezwin, Patrick Floersheim
    • Iman 1631: Iman
    • The Dreamers: David Bowie, Reeves Gabrels, Gail Ann Dorsey
    • Sound Engineer: Jean-Jacques Toroella
    • Motion Capture Acting: Marc Chung, Minh Minh Ngo, Pascal Gentil, Emmanuelle Pariant, Tony Dehas
    • Body Motion Capture: Acti System
    • Quantic Dream would like to thank: John for his faith. Bruno for believing when there really was no reason to. Iman, David and Reeves for their enthusiasm, their talent and their intelligence. Charles for accepting the challenge. Philip for his support and enthusiasm. Eides and Eidos, France. Tony and Ed for the quality of the casting and devoting so much time to us. All the people that sent us encouraging e-mails and supported us from the start. Our wrives and girlfriends for being patient and understanding. All the staff at Quantic Dream for the sleepless nights and the long weekends.
    • Original Songs and Soundtracks: David Bowie & Reeves Gabrels
    • Facial Lipsynching and Dialogue Motion Capture: Tribu
    • Mr. Bowie's Motion Capture credited & performed by: Edouard Locke
    • Senior Producer: Herve Albertazzi
    • Producer (US): Tom Marx
    • Senior Designer: Philip Campbell
    • Additional Support & Ideas: Paul Glancey
    • QA Managers: UK - Jean-Yves Duret, US - Brian King
    • QA Project Coordinator: Marlon Grant
    • QA Team UK: Jonathan Arday, Jon Reddington, Tyrone O'Neil, John Ree, James Hutchinson
    • QA Team US: Lead Tester - Ralph Ortiz, Asst. Lead - Daniel Franklin, Colby McCracken
    • Additional Testing: Clayton Palma, Chris Lovenguth, Pierre Roux, Corey Fong, Carissa Shubb, Rob Swain, Tamara Williamson, Mark Smith
    • Localization: Flavia Timiani, Holly Andrews
    • Development Manager Europe: David Rose
    • Development Manager US: Nicholas Earl
    • Product Manager UK: Michael Newey
    • Product Manager US: Jennifer Fitzsimmons
    • Product Manager France: Olivier Salomon
    • Product Manager Germany: Marcus Berhens
    • PR UK: Jonathan Rosenblatt, Steve Slarvis
    • PR US: Greg Rizzer
    • PR France: Priscille Demoly
    • PR Germany: Sascha Green-Kaiser
    • Special Thanks: Charles Cornwall, Ian Livingstone, Mike McGorvey, John Kovonagh, Rob Dyer, William Zysblat, Robert Goodale, Janey de Nordwall, Nick Davies, Debbie Lash, Eva Whitlow, Rose Montgomery, Lee Briggs, Paul Sheppard, Rebbeca Shearin, Dove Cox, JoKathryn Reavis, Amanda & Sam, Mike Cawahara, Eric Adams, Frank Hom, Mike Schmitt, Matt Miller, T-Mann
    • Manual: Hanshaw Ink & Image
    Source:
    US manual

    Magazine articles

    Main article: Omikron: The Nomad Soul/Magazine articles.

    Promotional material

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    Print advert in GamePro (US) #139: "April 2000" (2000-0x-xx)
    also published in:
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    Print advert in Dreamcast Magazine (UK) #8: "No. 8" (2000-04-20)
    also published in:
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    Print advert in Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR) #3: "Mars/Avril 2000" (2000-xx-xx)
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    Print advert in Consoles + (FR) #99: "Avril 2000" (2000-0x-xx)
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    Print advert in Next Level (AR) #17: "Junio 2000" (2000-xx-xx)
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    Physical scans

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    Publication Score Source
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    Sega Retro Average 
    Publication Version Score
    576 Konzol (HU)
    95
    [14]
    Bonus (YU) PAL/NTSC
    60
    [15]
    Consoles + (FR) PAL
    89
    [16]
    Dreamcast Monthly (UK) PAL
    80
    [17]
    DC-UK (UK) PAL
    70
    [6]
    Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR) PAL
    80
    [18]
    Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL
    84
    [5]
    Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)
    88
    [19]
    Fun Generation (DE) PAL
    84
    [20]
    GamePlay RPG (FR) PAL
    92
    [21]
    GamesMaster (UK) PAL
    74
    [22]
    MAN!AC (DE) PAL
    82
    [23]
    Mega Fun (DE) PAL
    60
    [24]
    Neo Plus (PL)
    80
    [25]
    Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
    25
    [26]
    Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL
    50
    [27]
    Official Dreamcast Magazine (US) NTSC-U
    50
    [2]
    Sega Magazin (DE) PAL
    55
    [8]
    Strana Igr (RU)
    85
    [28]
    Sega Dreamcast
    73
    Based on
    19 reviews

    Omikron: The Nomad Soul

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    Dreamcast, FR
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    Technical information

    Main article: Omikron: The Nomad Soul/Technical information.

    ROM dump status

    System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
    Sega Dreamcast
    CRC32
    MD5
    SHA-1
    1,205,037,792 2000-04-18 GD-ROM (US) T-36807N V1.001
    Sega Dreamcast
     ?
    CRC32
    MD5
    SHA-1
    1,205,037,792 2000-04-14 GD-ROM (EU) T-36805D-61 V1.003
    Sega Dreamcast
     ?
    CRC32
    MD5
    SHA-1
    1,205,037,792 2000-04-14 GD-ROM (FR) T-36805D-09 V1.003
    Sega Dreamcast
     ?
    CRC32
    MD5
    SHA-1
    1,205,037,792 2000-04-14 GD-ROM (DE) T-36805D-18 V1.003

    External links

    References

    1. http://www.ebworld.com/ebx/categories/homepages/dreamcast.asp (Wayback Machine: 2000-06-21 23:45)
    2. 2.0 2.1 Official Dreamcast Magazine, "July/August 2000" (US; 2000-06-06), page 104
    3. http://www.chipsworld.co.uk/detProd.asp?ProductCode=2882 (Wayback Machine: 2003-11-30 15:44)
    4. https://groups.google.com/g/uk.games.video.dreamcast/c/NaVoDKw_hVQ/m/p0XBYmeZpE0J
    5. 5.0 5.1 Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 8" (UK; 2000-04-20), page 66
    6. 6.0 6.1 DC-UK, "May 2000" (UK; 2000-04-xx), page 16
    7. http://www.micromania.fr/cgi-micromania/tri3.pl?criteria=DREAMCAS;status=1 (Wayback Machine: 2000-06-21 04:04)
    8. 8.0 8.1 Sega Magazin, "Juli 2000" (DE; 2000-06-05), page 22
    9. http://www.centromail.es/top/ficha.asp?codmail=14781&codprov= (Wayback Machine: 2001-09-17 04:36)
    10. http://www.futuregamez.net:80/outnow/dc.html (Wayback Machine: 2001-07-31 23:17)
    11. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 2000" (US; 2000-04-04), page 28
    12. GamePro, "May 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 14
    13. Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 11" (UK; 2000-07-13), page 17
    14. 576 Konzol, "Március 2001" (HU; 2001-xx-xx), page 42
    15. Bonus, "2/2001" (YU; 2001-03-25), page 40
    16. Consoles +, "Avril 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 112
    17. Dreamcast Monthly, "May 2000" (UK; 2000-04-13), page 72
    18. Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel, "Mai/Juin 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 70
    19. Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 154
    20. Fun Generation, "06/2000" (DE; 2000-05-17), page 72
    21. GamePlay RPG, "xxxx 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 86
    22. GamesMaster, "August 2000" (UK; 2000-07-12), page 102
    23. MAN!AC, "07/2000" (DE; 2000-06-07), page 58
    24. Mega Fun, "07/2000" (DE; 2000-06-07), page 68
    25. Neo Plus, "Lipiec-Sierpień 2000" (PL; 2000-xx-xx), page 76
    26. Next Generation, "October 2000" (US; 2000-09-19), page 115
    27. Official Dreamcast Magazine, "May 2000" (UK; 2000-04-06), page 76
    28. Strana Igr, "Dekabr 1999 1/2" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 58


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