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Like most unlicensed adult games released in 1990s-era Japan, ''Divine Sealing'' came packaged in a cardboard box{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20211030110127/https://otaku-subculture.com/メガドライブの未公認エロソフト｜もはや骨董品/}}; developer [[Studio Fazzy]] dedicated a significant amount of consideration to the quality of the packaging's overall presentation, featuring relatively well-drawn artwork and design for the unlicensed adult market. As a result of this, the game was sold as a premium item{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20110722130803/http://sob.xxxxxxxx.jp/enter/div.htm}} and priced accordingly - available for the equivalent of about $85.{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20110722130803/http://sob.xxxxxxxx.jp/enter/div.htm}} | Like most unlicensed adult games released in 1990s-era Japan, ''Divine Sealing'' came packaged in a cardboard box{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20211030110127/https://otaku-subculture.com/メガドライブの未公認エロソフト｜もはや骨董品/}}; developer [[Studio Fazzy]] dedicated a significant amount of consideration to the quality of the packaging's overall presentation, featuring relatively well-drawn artwork and design for the unlicensed adult market. As a result of this, the game was sold as a premium item{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20110722130803/http://sob.xxxxxxxx.jp/enter/div.htm}} and priced accordingly - available for the equivalent of about $85.{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20110722130803/http://sob.xxxxxxxx.jp/enter/div.htm}} | ||
| − | ''Divine Sealing'', similar to most | + | ''Divine Sealing'', similar to most other adult titles, was primarily sold at independent used adult software shops, especially those which specialized in the adult [[nec:PC-98|PC-98]] market.{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20211030110127/https://otaku-subculture.com/メガドライブの未公認エロソフト｜もはや骨董品/}} Most notably, the game was one of the first high-profile adult releases in its respective market, and one of the very first titles to show Japanese consumers that erotic games could indeed be produced for home consoles.{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20211030110127/https://otaku-subculture.com/メガドライブの未公認エロソフト｜もはや骨董品/}} |
==Magazine articles== | ==Magazine articles== | ||
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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive | ||||||||||
| Publisher: CYX | ||||||||||
| Developer: Studio Fazzy | ||||||||||
| Genre: Shoot-'em-Up | ||||||||||
| Number of players: 1 | ||||||||||
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Divine Sealing (ディヴァインシーリング) is an unlicensed Sega Mega Drive adult vertical shoot-'em-up game developed by Studio Fazzy and published by CYX. Released in Japan in May 1992, the game is most notable for being one of few unlicensed titles to be exclusively developed and published domestically, and for being one of the very earliest unlicensed Mega Drive games ever released.
Divine Sealing is most known today for its involved story, presented between each level in cutscenes featuring hentai artwork (and used to incentive progression with the tease of increasingly adult images.)
Contents
Story
Characters
| Falchion | |
|---|---|
| The story's protagonist and pilot of the spacecraft Divine. | |
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Elias (エリアス) |
| Known by the title "Mizu no Miko", Elias requests the assistance of Falchion and his spaceship Divine, and sets off the events of the game's story.[1] Encountered after completing Water Planet. | |
|
Soil (ソイル) |
| Known by the title "Daichi no Miko", Soil is a tough character who doesn't get along with Falchion at first, but soon grows an affinity for him.[1] Encountered after completing Earth Planet. | |
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Chilly (チリー) |
| Known by the title "Kaze no Miko".[1] Encountered after completing Wind Planet. | |
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Freyja (フレイヤ) |
| Known by the title "Saigo no Shinpan".[1] Encountered after completing Flame Planet. | |
|
Unknown |
| An unknown woman who appears at the conclusion to the game's story. Encountered after completing Final Planet. |
Gameplay
Divine Sealing controls much like other vertical shoot-'em-ups: the D-pad is used to control the movement of the Divine, and the 
button fires its weapons. The game features no form of screen-clearing bombs[1], and the 
and 
buttons therefore remain unused during gameplay. Additionally, START pauses the game, and the game's story cutscenes can be advanced with the button.
Gameplay is similar to titles in Hudson Soft's Star Soldier and Compile's Aleste series, focusing primarily on incoming patterns of attacking enemies, and challenging the player to formulate strategies on how to best avoid, defeat, and re-encounter successive waves of both enemies and their projectile attacks.
Scoring
Every 10,000 points upgrades the player's firepower and awards one extra life. Destroying one of the planet's bosses awards 20,000 points and also one extra life, but the Divine retains its current level of firepower.[1]
Levels
| 200px | Water Planet |
|---|---|
| 200px | Earth Planet |
| 200px | Wind Planet |
| 200px | Flame Planet |
| 200px | Final Planet |
History
Like most unlicensed adult games released in 1990s-era Japan, Divine Sealing came packaged in a cardboard box[2]; developer Studio Fazzy dedicated a significant amount of consideration to the quality of the packaging's overall presentation, featuring relatively well-drawn artwork and design for the unlicensed adult market. As a result of this, the game was sold as a premium item[1] and priced accordingly - available for the equivalent of about $85.[1]
Divine Sealing, similar to most other adult titles, was primarily sold at independent used adult software shops, especially those which specialized in the adult PC-98 market.[2] Most notably, the game was one of the first high-profile adult releases in its respective market, and one of the very first titles to show Japanese consumers that erotic games could indeed be produced for home consoles.[2]
Magazine articles
- Main article: Divine Sealing/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
- Main article: Divine Sealing/Promotional material.
Physical scans
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80 |
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| Based on 1 review | |
| Mega Drive, JP |
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    Cover
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   Cart  PCB  Manual |
Images
A complete copy of the game
Artwork of the characters Elias and Soil
Artwork of the characters Chilly and Freyja
Technical information
ROM dump status
| System | Hash | Size | Build Date | Source | Comments | |||||||||
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1MB | 1989-01 | Cartridge (JP) |
External links
- About Divine Sealing fansite at Enterprises (Japanese) (Wayback Machine)
- Divine Sealing review by David Wilson at Sega-16 (Wayback Machine)
- Divine Sealing at Segagaga Domain (Wayback Machine)
References
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Main page | Hidden content | Development | Magazine articles | Reception | Promotional material | Region coding | Technical information | |
