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System(s): Sega Dreamcast, PlayStation 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Sega Acclaim Entertainment (US) Sony Computer Entertainment (Europe) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Appaloosa Interactive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genre: Action Adventure[1][2], Action[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future (エコー ザ ドルフィン ディフェンダー オブ ザ フューチャー) is an entry in the Ecco the Dolphin series of games, developed by Appaloosa Interactive and published by Sega for the Sega Dreamcast in 2000.
Contents
Gameplay
The game was designed to be a faithful reproduction of the Ecco formula established in the 16-bit era consoles although using full 3-dimensional graphics. The game is split into four 'worlds' which are Isle of Tranquility, Man’s Nightmare, Dolphin's Nightmare and Domain of the Enemy. Each of these worlds has multiple smaller levels containing unique maps, puzzles and enemies which have to be completed to advance the story and move to the next timeline. There are two hidden levels that recapture the 2 dimension gameplay style of the previous game and one bonus soccer style game.
Levels
Aquamarine Bay | |
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Perils of the Coral Reef | |
Trial Without Error | |
Four Ways to Terminus | |
Passage from Genesis | |
Pathways to Nowhere | |
Up and Down | |
Roaring Forces | |
Atlantis Lost | |
Shrine of Controversy | |
Master of Forgotten Skills | |
Process That Never Ends | |
Blades in Motion | |
Perpetual Motion | |
Obscure Ways to Terminus | |
Sleeping Forces of Doom | |
Anguish | |
Entrapment | |
Caverns of Hope | |
Lair of Evil | |
Powers of Levitation | |
Hanging Waters | |
Fire and Ice (Boss Sub Level) | |
Abyss of Inferno (Boss Sub Level) | |
Mutaclone (Boss Sub Level) | |
Chance of Reckoning | |
Hatchery | |
Seeds of Poison | |
Transfiguration | |
Heart of Foe | |
Bonus Level | |
History
The game was intended to re-invent the series which was left on the Sega Mega Drive, having few ties to the original games as a result. It is also the only Ecco game to be presented in 3D, although a sequel, Ecco the Dolphin 2: Sentinels of the Universe was once planned.
After the Dreamcast's demise, the game was brought the game to the PlayStation 2 in 2002. The differences between the two versions are minimal.
Production credits
Dreamcast version
- Designed And Developed by: Appaloosa Interactive, Created With Game World Builder™, © 2000 Appaloosa Interactive
- Produced by: Gergely Csaszar
- Co-Producer: Csaba Soltész
- Production Directors: József Szentesi, Csaba Soltész, Kadocsa Tassonyi, Emil Venyercsán
- Game Design by: Gergely Csaszar, Maurice Molyneaux, Keith Higashihara, Kadocsa Tassonyi, József Szentesi, Csaba Soltész
- Original Story By: David Brin
- Music Composed by: Tim Follin
- Game World Builder™ by: Tamás Kovács, Imre Kullai, István Fey, Zoltán Jánosy
- Composed by: Attila 'Ata' Héger
- Sound Effects: László 'Duerer' Molnár, Zsolt Galántai, Tibor 'Bakter' Sallai
- Programmers: Péter Balogh, Zoltán 'Mozo' Molnár, Mihály Brudnyák, László Fehér, Attila Márton, Zsolt Prievara, Szabolcs Mártha, Csaba 'Xamba' Vigh, Zoltán Varga, László Dombi, Balázs Makó, Ignác 'Nacy' Fetser, Tamás Jutasi 'Jts', László Magyar, Tibor Székely, Gergely Szilvássy, Gábor Tyukász, Attila Szalkai, György Borszéki
- Level Designers And Graphic Artists: Balázs 'Active' Faluhelyi, Zsolt 8 Kemenczés!, Péter Üveges, Támas Kováts, Zsolt 'Udi' Udvarhelyi, Szilárd 'Syl' Siroki, Ákos Röth, Attila Ferró, Zoltán 'Zola' Hollósi, Éva 'Déver' Kovács, Zoltán Nagy, Gábor Markó, Gábor Szász, Endre Számel, Gábor Dosa, András Tarsoly, Nándor Orbán, Bostan 'Bizarde' Florin, Zoltán Felföldi, Péter 'Kp' Kovács, Mihály 'Musaic' Sáránszki, Zoltán Attila Molnár, Patrice Creusot, Laszló Drabant, Zsolt Balogh, Mária Tolnai, Attila Jancsina, Ferenc Nagypál, Tamás Papp
- Game Testers: Sándor Mezei, Zoltán Somorjai, László Teszár, Csaba Knáver, Péter Ligeti
- Special thanks to: Naohiko Hoshino, David Nulty, Péter Huszár, Róbert Bujtár, Brandon Justice, Csaba Szórádi, Rukes' Drew Ressler, And last, but not least To all of our families for their love and support. Thank you.
- Please Visit us at: WWW.ECCOTHEDOLPHIN.COM
- Director of Product Development: Naohiko Hoshino
- Producer: David Nulty
- Assistant Producer: Akiko Koutstaal
- Test Manager: Jason Cumberbatch
- Senior Lead Tester: Darren Lloyd
- Lead Tester: Peter O'Brien
- Packaging And Design: Ross McLeish
- Design Coordinator: Sarah Ward
- Localization Coordinator: Roberto Párraga-Sánchez
- Translators: Angelika Michitsch, Miriam Greenblum, Antonia Garcia, Roberto Párraga-Sánchez, Dave Thompson, Marie Pierre Dubreil
- Sega Ecco Team: Ben Wallace, Brian Taylor, Daniel Davies, Joao Carvalho, Sarah Harris
- Testers: Nick Bennett, Richard Jones, Thanya Mansfield, Steve Curd, Natalie Carter, Tobi Marnewick, Ed Wilson, Mel Miller, Sean Leach, Michael Lawsiriphat
- Special Thanks To...: Jean-Francois Cecillon, Kazutoshi Miyake, Serge Plagnol, Tamer Tahsin, Naoya Tsurumi, Hitoshi Okuno, Giles Thomas, Jim Pride, Richard Jacques, Mathew Quaeke, Begoña Sanz, Cédric Marechal, Aude Donna, Tina Sakowsky, Esther Barral, Helen Ttofa
- Localization Producer: Junichiro Takahashi
- Translator: Robert Timbello
- Packaging Design: Kaoru Ichigozaki, Osamu Nakazato, Yamaguchi Toshiki, Monika Hudgins
- Public relations: Kazuhiro Hanaya, Hiromichi Hisada
- Special Thanks To...: Naoki Aoki, Seijiro Sannabe, Fumiyasu Aikawa
- Presented by: Capcom
- Produced by: Gergely Csaszar
- Co-producer: Csaba Soltész
- Production Directors: József Szentesi, Csaba Soltész, Kadocsa Tassonyi, Emil Venyercsán
- Game Design by: Gergely Csaszar, Maurice Molyneaux, Keith Higashihara, Kadocsa Tassonyi, József Szentesi, Csaba Soltész
- Original Story by: David Brin
- Music Composed by: Tim Follin
- Game World BuilderTM by: Tamás Kovács, Imre Kullai, István Fey, Zoltán Jánosy
- Cinematic Music Composed by: Attila 'Ata' Héger
- Sound Effects: László 'Duerer' Molnár, Zsolt Galántai, Tibor 'Bakter' Sallai
- Programmers: Péter Balogh, Zoltán 'Mozo' Molnár, Mihály Brudnyák, László Fehér, Attila Márton, Zsolt Prievara, Szabolcs Mártha, Csaba 'Xamba' Vígh, Zoltán Varga, László Dombi, Balázs Makó, Ignác 'Nacy' Fetser, Tamás Jutasi 'JTS', László Magyar, Tibor Székely, Gergely Szilvássy, Gábor Tyukász, Attila Szalkai, György Borszéki
- Level Designers and Graphic Artists: Balázs 'Active' Faluhelyi, Zsolt 8 Kemenczés!, Péter Üveges, Tamás Kováts, Zsolt 'Udi' Udvarhelyi, Szilárd 'Syl' Siroki, Ákos Roth, Attila Ferró, Zoltán 'Zola' Hollósy, Éva 'Déver' Kovács, Zoltán Nagy, Gábor Markó, Gábor Szász, Endre Számel, Gábor Dosa, András Tarsoly, Nándor Orbán, Bostan 'Bizarde' Florin, Zoltán Felföldi, Péter 'KP' Kovács, Mihály 'Musaic' Sáránszki, Zoltán Attila Molnár, Patrice Creusot, László Drabant, Zsolt Balogh, Mária Tolnai, Attila Jancsina, Ferenc Nagypál, Tamás Papp
- Game Testers .: Sándor Mezei, Zoltán Somorjai, László Teszár, Csaba Knáver, Péter Ligeti
- Special Thanks to: Naohiko Hoshino, David Nulty, Péter Huszár, Róbert Bujtár, Brandon Justice, Csaba Szórádi, 'Rukes' Drew Ressler , and last, but not least, to all of our families for their love and support, Thank You.
PlayStation 2 credits
This article needs a list of production credits, either from the game itself, a manual, or other reliable source. Missing credits: UK manual |
Magazine articles
- Main article: Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Dreamcast version
also published in:
- Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #134: "September 2000" (2000-08-08)[18]
- GamePro (US) #145: "October 2000" (2000-xx-xx)[19]
also published in:
- Dreamcast Magazine (UK) #13: "No. 13" (2000-09-07)[20]
PlayStation 2 version
Artwork
Physical scans
Dreamcast version
80 | |
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Based on 35 reviews |
PlayStation 2 version
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Based on 22 reviews |
Technical information
ROM dump status
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1999-11-23 | GD-R | Page | ||||||||||
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2000-01-26 | GD-R | Page | ||||||||||
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2000-02-17 | GD-R | Page | ||||||||||
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2000-04-08 | GD-R | Page | ||||||||||
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2000-04-17 | GD-R | 7AM | Page | |||||||||
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2000-04-17 | GD-R | 2PM | Page | |||||||||
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2000-04-19 | GD-R | Page | ||||||||||
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2000-04-21 | GD-R | Page | ||||||||||
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2000-07-06 | GD-R | Page | ||||||||||
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2,318,598,144 | DVD-ROM (EU) | SCES-50499 (V1.02) | ||||||||||
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2,318,499,840 | DVD-ROM (US) | SLUS-20394 (V1.01) | ||||||||||
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2001-11-07 | DVD-R | Page |
External links
- Sega of America webpage: Dreamcast
- Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast
- Official website (archive)
- Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future on PlayStation.com: US
References
- ↑ File:EtDDotF DC JP Box Back.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 http://sega.jp/dc/010108/ (Wayback Machine: 2007-11-26 14:32)
- ↑ https://sega.jp/history/hard/dreamcast/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-10-23 17:28)
- ↑ http://www.sega.com:80/games/dreamcast/post_dreamcastgame.jhtml?PRODID=304 (Wayback Machine: 2003-12-20 18:07)
- ↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "November 2000" (US; 2000-10-03), page 109
- ↑ http://www.chipsworld.co.uk/detProd.asp?ProductCode=1101 (Wayback Machine: 2002-09-22 06:28)
- ↑ https://groups.google.com/g/uk.games.video.dreamcast/c/Fm4BBahCbjI/m/QoJrrRWIQi8J
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 DC-UK, "July 2000" (UK; 2000-06-09), page 70
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 8" (UK; 2000-04-20), page 56
- ↑ http://www.micromania.fr/cgi-micromania/tri3.pl?criteria=DREAMCAS;status=1 (Wayback Machine: 2000-06-21 04:04)
- ↑ http://www.futuregamez.net:80/outnow/dc.html (Wayback Machine: 2001-07-31 23:17)
- ↑ Hyper, "September 2000" (AU; 2000-xx-xx), page 68
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Sega Magazin, "Juli 2000" (DE; 2000-06-05), page 21
- ↑ http://www.centromail.es/top/ficha.asp?codmail=14720&codprov= (Wayback Machine: 2001-07-11 07:31)
- ↑ Press release: 2002-02-19: Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. Acquires Rights to Publish `Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future' and `Headhunter' for PlayStation 2 Computer Entertainment System
- ↑ Play, "11/2001" (DE; 2001-10-24), page 53
- ↑ http://eccothedolphin.com:80/ecco/credits.html (Wayback Machine: 2000-12-06 21:24)
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 2000" (US; 2000-08-08), page 182
- ↑ GamePro, "October 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 228
- ↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 13" (UK; 2000-09-07), page 67
- ↑ Neo Plus, "Kwiecień 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 100
- ↑ Neo Plus, "Maj 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 100
- ↑ Neo Plus, "Czerwiec 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 100
- ↑ Neo Plus, "Lipiec-Sierpień 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 84
- ↑ Neo Plus, "Wrzesień 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 84
- ↑ 576 Konzol, "Augusztus 2000" (HU; 2000-xx-xx), page 38
- ↑ Ação Games, "Setembro 2000" (BR; 2000-xx-xx), page 62
- ↑ Arcade, "June 2000" (UK; 2000-05-23), page 74
- ↑ Consoles +, "Juin 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 94
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "July 2000" (UK; 2000-06-14), page 110
- ↑ Dreamcast Monthly, "June 2000" (UK; 2000-05-11), page 18
- ↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "2001-03 (2001-02-02,09)" (JP; 2001-01-19), page 23
- ↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 34
- ↑ Dreamplanet, "Junio 2000" (ES; 2000-0x-xx), page 30
- ↑ Dreamzone, "Juin 2000" (FR; 2000-06-xx), page 79
- ↑ Edge, "June 2000" (UK; 2000-05-24), page 80
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 2000" (US; 2000-09-05), page 174
- ↑ Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 61
- ↑ Famitsu, "2001-02-02" (JP; 2001-01-19), page 33
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- ↑ GameFan, "Volume 8, Issue 10: October 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 18
- ↑ GamePro, "October 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 140
- ↑ GameZine (UK) (+0:00)
- ↑ Game Informer, "October 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 80
- ↑ Gamers' Republic, "September 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 66
- ↑ GameWEEK, "July 3, 2000" (US; 2000-07-03), page 17
- ↑ Hyper, "September 2000" (AU; 2000-xx-xx), page 62
- ↑ MAN!AC, "07/2000" (DE; 2000-06-07), page 66
- ↑ Mega Fun, "07/2000" (DE; 2000-06-07), page 72
- ↑ Neo Plus, "Lipiec-Sierpień 2000" (PL; 2000-xx-xx), page 77
- ↑ Next Generation, "October 2000" (US; 2000-09-19), page 109
- ↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "July 2000" (UK; 2000-06-08), page 64
- ↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "November 2000" (US; 2000-10-03), page 108
- ↑ PSX Extreme, "03/2001" (PL; 2001-0x-xx), page 41
- ↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 8, Nummer 9, September 2000" (NL; 2000-0x-xx), page 41
- ↑ Strana Igr, "Avgust 2000 2/2" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 58
- ↑ Strana Igr, "Sentyabr 2000 2/2" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 19
- ↑ 100% Consoles, "Février 2002" (FR; 200x-xx-xx), page 91
- ↑ 576 Konzol, "Január 2002" (HU; 2002-xx-xx), page 48
- ↑ Bonus, "3/2002" (YU; 2002-03-25), page 50
- ↑ Consoles +, "Janvier 2002" (FR; 200x-xx-xx), page 104
- ↑ Digitiser (UK) (2002-03-27)
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 2002" (US; 2002-04-02), page 107
- ↑ GamePro, "June 2002" (US; 2002-0x-xx), page 84
- ↑ Game Station (UK) (+0:00)
- ↑ MAN!AC, "02/2002" (DE; 2002-01-02), page 76
- ↑ Neo Plus, "Grudzień 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 54
- ↑ PlayStation 2 Official Magazine - UK, "January 2002" (UK; 2001-12-29), page 104
- ↑ Playbox, "Février 2002" (FR; 200x-xx-xx), page 51
- ↑ Play, "01/2002" (DE; 2001-12-19), page 112
- ↑ Players, "2/2002" (DE; 2002-01-02), page 60
- ↑ Play, "Kwiecień 2002" (PL; 2002-xx-xx), page 39
- ↑ Play, "April 2002" (US; 2002-xx-xx), page 62
- ↑ PlayZone, "02/2002" (DE; 2002-01-02), page 96
- ↑ PlayStation Games, "2002/01" (DE; 2001-12-19), page 52
- ↑ PSM2, "January 2002" (UK; 200x-xx-xx), page 72
- ↑ PSX Extreme, "04/2002" (PL; 2002-0x-xx), page 46
- ↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 10, Nummer 3, Maart 2002" (NL; 2002-0x-xx), page 62
- ↑ Xgen, "Únor 2002" (CZ; 2002-0x-xx), page 31
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Ecco the Dolphin (3D) (1992) | Ecco: The Tides of Time (1994) | Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future (2000) | |
Spin-offs and others | |
Ecco the Dolphin (LCD) (1994) | Ecco Jr. and the Great Ocean Treasure Hunt! (1994) | Ecco Jr. (1995) | Ecco the Dolphin CD (1995) | |
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Ecco the Dolphin (32X) | Ecco the Dolphin (Saturn) | Ecco II: Sentinels of the Universe | |
Ecco the Dolphin related media | |
Ecco: Songs of Time (1996) | |
Ecco: The Tides of Time Official Strategy Guide (1994) | Official Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future Perfect Guide (2000) |
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