Stellar Assault

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Stellar Assault
System(s): Sega 32X
Publisher: Sega
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Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

















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Stellar Assault (ステラアサルト), known in the United States as Shadow Squadron, is a Sega 32X game developed and published by Sega. It is a shoot-'em-up based around destroying most to all of the ships within the space given before moving on to the next sector. There are 6 sectors. It is one of only a few games to use every button on the six button control pad, including the MODE button.

There was also a Japan only sequel titled Stellar Assault SS for the Sega Saturn. It is considerably hard to find.

Sectors

  • Sector 1: Destroy both large ships and all enemy fighters.
  • Sector 2: Destroy the three large ships and the warp gate in the center of the sector.
  • Sector 3: Set in an asteroid field. Destroy two large ships, small "booster" ships and all enemy fighters.
  • Sector 4: Destroy all ten large ships.
  • Sector 5: Destroy the two large ships and the massive ship.
  • Sector 6: Destroy the machine in the center of the sector.

Production Credits

~In-game credits~
Game Design & Total Direction: Kohji Tsuchida
Main SH2‑Programming: Toshiyuki Kuwabara
MC68000‑Programming: Shigeru Yoshida
3D Modeling: R‑Ma, G‑Row, Tomohiro Maki
Bitmap 2D Graphics: Tomohiro Maki
Mechanical Design: Art Mic, Kimitoshi Yamane
Music: Teruhiko Nakagawa, Masaru Setsumaru
Sound Effects: Masaru Setsumaru, Teruhiko Nakagawa, Tatsuya Kouzaki
Sound Special Thanks: Naofumi Hataya
Text Coordinator: Ryoichi Hasegawa
Special Thanks: Takashi Shoji, Hiroyuki Ohtaka, Tomonobu Takahashi, Masahide Kobayashi, Takeshi Niimura, Naoko Kuwabara
Director: Youichi Shimosato, Katsunori Yamaji
Producer: Hiroshi Asoh
Executive Producer: Mamoru Shigeta

~Other credits~

Sega of America, Inc.

Producer: Jesse Taylor
Assistant Producer: Greg Becksted
Product Manager: Jaime Wojick
Manual: John McClain
Game Lead: Stephen Bourdet
Assistant Leads: Philip Co, Eric Simonich, Mark Pentek
Testers: Sam Saliba, Jeff Hedges, Nathan Tan, Nicole Tatem, Mark Paniagua, Scott Morris, C. Matthew Prescott, John Amirkhan, Rob Prideaux, Armando Anguiano, Eugene R. Valenzuela, Crisi Albertson, Morgan Weiss, Craig Drummond, Atom Ellis, Tim Turner, Matt Underwood, Mark Vitello, Neil Musser, Lorne Asuncion, Don Carmichael, Lancelot Nelson, Joe Cain

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
70
51
85
71
77
70
Sega 32X
71
Based on
6 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
CD Consoles (FR)
32
[1]
Consoles + (FR)
70
[2]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
81
[3]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
51
[4]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
65
[5]
Fusion (US)
67
[6]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
85
[7]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
71
[8]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
75
[9]
HiTech (ES)
60
[10]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
77
[11]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
77
[12]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
80
[13]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
50
[14]
Player One (FR)
70
[15]
Play Time (DE)
79
[16]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
66
[17]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
87
[18]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
82
[19]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
73
[20]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
85
[21]
Todo Sega (ES)
88
[22]
Top Consoles (FR)
65
[23]
Video Games (DE) PAL
78
[24]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
90
[25]
Sega 32X
72
Based on
25 reviews

Stellar Assault

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32X, JP
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