Blue Almanac

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Blue Almanac
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Kodansha Research Institute, Super Fighter Team (2011)
Developer: HOT-B, Super Fighter Team (2011)
Genre: RPG
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1991-06-22 ¥8,700 (8,961)8,700e T-46013 US 2011-06-22 $40.0040.00 US (rerelease) 2017 $55.0055.00

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Blue Almanac (ブルーアルマナック) is a 1991 RPG for the Sega Mega Drive by HOT-B and the first Mega Drive game published by Kodansha Research Institute. While it was only released in Japan, a western release of the game, now retitled as Star Odyssey, was planned by Sage's Creation for release in July 1991, but the translation was cancelled for unknown reasons.

Versions of Star Odyssey were reviewed by GamePro and VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, complete with a MSRP of $69.99 (or $69.95), suggesting the game was close to a US release.

Two prototypes were independently discovered by drx and by Brandon Cobb, head of Super Fighter Team, who subsequently acquired a license to complete the translation from HOT-B successor company Starfish (who like to revisit old properties), with intentions on releasing it on the twentieth anniversary of the original release. Despite his PR claiming that he received an "unofficial license" from Sega to distribute the game, Sega really asked him to remove their copyrights and trademarks, consequently making the translation fully unlicensed (while Blue Almanac is fully licensed).

Magazine articles

Main article: Blue Almanac/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #7: "Winter 1991/1992" (1991-xx-xx)

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #32: "March 1992" (1992-xx-xx)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-01: "January 1991" (1990-12-08)
also published in:

• Mega Drive Fan (JP) #12: "January 1991" (1990-12-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-02: "February 1991" (1991-01-08)
also published in:

• Mega Drive Fan (JP) #13: "February 1991" (1991-01-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-04: "April 1991" (1991-03-08)
also published in:

• Mega Drive Fan (JP) #15: "April 1991" (1991-03-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-05: "May 1991" (1991-04-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-06: "June 1991" (1991-05-08)

Print advert in Mega Drive Fan (JP) #18: "July 1991" (1991-06-08)

Physical scans

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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score 1700 igr dlya Sega (RU) 40 Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J 58 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 58 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 73 Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J 30 Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J 59 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 62 VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (US) NTSC-U 70

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Blue Almanac

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, World (Star Odyssey)
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 7222ebb3 MD5 9679ee2799bf61dd97aaba0799e802ab SHA-1 0be0d4d3e192beb4106c0a95c1fb0aec952c3917	1MB	1991-05	Cartridge (JP)
✔	CRC32 fbbd7ef4 MD5 7fa5036db387a874e399e44659a28f96 SHA-1 7553f6c0d07c035c1e4761b1b26e52602fe2f06b	1MB	1992-01-16	CD-R disc	Localised US version. ROM header says 1991-10.			Page
?	CRC32 0b670a3e MD5 2f1090251c3178c9136de360a13dfa1b SHA-1 791ee690b2929d4edfda22ff23d7cfd74376299e	2MB	2011	Cartridge (World)	Super Fighter Team version.

External links

• Super Fighter Team's Star Odyssey website (archive)