Galahad

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Galahad
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer:
Genre: Action

















Release Date RRP Code

The Legend of Galahad, called just Galahad on the US box, is the name of the Sega Mega Drive port of Psygnosis/Traveller's Tales's 1991 Amiga game Leander. The Mega Drive version was released in 1992 by Electronic Arts exclusively in the US and Europe. The story is simple an follows the "defeat the bad guy and rescue the girl" formula. The games visuals are very anime inspired, which can be considered special, as anime was largely unknown in the west at the time the game was developed. Just like Shadow of the Beast 2, the game wasn't optimized for the Sega Mega Drive's higher resolution, resulting in a black bar at the bottom of the picture.

Gameplay

The game is an action platformer. A attacks and B jumps. Each level has a predefined mission to complete which is explained to you before starting the level. It's always the same objective though: collect a hidden item, then find the exit gate. There are a total of 3 worlds with 7 levels each. In order to progress beyond world 1, the game must be played at least on normal difficulty.

New swords, armor and rune bombs can be purchased by visiting shops that are hidden throughout the various levels.

Version differences

Compared to the Amiga original the game has multiple parallax scrolling background planes, which replace the Amiga "copper mode" gradients. Colors where changed a bit here an there. The hero got a new design. The original ending contained a hint at a sequel (which was never made), this is also missing in this version.

Like basically with all Electronic Arts published games, there is no region protection, thus the game runs on every region hardware.

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
79 №13, p76/77/78
75 №42, p58[1]
90 №13
80 №31, p147
90 №3, p42/43/44
55 №2, p65[2]
87 №1, p65
83 №9, p38/39/40
86 №24, p74-76[3]
80 №25, p100/101
89 №36, p46/47
74 №14, p58
64 №18, p66
81 №1, p28/29/30
81 №12, p38/39[4]
Sega Mega Drive
 80
Based on
15 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
30
[5]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
82
[6]
Game Mania (UK)
90
[7]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
75
[1]
Gamers (DE)
53
[8]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
82
[9]
Joypad (FR) PAL
90
[10]
Joystick (FR) PAL
80
[11]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)
90
[12]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
90
[13]
Mega (UK) PAL
55
[2]
Mega Action (UK)
87
[14]
Mega Force (FR)
85
[15]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
83
[16]
Mean Machines (UK)
86
[17]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
86
[18]
Player One (FR)
80
[19]
Play Time (DE)
71
[20]
Power Up! (UK)
85
[21]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
89
[22]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
74
[23]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
64
[24]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
81
[25]
Sega Force (SE)
96
[26]
Sega Force (UK) PAL
81
[4]
Supersonic (FR)
89
[27]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
57
[28]
Video Games (DE)
70
[29]
Sega Mega Drive
 78
Based on
28 reviews

Galahad

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Mega Drive, EU
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Mega Drive, BR
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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:GamePro US 042.pdf, page 62 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 042.pdf_p62" defined multiple times with different content
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 File:Mega UK 02.pdf, page 65 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Mega UK 02.pdf_p65" defined multiple times with different content
  3. ↑ File:MeanMachines UK 24.pdf, page 74
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 File:SegaForce UK 12.pdf, page 38 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForce UK 12.pdf_p38" defined multiple times with different content
  5. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 84
  6. ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 49
  7. ↑ Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 80
  8. ↑ Gamers, "Dezember/Januar 1993" (DE; 1992-11-19), page 77
  9. ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1992" (ES; 1992-xx-xx), page 88
  10. ↑ Joypad, "Octobre 1992" (FR; 1992-10-xx), page 66
  11. ↑ Joystick, "Octobre 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 147
  12. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 42
  13. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 92
  14. ↑ Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 65
  15. ↑ Mega Force, "Octobre 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 74
  16. ↑ MegaTech, "September 1992" (UK; 1992-08-20), page 38
  17. ↑ Mean Machines, "September 1992" (UK; 1992-08-27), page 76
  18. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 139
  19. ↑ Player One, "Novembre 1992" (FR; 1992-11-10), page 100
  20. ↑ Play Time, "1/93" (DE; 1992-12-09), page 96
  21. ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, October 10, 1992" (UK; 1992-10-10), page 1
  22. ↑ Sega Power, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-01), page 46
  23. ↑ Sega Pro, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-11-12), page 58
  24. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
  25. ↑ Sega Zone, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-28), page 28
  26. ↑ Sega Force, "3/93" (SE; 1993-05-13), page 8
  27. ↑ Supersonic, "Novembre 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 11
  28. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 77
  29. ↑ Video Games, "1/93" (DE; 1992-12-16), page 93


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