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Insector X

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: HOT-B (Japan), Sage's Creation (US), HiCom (South Korea)

Developer: HOT-B (programming: Genki?)

Licensor: Taito

Original system(s): Arcade boards

Sound driver: Cube^[1]

Genre: Shooting^[2]^[3]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1990-09-07^[3]	¥6,800 (7,004)6,800e^[4]	T-28023
US	1990-10^[5]		47036
BR	1991
KR	199x		GM4001HG

Non-Sega versions
Arcade Nintendo Entertainment System

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Insector X (インセクターＸ) is originally a 1989 side-scrolling shooter developed and published by Taito. HOT-B ported for the Sega Mega Drive on the following year, with HOT-B themselves publishing it in Japan and the Sage's Creation unit publishing it in the US. It is a port of the 1989 arcade title of the same name, which appears to have been meant as a followup to Cloud Master.

Story

“

Unknown to the human eye is a world where exists two micro-tribes, BELZERS and INSECTORS. The king of the BELZERS is BAGLON-BELZEID. Obsessed by an evil ambition to conquer the world, he created half machine/half insect forces to carry out his plan. He ordered his mechanical-insecter forces into the peace-loving INSECTOR world and destroyed its inhabitants. Now, BAGLON-BELZEID and his forces are about to invade the human world.

The last survivor of the INSECTORS is KAIT. He managed to escape to a desert that had not been reached by BELZER forces and there he was rescued and sheltered by a human boy. The peace did not last long, however, because the BELZERS have started to invade this deserted place.

"I am not going to escape any more!"

KAIT is now flying to protect the human who saved him and revenge his INSECTOR comrades.

„

— US manual^[6]

Gameplay

The game has the insect-like main character, Kai, going through a number of nature-based and cave environments. The player can collect a variety of powerups and weapon upgrades to defeat oncoming enemies and bosses. The plot is fairly simplistic and ultimately involves defeating the dark ruler queen, freeing the insect world from her power.

Scoring

Weapons

	Anti-air weapon

	Anti-ground weapon

	CRASH

Power ups

	Power Up

	Speed Up

	Point Up

	Double Power Up

Stages

	Desert Area

	Plateau Area

	City Area

	Jungle Area

	Their Empire

Enemies

	Wellfly

	Yonakuni-Thunder

	Day=Biser

	Happy-Gerogero

	Lady Bird

	Sub-Bomber

	Black-Cutter

	Hammer Saw

Bosses

	Death-Blader

	Lance-Hopper

	Disaster-Mothwing

	Boss 4

	Boss 5

History

Main article: Insector X/History.

Magazine articles

Main article: Insector X/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

US flyer

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #2: "October/November 1990" (1990-xx-xx)
also published in:

Game Players Sega Guide! (US) #0101: "Vol. 1, No. 1: Fall 1990" (1990-10-xx)^[7]

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1990-09: "September 1990" (1990-08-XX)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1990-11: "November 1990" (1990-10-XX)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

40

^[8]

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

70

^[9]

Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)

74

^[10]

The Complete Guide to Sega (UK)

74

^[11]

Console XS (UK)

NTSC-J

94

^[12]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

77

^[13]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[5]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

68

^[14]

Joystick (FR)

78

^[15]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

80

^[16]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

NTSC

80

^[17]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

64

^[18]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC

74

^[19]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

74

^[20]

Power Play (DE)

70

^[21]

Raze (UK)

NTSC

80

^[22]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC

75

^[23]

Sega Pro (UK)

95

^[24]

Sega Pro (UK)

90

^[25]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

47

^[26]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

82

^[27]

Zero (UK)

81

^[28]

	75
Based on 22 reviews

Insector X

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Manual

Mega Drive, KR (Hi-Com)
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, KR (Samsung)
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	70626304
MD5	77574085187602bf50dd1167da389f60
SHA-1	4f4ecff167d5ada699b0b1d4b0e547b5ed9964d5

512kB

1990-07

Cartridge (US)

✔

CRC32	9625c434
MD5	ae4322417c5827364837d04a2952facb
SHA-1	204351b97aff579853cdba646b427ea299b1eddf

512kB

1990-06

Cartridge (JP/KR)

External links

Insector X article by Kurt Kalata at Hardcore Gaming 101

References

↑ https://vgmdb.net/forums/showthread.php?t=7946
↑ File:InsectorX MD JP Box.jpg
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "November 1990" (JP; 1990-10-XX), page 19
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1990" (US; 1990-xx-xx), page 74
↑ File:Insectorx md us manual.pdf, page 5
↑ Game Players Sega Guide!, "Vol. 1, No. 1: Fall 1990" (US; 1990-10-xx), page 5
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 99
↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "November 1990" (DE; 1990-10-26), page 138
↑ Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 31
↑ The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 47
↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 131
↑ Computer & Video Games, "November 1990" (UK; 1990-10-16), page 101
↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 1990-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Joystick, "Novembre 1990" (FR; 1990-1x-xx), page 114
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "September 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 81
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 92
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "December 1990" (JP; 1990-11-08), page 79
↑ MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 78
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 139
↑ Power Play, "12/90" (DE; 1990-11-16), page 158
↑ Raze, "December 1990" (UK; 1990-10-25), page 38
↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53
↑ Sega Pro, "Christmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-12), page 61
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 17
↑ Zero, "December 1990" (UK; 1990-1x-xx), page 128

Insector X

Music: Insector X (1990)

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[:File:InsectorX_MD_JP_Box.jpg_p-2] File:InsectorX MD JP Box.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200702232146.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fhistory.2Fhard.2Fmegadrive.2Fsoftware_l.html-3] 3.0 ^3.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1990-11.pdf_p19-4] Beep! MegaDrive, "November 1990" (JP; 1990-10-XX), page 19

[:File:EGM_US_015.pdf_p74-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1990" (US; 1990-xx-xx), page 74

[:File:Insectorx_md_us_manual.pdf_p5-6] File:Insectorx md us manual.pdf, page 5

[:File:GPSG_US_01.pdf_p5-7] Game Players Sega Guide!, "Vol. 1, No. 1: Fall 1990" (US; 1990-10-xx), page 5

[8] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 99

[:File:ASM_DE_1990-11.pdf_p138-9] Aktueller Software Markt, "November 1990" (DE; 1990-10-26), page 138

[:File:CGtC_UK_04.pdf_p31-10] Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 31

[:File:TheCompleteGuideToSega_UK.pdf_p47-11] The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 47

[:File:Console_XS_UK_01.pdf_p131-12] Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 131

[:File:CVG_UK_108.pdf_p101-13] Computer & Video Games, "November 1990" (UK; 1990-10-16), page 101

[14] Famitsu, "" (JP; 1990-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:Joystick_FR_010.pdf_p114-15] Joystick, "Novembre 1990" (FR; 1990-1x-xx), page 114

[:File:MDAG_UK_01.pdf_p81-16] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "September 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 81

[:File:MDAG_UK_05.pdf_p92-17] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 92

[:File:Megadrive_Fan_1990-12.pdf_p79-18] Mega Drive Fan, "December 1990" (JP; 1990-11-08), page 79

[:File:MegaTech_UK_01.pdf_p78-19] MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 78

[:File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p139-20] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 139

[:File:PowerPlay_DE_1990-12.pdf_p158-21] Power Play, "12/90" (DE; 1990-11-16), page 158

[:File:Raze_UK_02.pdf_p38-22] Raze, "December 1990" (UK; 1990-10-25), page 38

[:File:SegaPower_UK_23.pdf_p53-23] Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53

[:File:SegaPro_UK_03.pdf_p61-24] Sega Pro, "Christmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-12), page 61

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p66-25] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-26] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

[27] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 17

[:File:Zero_UK_14.pdf_p128-28] Zero, "December 1990" (UK; 1990-1x-xx), page 128

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Difference between revisions of "Insector X"

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Revision as of 04:23, 23 December 2021

Contents

Story

Gameplay

Scoring

Weapons

Power ups

Stages

Enemies

Bosses

History

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References