Space Channel 5

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Space Channel 5
System(s): Dreamcast, PlayStation 2
Publisher: Sega
Developer: United Game Artists
Genre: 3D Action

Space Channel 5 is a console game, which was first released in Japan for the Dreamcast on December 16, 1999. It was later released in the United States on June 6, 2000 and in Europe on October 8, 2000. The producer of this game is Tetsuya Mizuguchi, the man who is also behind Sega Rally Championship. It features the character Ulala. The game is similar to PaRappa the Rapper and earlier memorization games like Simon where the computer shows a sequence of moves—dance steps in this case—and the player must copy them successfully to advance. Finally, both PlayStation 2 versions of Space Channel 5 and Space Channel 5: Part 2 were released in North America in November 18, 2003 as part of a sole package called Space Channel 5 Special Edition.

Commands and gameplay

The dance commands merely use the existing movement buttons. The "up" button corresponds to the aliens raising both paws or Ulala raising both hands. For "down", Ulala lowers only her right hand. Her left hand contains a microphone. When either the "left" or "right" button is pressed, she only moves her hand in the respective direction. Their legs move, and their torsos automatically bend.

The "A" button is used for shooting at the Morolians or simply another dance move. The "B" button is used for rescuing hostages (In report 2, however, in the first phase of the boss, the "B" button is not used for shooting directly at the hostages). There also appears to be mispronunciation of "shoot" when the player presses either the "A" or "B" button. In the manual, it says "shoot", but the Morolians say words that are quite similar to "kiss", "chin". Ulala, Pudding, Jaguar and Evila say "chu', while Fuse says "shoot" or "chu".

In between these scenes, Ulala appears to be taunting the opponent (if the player gets all the moves correct) or have messed up the dance (if the player gets incorrect moves or misses a move). Ulala is given a certain number of hearts in case she misses a move or get an incorrect move. If she does so, she will lose a heart. If she loses all the given number of hearts, she will then hunch over and become upset, with Fuse shouting at her.

Production Credits

Producer: Tetsuya Mizuguchi
Director: Takashi Thomas Yuda
Art Director: Yutaka Minobe
Programming Director: Hitoshi Nakanishi
Story & Game Design Director: Takumi Yoshinaga
Game System Supervisor: Yoshiyuki Okitsu
Game Designer Unit: Takao Esaka, Mika Satou, Toshihide Ozeki
Space Programmers: Ise Susumu, Yuuki Hatakeyama, Ko Midoro
Technical Support: Osamu hori, Koji Kaifu, Satoru Takeshima, Michio Yokomizo, Kyosei Yukimoto, Keiichi Noda
Technical Director: Takeshi Hirai
Character & Background Modeling Design: Mayumi Moro, Ken Okazaki, Yutaka Minobe, Shiro Kinemura, Deen Guns Project, Jake Kazdal
Character Modeling Supervisor: Mayumi Moro
Character Modeling Unit: Ken Okazaki, Nanako Yarimizu, Chisai Abe, Shinkichi Tanahashi
Character Animation Supervisor: Ken Okazaki
Character Animation Unit: Takanori Ohnuki, Makio Kitahawa, Yusuke Kashiwagi, Jake Kazdal, Kenya Suzuki, Shigeru "Pigeon" Arkai
Choreographer: Nahoko Nezu, Shigeru "Pigegon" Araki
Motion Capture Set Up: Kenichi Suzuki
Visual Effects Designer: Taro Hino
Film Editor: Ryutaro Sugiyama, Taro Hino, Kanji Sutou, Kenichi Suzuki
Camera Operation Unit: Mika Satou, Kanji Sutou
Sound Development By: Wave Master
Sound Director: Naofumi Hataya
Sound Producer: Yukifumi Makino
Sound Technical Director: Tatsuya Kousaki
Music Composers: Kenichi Tokoi, Naofumi Hataya
Sound Effects: Takashi Endo
Sound Programmers: Kazumi Suyama, Yoshiaki Kashima
Recording Director: Fumitaka Shibata
Recording Engineer: Hirokazu Akashi, Yoshitada Miya, Sawako Sogabe, Syuhei Muaki

Musicians

Trunpet: Isao Sakuma, Mitsukni Kohata, Naohito Watnabe, Masahero Kobayashi, Koichi Suzuki
Trombone: Yuji Shimoda, Gakutaro Miyauchi
Sax: Yo Shibano, Toshimichi Imao
Drum: Masashi Matsumoto
Bass: Koji Motosugi
Guitar: Chew-Taro Moritake
Chorus: Miho Fujiwara, Yoko Akama, Wornell Jones, Triad Project
Sctore: Hiroshi Aso
Recorded Coordinator: Hidetaka "Carl" Shibata
Recorded And Mixed At: Wave Master Studio
Special Thanks: Jun Senoue
Very Special Thanks To: Tomoko Sasaki

Mexican Flyer

Ken Woodman & His Piccadilly Brass(Woodman)

Porting To Reprogrammed Version Unit

Programmers: Satoru Takeshima, Koji Kaufu
Technical Support: Osamu Hori, Takeshi Hirai
Sound Director: Naofumi Hataya
Sound Data Convert: Takeshi Sato(T'S Music)
Game Design: Yoshiyuki Kashiwagi
Artist: Yusuke Kashiwagi
Movie Support: Yoshio Inoue
Flim Editor: Ryutaro Sugiyama
Production Management: Hayato Watansabe

CG Movie Support Unit Trilogy

CG Movie Producer: Masaaki Taira
CG Movie Directors: Hiroyuki Takagai, Shinji Naka, Mika Ando, Yumiko Takahashi

Saihi Information Service, Ltd.

Producer: Terumi Hamamoto, Makoto Baba
Manager(Image Studio 109): Yusuke Aoki, Yoshiya Nagata, Hiroyuki Ishiguro, Hiroyuki Motai
Manager(Eyedentifyc Inc.): Toshio Shinma, Daiji Hori
Special Thanks: Hiroko Natori, Hironobu Kuwana, VFX Studio Loop Hole Ogawa 3D & Visual Factory
Promotion Art Director: Masahiro "Magic" Kobyashi
Promotion Unit: Mineko Okamura, Junji Yamazaki
Desk Support: Sayuri Yajima, Rio Toyoda

Sega Corporation

International Business/Product Delvelopment: Masanao Maeda, Hitoshi Okuno, Shinobu Shindo
QA & Test Lead: Akira Nishikawa, Akira Terasawa
QA & Test: Masashi Yamakawa, Taiji Ochiai, Nakoto Sakuma, Editing Design Team(Desetsu)

Special Thanks To: All UGA(Sega AM9) Staff, Shuji Utsumi, Kazuhrio Terasawa(T'S MUSIC), Katsuhiko Yamada
Technical Producer: Ryuichi Hattori
Assistant Producer: Hayato Watanabe, Mineko Okamura
Executive Producer: Testu Kayama
Cooperation With: MPEG Sofdec, ADX
Created By: United Game Artists
Presented By: Sega
Publisher By: Agetec Inc.