Burning Rangers - Saturn

Platform:
Saturn
Release date:
1998-03
Genre:
Action
Score:
7.6
Publisher:
SEGA of America, Inc.
Developer:
Sonic Team
Magnet

Game description

As a member of the Burning Rangers, it is your job to put out a range of fires and rescue those trapped in the heat of the blaze. During each level, your quad leader informs you of the critical areas inside certain buildings, such as multi-level warehouses. Following his advice, you must use your cybernetic powersuit to put out the flames in each area. Along the way you will also come across boss characters, who are out to light up the town, and you. Your performance is then rated on your time to complete the objectives, how many lives were saved, and so forth. The better you go, the higher the rating.

Game files information

Torrent name:
Burning Rangers (USA)
Region:
USA
Files size:
282.5MiB
File list:
/Burning Rangers (USA)/Burning Rangers (USA).7z

Covers

Front Cover
Back Cover
Media

Screenshots

Intro shot 1. The Burning Ship.. no, it's not literally on fire, stupid: )
Intro shot 2. This nice lady is a mission
Intro shot 3. This dude, throughout the game is called Read Phoenix, while the subtitles clearly says "Lead Phoenix".
Intro shot 4. That's Tillis - one of the player characters.
Intro shot 5. Shou - another player-character.
Intro shot 6. Somewhere between the movie Backdraft and Power Rangers, BR is definitely unique.
Intro shot 7. BR features a truely unusual (for a single-CD game) amount of high-quality anime video.
The title screen. The front-end of the game runs in Saturn's highest resolution. (704x448)
Selecting a save-slot. (704x448)
Note the "Mail" option. The victims you rescue throughout the game will send you fan-mail. Each victim is a unique and unusually fleshed out character. (704x448)
Selecting your character. Initially only two are available, but more will be unlocked as the game progresses. (704x448)
A loading screen.
The tutorial stage explains the game mechanics in fine detail.
Chapter 1 opening in-game cutscene.
Occasionally, large portions of the environment collapse in real-time.
You will find few conventional "enemies" in Burning Rangers. Fighting fires - that's what the game is all about.
A great show of true alpha-blending - something Saturn is allegedly incapable of.
The game contains vast amounts of well-localized dialogue, several cheesy Jpop-ish tracks, as well as one of the first instances of voice-navigation system. Make sure you play it with sound on.
Teleporting a victim out of the burning complex.
Some portions of the game are played in the dark - yet another way of showcasing the great lighting engine.
Rescuing another victim.
Nice little in-game cutscene.
The view outside the windows might be a bit flat, but it sure is colorful.
The story is told through dramatic voice-overs and cinematic in-game cutscenes.
Pretty light effects. As a sidenote, the game's overall look and feel is reminiscent of Phantasy Star Online.
BR pushes Saturn's underpowered hardware to its limits and beyond. Just look at the awesome lighting!
The charged shot puts out large burning areas, but it doesn't create crystals.
We are boss-bound!
Fighting the first boss.
Again - very impressive for Saturn!
Mission-end cinematic.
More mission-end cinematicy goodness.
Sup, dawg!
Like many Sega games of the period, BR ranks your performance at the end of each scenario.