Virtual Hydlide

Virtual Hydlide
North American cover art
Developer(s)T&E Soft
Publisher(s)
Designer(s)Tokihiro Naito
Programmer(s)Kentaro Nishiwaki
Artist(s)Toyokazu Hattori
Yoshinori Kiritani
Composer(s)Yumi Kinoshita
Platform(s)Sega Saturn
Release
  • JP: April 28, 1995
  • NA: September 1995
  • EU: December 29, 1995
Genre(s)Action role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Virtual Hydlide (ヴァーチャルハイドライド, Vācharu Haidoraido) is a 1995 action role-playing game for the Sega Saturn console, developed by T&E Soft, published by Sega in Europe and Japan, and Atlus Software in North America. It is a remake of the original Hydlide (1984), incorporating full 3D graphics and a player character digitized from a live actor. On release, it received mixed reviews, with praise for its graphics, 3D environments and music, while receiving criticism for its gameplay.