Propeller Arena

Developer(s)| Sega AM2
Publisher(s)| Sega
Director(s)| Makoto Osaki
Producer(s)| Yu Suzuki
Designer(s)| Junichi Yamanaka
Programmer(s)| Tetsuya Sugimoto
Artist(s)| Shoji Takeuchi
Composer(s)| Sachio Ogawa
Tomoya Koga
Platform(s)| Dreamcast
Release| Cancelled
Genre(s)| Action
Mode(s)| Single-player, multiplayer

Propeller Arena: Aviation Battle Championship was a video game for the Dreamcast console. It was originally titled Propeller Head Online,[1] and was to be released on September 19, 2001.[2] The game was trademarked on August 14, 2001.[3] It was developed and completed by the development team Sega AM2,[4] but the game was never officially released.[5] The release was cancelled[6] just days after the September 11 attacks,[7] citing both similarities in game packaging and design to the events of that day[8][9][10][11] as well as the Dreamcast's declining market share[12] resulting in projected low sales numbers.

The game was on display at E3 on May 19, 2001.[13] After it was postponed, they were working to change the game cover art to remove sensitive images.[14]

Hopes of a port to another console never materialized. However, a disk image of the game was eventually leaked,[15] and became a popular download on many peer-to-peer networks.[16]

## Contents

* 1 Plot
* 2 Gameplay
* 3 Soundtrack
* 4 See also
* 5 References

## Plot

In 2045, there is an air combat tournament with planes from the World War II era. Several pilots join the tournament, each with their own reasons.[17]

## Gameplay

Tower City,[18] the stage that killed Propeller Arena's release

Propeller Arena consists of quick dog fight deathmatches in limited areas.[19]

The game has four modes: the main game, Championship, which is a sequence of dogfights; Quick Battle, a single dogfight; Training Arena, a number of training missions and minigames; and Network, the online mode. Beating the game and the training missions unlocks extra characters and levels.

The game features force feedback via support for the Dreamcast Jump Pack.

## Soundtrack

The game's soundtrack, consisting of punk rock, was created by both "branches" of Sega: a Japanese team (Sachio Ogawa and Tomoya Koga) had 13 songs composed and produced in-house, while an American team arranged a deal with the Fat Wreck Chords label[17] to license nine songs from the bands Consumed, Zero Down, No Use for a Name, Mad Caddies, and Rise Against.[20][21] Some of Sega's original songs were remixed as instrumental versions and reused in their 2006 sports game Virtua Tennis 3.[22]

## See also

* List of entertainment affected by the September 11 attacks
* Software:The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces, an air combat game with a somewhat similar setting

## References

1. ↑ "E3 2001: First Look - Yu Suzuki's Propeller Arena.". IGN. 2001-05-16. http://www.ign.com/articles/2001/05/16/e3-2001-first-look-yu-suzukis-propeller-arena. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
2. ↑ "News Archive - August 2001". Goodcowfilms.com. http://www.goodcowfilms.com/archive/farm/archive-aug-2001.htm. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
3. ↑ Namedavid Ehrlich. "PROPELLER ARENA AVIATION BATTLE CHAMPIONSHIP Trademark - Registration Number 2878236 - Serial Number 76299935". Trademarks.justia.com. http://trademarks.justia.com/762/99/propeller-arena-aviation-battle-championship-76299935.html. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
4. ↑ "Propeller Arena". IGN. 2001-08-21. http://www.ign.com/articles/2001/08/21/propeller-arena. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
5. ↑ "saturn-digest digest, Volume 07, Issue 258". http://sega.mindrec.com/digest/file.php?yr=SEGA.2001&issue=01.SATURN.0258. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
6. ↑ "TGS 2001: Propeller Arena Flies Away For Good". IGN. 2001-10-18. http://www.ign.com/articles/2001/10/18/tgs-2001-propeller-arena-flies-away-for-good. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
7. ↑ "Sega indefinitely postpones Propeller Arena". GameSpot.com. 2001-09-13. http://www.gamespot.com/news/sega-indefinitely-postpones-propeller-arena-2812304. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
8. ↑ "Winnipeg Free Press, Thursday, October 04, 2001, Page 67". Newspaperarchive.com. 4 October 2001. https://newspaperarchive.com/winnipeg-free-press/2001-10-04/page-67. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
9. ↑ "Traverse City Record-Eagle - News Story - www.record-eagle.com". New.thedailystar.com. 2001-09-27. http://new.thedailystar.com/2001/sep/27toys.htm. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
10. ↑ "Toy Makers Editing Product Lines". Apnewsarchive.com. 2001-09-27. https://apnews.com/2b228fe1ae1ebd3f64af44d8344a0117. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
11. ↑ "Toy makers respond to parental concern by de-emphasizing violence. Category: Election Section from". The Berkeley Daily Planet. http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2001-09-28/article/7105?headline=Toy-makers-respond-to-parental-concern-by-de-emphasizing-violence--By-Anne-d-Innocenzio-AP-Business-Writer. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
12. ↑ "Propeller Arena (Preview)". NBrid.net. http://nbrid.net/museum/evo/articles/reviews/dc/webmaster1012985382.php. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
13. ↑ "2001 E3 Show". Future Gamez. http://www.futuregamez.net/special/e3/2001.html. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
14. ↑ "September 18, 2001". Gamebits. 2001-09-18. http://www.gamebits.net/2001/09/18/sep-18-2001/. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
15. ↑ "Propeller Arena Leaked « The Blog for the Sports Gamer". Sportsgamerblog.com. http://www.sportsgamerblog.com/2004/05/10/propeller-arena-leaked/. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
16. ↑ "Interview Glenn Wissner | SegaOnline". Segaonline.nl. 2004-05-15. http://www.segaonline.nl/blog/2004/05/15/interview-glenn-wissner/. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Top Guns Of The Arena - Propeller Arena Feature Week 3!". IGN. 2001-07-19. http://www.ign.com/articles/2001/07/19/top-guns-of-the-arena-propeller-arena-feature-week-3. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
18. ↑ "Propeller Arena - Sega's Lost Dreamcast Title? - Slashdot". Games.slashdot.org. 2003-12-09. http://games.slashdot.org/story/03/12/09/0835235/propeller-arena
segas-lost-dreamcast-title. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
19. ↑ "Feature: Propeller Arena Retrospective". The Next Level. http://www.the-nextlevel.com/features/propeller_arena/index.shtml. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
20. ↑ "The Unravelling (CD) - Rise Against - Buy @ SmokeCDs.com music cd store". Smokecds.com. http://www.smokecds.com/cd/53582. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
21. ↑ "Album Recap". 25 March 2010. http://riseagainstband.wordpress.com/2010/03/25/album-recap/.
22. ↑ "Propeller Arena & Virtua Tennis 3 OST Comparison". 2013-12-17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0YIXvlgnm0. Retrieved 2014-03-26.

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