Burning Rangers

Burning Rangers
European cover art
Developer(s)	Sonic Team
Publisher(s)	Sega
Director(s)	Naoto Ohshima
Producer(s)	Yuji Naka
Designer(s)	Takao Miyoshi
Programmer(s)	Takuya Matsumoto
Artist(s)	Naoto Ohshima Hideaki Moriya Kosei Kitamura
Composer(s)	Naofumi Hataya Fumie Kumatani Masaru Setsumaru
Platform(s)	Sega Saturn
Release	JP: 26 February 1998[2] NA: 28 May 1998[1] EU: 19 June 1998[3]
Genre(s)	Action, third-person shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player

Burning Rangers^[4] is a 1998 action game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Sega Saturn. Players control one of an elite group of firefighters, the Burning Rangers, who extinguish fires and rescue civilians in burning buildings in a futuristic society. Most of the tasks involved collecting energy crystals to transport civilians to safety. In lieu of an in-game map, Burning Rangers features a voice navigation system which directs players through corridors.

Development began shortly after the release of Christmas Nights in November 1996. Producer Yuji Naka wanted to create a game which involved saving people rather than killing them. Sonic Team used firefighting as they thought it was an effective way of having players identify with heroism.

Burning Rangers received mostly positive reviews. Critics praised the soundtrack and audio, particularly the voice navigation system. Some critics felt the graphics were among the best on the Saturn, but the collision detection and glitches were criticised. Burning Rangers was among the final seven Saturn games released in America.