Caliber Fifty
Caliber Fifty — frequently asked questions
- What platforms is Caliber Fifty on?
- Caliber Fifty was released on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Arcade, Sega Genesis/Megadrive.
- When did Caliber Fifty release?
- Caliber Fifty was first released on December 1, 1991.
Game details
- Developer
- Visco
- Publisher
- Mentrix Software
- Themes
- Action
Details via IGDB.
Every version compared
Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release
| Platform | Year | Loose | Complete | Sealed | Period reviews | Fake risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sega Genesis | 1991 | $45 | $89 | — | 33% | Low |
Also released on: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis · Arcade · Sega Genesis/Megadrive. We haven’t priced or authenticated those versions yet.
Collector value & authenticity
Sega Genesis · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-29
How often it sells
- Loose: about once a month
- Complete: about once a month
- Sealed: about once a year
Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-29.
Price over time
- Loose
- Complete
A loose copy sold for about $6.26 in Oct 2007, $26 five years ago, and $45 as of Oct 2026.
Show as table
| Month | Loose | Complete |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2008 | $7.53 | — |
| Jan 2009 | $3.30 | — |
| Jan 2010 | $16.00 | — |
| Jan 2011 | $9.95 | — |
| Jan 2012 | $7.50 | — |
| Jan 2013 | $14.81 | — |
| Jan 2014 | $17.59 | $22 |
| Jan 2015 | $8.49 | $31 |
| Jan 2016 | $14.92 | $44 |
| Jan 2017 | $24 | $65 |
| Jan 2018 | $20 | $40 |
| Jan 2019 | $24 | $38 |
| Jan 2020 | $23 | $39 |
| Jan 2021 | $25 | $60 |
| Jan 2022 | $25 | $75 |
| Jan 2023 | $40 | $120 |
| Jan 2024 | $38 | $96 |
| Jan 2025 | $35 | $91 |
| Jan 2026 | $40 | $110 |
| Oct 2026 | $45 | $89 |
Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.
Release record
| Territory | Date | Barcode |
|---|---|---|
| North America | December 1991 | 726556919015 |
- Region
- NA
- Released
- 1991
- Authenticity
- Low
A one-player Vietnam shooter on the Genesis that is priced above most US carts.
Caliber .50 is a scrolling shooter that began as a SETA arcade game in 1989. The Genesis version came out in North America in December 1991, developed by Visco and published by Mentrix Software. Unlike the arcade game, the Genesis cart is single-player only: you control Captain Addis of the United States Army, who must rescue his fellow soldiers twenty years after he failed to retrieve his men during the Vietnam War.
What the press said at the time
| Sega Pro Issue 36 | September 1994 | 33% |
“Vertically scrolling shoot-'em-ups are fairly common and to be any good they need something extra special. Calibre .50, sadly, is very mediocre.”
How the Sega Genesis version differs
The Genesis version is single-player only, with the player as Captain Addis, a Vietnam veteran returning to the Ho Chi Minh trail.
It expands on the arcade game with extra stages and bosses.
Also on other platforms
Arcade · Sega Genesis/Megadrive
| Arcade | SETA |
- Arcade. In Japan the arcade game ranked second among table arcade units in Game Machine's December 15, 1989 chart.
Before you buy
Among US carts it is priced above about nine in ten, so this is a game to buy from a seller who shows the cartridge and a copy of the manual. The risk of a fake is low. A complete US copy means the case, cartridge and manual.
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