What platforms is Dangerous Seed on?

Dangerous Seed was released on Arcade, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.

When did Dangerous Seed release?

Dangerous Seed was first released on December 1, 1989.

Dangerous Seed

Dec 1, 1989ShooterArcadeArcadeSega Mega Drive/Genesis

Dangerous Seed — frequently asked questions

What platforms is Dangerous Seed on?: Dangerous Seed was released on Arcade, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.
When did Dangerous Seed release?: Dangerous Seed was first released on December 1, 1989.

About Dangerous Seed

The player assumes control of three separate ships operated by three separate pilots: Alpha Ship is piloted by Yugo Tyrone, Beta Ship is piloted by Belle Vogato, and Gamma Ship is piloted by Kenny Crawford (although none of the pilots' names is mentioned in the game). Each ship has a different firing pattern, and all three of them combined together when the ships are formed together as the Moon Diver; their mission is to quell an alien invasion which is spanning all of the Milky Way, and destroy the aliens' headquarters: the Danger-Seed.[citation needed] The player starts the game with three separate fighters and has to make it through four tubes using the fighters separately; if one gets destroyed, then the next, more powerful ship makes an attempt to get through. If the player makes it to the fifth stage, the three ships combine into a singular composite ship called the "Moon Diver", which has a massive amount of firepower - and each ship has shields, but the stages must be completed with one ship

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Developer: Namco
Publisher: Namco
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Themes: Science fiction

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	1990	$43	$122	—	80%	Low

Also released on: Arcade · Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. We haven’t priced or authenticated those versions yet.

Collector value & authenticity

Sega Genesis · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-29

Loose

$43

Complete

$122

Sealed

—

How often it sells

Loose: about 5 times a year
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 $45 in Oct 2019, $93 five years ago, and $43 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2020	$61	$77
Jan 2021	$61	$84
Jan 2022	$85	$100
Jan 2023	$97	$120
Jan 2024	$75	$128
Jan 2025	$55	$127
Jan 2026	$40	$120
Oct 2026	$43	$122

Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.

Release record

Territory	Date	Product number
Japan	18 December 1990	T-14033

Source: Product numbers: MAME's Mega Drive software list and the No-Intro serial records in the libretro database, published where both agree on the same cartridge dump, or from the libretro records alone where MAME lists no number for that dump. Board and ROM numbers: MAME's software list

Region: JP
Released: 1990
Authenticity: Low

Modern re-releases, such as Sega Ages, the Genesis Mini and Nintendo Switch Online, are not tracked hereLow counterfeit risk

Sega Genesis prices, all games & how to spot a fake

A Namco shooter that magazines split over, and a Japan-only Mega Drive cart that costs a little above the middle for its group.

Dangerous Seed is a shooter made and published by Namco, and the Mega Drive version came out only in Japan, on 18 December 1990. It is a conversion of Namco's arcade game with additional stages and an arranged soundtrack. Reviewers were divided. Famitsu liked its fast play, colorful graphics and soundtrack, and Germany's ASM called it one of the best shooters on the Mega Drive.

British magazines were less kind. Mean Machines called it one to avoid, citing sad graphics, poor sound, a lack of originality and little challenge, while Sega Pro, reviewing the import, found the graphics novel and the 12 levels involving.

What the press said at the time

Sega Pro Issue 36

September 1994

80%

“Novel graphics make this a real involving shoot-'em-up. There are 12 levels of alien plant terminating, ensuring this lasts for longer than your geraniums.”
— Sega Pro, September 1994

How the Sega Genesis version differs

The Mega Drive conversion arrived in 1990 with additional stages and an arranged soundtrack not in the arcade game.

The Mega Drive version drew mixed reviews, praised for colorful graphics, pace and soundtrack but criticized as unoriginal.

Also on other platforms

Arcade

Namco

Arcade. The arcade game was released by Namco only in Japan, in December 1989.

Before you buy

Among Japan-only carts it sits above the middle. The Japanese cartridge is a different shape from a Western one, so it will not fit a Western console without an adapter or removing two plastic tabs in the slot.