Magical Taruruto-kun (Mega Drive)

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Magical Taruruto-kun
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP 		¥3,8803,880 G-4068

Magical Taruruto-kun (まじかる☆タルるートくん) is a 1992 action game for the Sega Mega Drive by Sega and Game Freak to tie into Tatsuya Egawa's/Shueisha's Magical Taruruuto-kun manga, which had been recently turned into an anime by Toei Animation.

Gameplay

C jumps; C in mid-air lunges forward. By default, B attacks. When standing next to an object, B will grab that object; B again throws it at enemies. Objects can only be used in the area they are found. You get a new magic power after every stage; hit  START  to bring up a menu to choose one and A to use.

Production credits

  • Direction, Game Design, Graphic Design: Ken Sugimori
  • Program: Yuji Shingai
  • Music, Sound Effects, Sound Program: Junichi Masuda
  • Graphic Design, Game Design Assistant: Akihito Tomisawa
  • Graphic Design Assistant: Kazuyo Ishiai, Katsuki Maruyama
  • Special Thanks: Akihito Koriyama, Office Gia
  • Produce: Satoshi Tajiri
  • Game Freak Inc.
  • Presented by: Sega

Magazine articles

Main article: Magical Taruruto-kun (Mega Drive)/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

  • TV advert

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
72 №10, p96-97[1]
88 №0101, p6/24-25[2]
89 №45, p153[3]
86 №10, p76-78[4]
79 №28, p119[5]
77 №2, p17-19[6]
36 №18, p66
Sega Mega Drive
 75
Based on
7 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
80
[7]
Consoles + (FR)
72
[1]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
65
[8]
GameFan (US) NTSC-J
88
[2]
Génération 4 (FR)
90
[3]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
80
[9]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-J
86
[4]
Joystick (FR) NTSC-J
79
[5]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)
77
[6]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) NTSC-J
77
[10]
Play Time (DE)
79
[11]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
36
[12]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
79
[13]
Video Games (DE)
72
[14]
Sega Mega Drive
 76
Based on
14 reviews

Magical Taruruto-kun (Mega Drive)

Mega Drive, JP
MTK MD JP Box.jpg
Cover
MagicalTaruruutokun MD JP CartTop.jpg
MTK MD JP Cart.jpg
Cart
MagicalTarurutokun MD JP Manual.pdf
Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 f11060a5
MD5 f676dfdd836199352f105465905c25de
SHA-1 208f1d83bb410f9cc5e5308942b83c0e84f64294
512kB 1992-02 Cartridge (JP)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:ConsolesPlus FR 010.pdf, page 96 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ConsolesPlus FR 010.pdf_p96" defined multiple times with different content
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 File:GameFan US 0101.pdf, page 6 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GameFan US 0101.pdf_p6" defined multiple times with different content
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 File:Generation4 FR 045.pdf, page 153 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Generation4 FR 045.pdf_p153" defined multiple times with different content
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 File:Joypad FR 010.pdf, page 76 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joypad FR 010.pdf_p76" defined multiple times with different content
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 File:Joystick FR 028.pdf, page 119 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joystick FR 028.pdf_p119" defined multiple times with different content
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 File:MDAG UK 02.pdf, page 17 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MDAG UK 02.pdf_p17" defined multiple times with different content
  7. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "May 1992" (JP; 1992-04-08), page 33
  8. ↑ Famitsu, "1992-05-01" (JP; 1992-04-17), page 39
  9. ↑ Hippon Super, "May 1992" (JP; 1992-04-04), page 43
  10. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 93
  11. ↑ Play Time, "7/92" (DE; 1992-06-03), page 94
  12. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
  13. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
  14. ↑ Video Games, "7/92" (DE; 1992-06-24), page 44
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