Albert Odyssey: Legend of Eldean

n/a

Albert Odyssey: Legend of Eldean

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Working Designs (US), Sunsoft (JP), Wooyoung System (KR)

Developer: Sunsoft

Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (21 tracks)

Peripherals supported: Saturn Backup Memory

Genre: RPG^[1]

Number of players: 1

Official in-game languages:

日本語

English

한국어

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1996-08-09^[1]	¥6,500 (6,695)	T-1514G
JP (Satakore)	1997-06-20	¥2,800	T-1517G
JP (Shokai Press Gentei)	1996-08-09	¥6,500	T-1507G
US	1997-07-24		T-12705H
KR	1997		T-26804H-08

This short article is in need of work. You can help Sega Retro by adding to it.

Albert Odyssey: Legend of Eldean, known as Albert Odyssey Gaiden: Legend of Eldean (アルバートオデッセイ外伝～レジェンドオブエルディーン～) in Japan, is an RPG for the Sega Saturn.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English (US)	Albert Odyssey: Legend of Eldean	Albert Odyssey: Legend of Eldean
Japanese	Albert Odyssey Gaiden: Legend of Eldean (アルバートオデッセイ外伝～レジェンドオブエルディーン～)
Korean	알버트 오딧세이 외전

Production credits

Japanese version

Main Program: Ganchan
Field Program: Hiroaki Atsumi
Battle Program: Hiroya Matsugami
System Program: Akihiro Asada
Event Program: Ganchan
Menu Program: Akihiro Asada
Openning demo Program: Hiroya Matsugami
Title logo Program: Hiroaki Atsumi
Tool Program: Ganchan
Chief Designer: Yoshiaki Iwata
Town Map Design: Ichi, Tadashi Kozima, Noriaki Kitamura
Town Character Design: SP Taka, Takeshi Koshino, Kazumasa Yoshihara
Field Map Design: Tadashi Kozima
Battle Design: Yoshiaki Iwata
Battle BG Design: Sayuri Miyazaki
Battle Character Design: Kazumasa Yoshihara, Maya Himeno
Pochi is No. 1: Sayuri Miyazaki
Event Design: SP Taka, Takeshi Koshino
Event demo Design: Noriaki Kitamura
Assistant Designer: Nobuhide Suzuki, Tsuyoshi Tanigawa, Ai Tashita, Masaaki Sato, Chiharu Kaneko, Maki Fukunaga
Super chimpanzee: Maya Himeno
3D modeler: Yoshiaki Iwata
Original Character Design: Hiroyuki Karashima
Illustration: Toshiyuki Kubooka, Akari Funato
Music Composer: Naoki Kodaka
Sound Director / Sound Program / Sound Effect: NAO
Sound Effect: Kengo Sakurai, Atsushi Takada
Violin: Yayoi Sakiyama
Flute: Yoko Niwa
Oboe & English Horn: Kaori Miyazawa
Guitar: Shigeru Watanabe
Percussion: Masato Nishimura
Keyboard: Wataru Iwamoto
Synthesizer Programing: Naoki Kodaka
Recording Engineer: Masato Nishimura
Recoroed at: Music Farm Studio
Voice actor & actress: Osamu Nakamoto, Tokishige Tsujimura, Hironori Tsuboi, Yoshiyuki Kudo, Ryuji Tanaka, Yoko Okochi, Mariko Masuda, Yoko Ito
Voice coordinator: Hideo Zaitsu (Mediabarn)
Scenario Writer: Tsuyoshi Matsumoto
Scenario Supervisor: Tatsuo Mori
Technical Support: Akito Takeuchi
Promotion Planner: Hideyuki Kato
Planning & Promotion: Hideyuki Kato, Tatsuo Mori
Public relations: Hideyuki Kato, Hideo Yamamoto, Tatsuo Mori, Izumi Imazeki, Miyuki Kawakami
Printing: Kazuyuki Watanabe, Mamoru Goto, Tatsuya Sakurai, Kenichi Oshika
Marketing & Sales: Masaru Aoyanagi, Makoto Kawashita, Hirokazu Yokochi, Hideaki Takahashi
Special thanks: Etsuko Masuda, Akie Hattori
Boss: Masato Kawai
Executive producer: Kiharu Yoshida

Source: In-game credits (JP)

Overseas version

Japan Staff

Main Program: Ganchan
Field Program: Hiroaki Atsumi
Battle Program: Hiroya Matsugami
System Program: Akihiro Asada
Event Program: Ganchan
Menu Program: Akihiro Asada
Opening demo Program: Hiroya Matsugami
Title logo Program: Hiroaki Atsumi
Tool Program: Ganchan
Chief Designer: Yoshiaki Iwata
Town Map Design: Ichi, Tadashi Kozima, Noriaki Kitamura
Town Character Design: SP Taka, Takeshi Koshino, Kazumasa Yoshihara
Field Map Design: Tadashi Kozima
Battle Design: Yoshiaki Iwata
Battle BG Design: Sayuri Miyazaki
Battle Character Design: Kazumasa Yoshihara, Maya Himeno
Event Design: SP Taka, Takeshi Koshino
Event demo Design: Noriaki Kitamura
Assistant Designer: Nobuhide Suzuki, Tsuyoshi Tanigawa, Ai Tashita, Masaaki Sato, Chiharu Kaneko, Maki Fukunaga
3D modeler: Yoshiaki Iwata
Original Character Design: Hiroyuki Karashima
Illustration: Toshiyuki Kubooka, Akari Funato
Music Composer: Naoki Kodaka
Sound Director / Sound Program / Sound Effect: NAO
Sound Effect: Kengo Sakurai, Atsushi Takada
Violin: Yayoi Sakiyama
Flute: Yoko Niwa
Oboe & English Horn: Kaori Miyazawa
Guitar: Shigeru Watanabe
Percussion: Masato Nishimura
Keyboard: Wataru Iwamoto
Synthesizer Programing: Naoki Kodaka
Recording Engineer: Masato Nishimura
Recorded at: Music Farm Studio
Scenario Writer: Tsuyoshi Matsumoto
Scenario Supervisor: Tatsuo Mori
Technical Support: Akito Takeuchi
Boss: Masato Kawai
Executive producer: Kiharu Yoshida

USA Staff

Producer: Victor Ireland
Programmer: Tim Trzepacz
Sound Editing: Bill King
Translation: Akiko S. Peterson, Zach Meston, Victor Ireland, Tim Trzepacz
Voice Actors: Kathy Emma, Keith Lack, Wilson Smith, Katie Staeck, Jenny Stigile
Playtesting: Bonnie Shirley, Eric "Pottle" Brewer
Manual Design: Don Shirley
Sales: Kelly Knight

Source: In-game credits (US) ^[3]

Magazine articles

Main article: Albert Odyssey: Legend of Eldean/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #95: "June 1997" (1997-xx-xx)

PDF

Print advert in Ultra Game Players (US) #99: "July 1997" (1997-06-24)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #96: "July 1997" (1997-xx-xx)^[4]
Game Informer (US) #52: "August 1997" (1997-xx-xx)^[5]
GamePro (US) #107: "August 1997" (1997-xx-xx)^[6]
Game Informer (US) #53: "September 1997" (1997-xx-xx)^[7]
Game Informer (US) #54: "October 1997" (1997-xx-xx)^[8]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #99: "October 1997" (1997-xx-xx)^[9]

PDF

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-02: "1996-02 (1996-02-09)" (1996-01-26)
also published in:

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-03: "1996-03 (1996-02-23)" (1996-02-09)^[10]

PDF

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-06: "1996-06 (1996-04-12)" (1996-03-22)

PDF

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-13: "1996-13 (1996-08-09)" (1996-07-26)

PDF

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-14: "1996-14 (1996-08-23)" (1996-08-09)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication	Score	Source
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)	83	^[11]
Fun Generation (DE)	70
GamePro (US)	75	^[12]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)	50	^[13]
Sega Saturn Magazine (readers) (JP)	75	^[14]
Ultra Game Players (US)	70	^[15]

	71
Based on 6 reviews

Saturn, JP
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, JP (Shokai Press Gentei)
Cover
Spinecard Disc Jewel Case

Saturn, JP (Satakore)
Cover
Disc

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, KR
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

633,487,680

1996-07-06

CD-ROM (JP)

T-1507G, T-1514G, T-1517G V1.003

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

645,377,040

CD-ROM (US)

T-12705H V1.010

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

645,377,040

CD-ROM (US)

T-12705H (Alt) V1.100

Track list

1. (Data track)

2. CD Warning message (special) (00:14)
JP: 警告メッセージ

3. Prologue (with Narration) (03:28)
JP: プロローグ
Composed by: Naoki Kodaka

4. Opening 1 (with Narration) (03:51)
JP: オープニング1
Composed by: Naoki Kodaka

5. Title (01:08)
JP: タイトル
Composed by: Naoki Kodaka

6. Main Theme 1 (02:48)
JP: メインテーマ1
Composed by: Naoki Kodaka

7. Main Theme 2 (03:50)
JP: メインテーマ2
Composed by: Naoki Kodaka

8. Aria (00:47)
JP: アリア
Composed by: Naoki Kodaka

9. Estarant (01:31)
JP: エスタラント
Composed by: Naoki Kodaka

10. Mysterioso (02:11)
JP: ミステリオーソ
Composed by: Naoki Kodaka

11. Sailing (00:22)
JP: セーリング
Composed by: Naoki Kodaka

12. Solitude (02:16)
JP: ソリチュード
Composed by: Naoki Kodaka

13. Serenade (02:19)
JP: セレナーデ
Composed by: Naoki Kodaka

14. Game Over (00:12)
JP: ゲーム・オーバー
Composed by: Naoki Kodaka

15. Fin 1 (00:37)
JP: フィン
Composed by: Naoki Kodaka

16. SUNSOFT LOGO (00:16)
Composed by: Naoki Kodaka

17. Main Theme 2 (Short) (01:54)
Composed by: Naoki Kodaka

18. Main Theme 1 (Short) (02:36)
Composed by: Naoki Kodaka

19. Main Theme 1 (Short) (01:40)
Composed by: Naoki Kodaka

20. Main Theme 1 (Short) (00:55)
Composed by: Naoki Kodaka

21. Mysterioso (Short) (02:02)
Composed by: Naoki Kodaka

22. Mysterioso (Short) (01:34)
Composed by: Naoki Kodaka

► Running time: 36:31

Extra content

This game has an extra content which can be viewed when accessing the disc on a PC.

Folder / File	Type	Size	description
ABSTRACT.TXT	TXT (Abstract)	820	About this game.
ALB_ABS.TXT	TXT (Abstract)	820	About this game.
ALB_BIB.TXT	TXT (Bibliographiced)	147	Series History
ALB_CPY.TXT	TXT (Copyright)	45	Copyright
BIBLIOGR.TXT	TXT (Bibliographiced)	147	Series History
COPYRIGH.TXT	TXT (Copyright)	45	Copyright

References

Albert Odyssey: Legend of Eldean

Main page | Comparisons | Maps | Hidden content | Magazine articles

Books: Albert Odyssey Gaiden: Legend of Eldean Hisshou Kouryaku Hou (1996) | Albert Odyssey Gaiden: Legend of Eldean Perfect Data Book (1996)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20191002103132.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Fsegahard.2Fss.2Fsoft_licensee2.html-1] 1.0 ^1.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee2.html (archived: 2019-10-02 10:31)

[:File:SSM_JP_19960412_1996-06.pdf_p34-2] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-06 (1996-04-12)" (JP; 1996-03-22), page 34

[https:.2F.2Fwww.youtube.com.2Fwatch.3Fv.3DW04kzGRgcHY-3] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W04kzGRgcHY

[:File:EGM_US_096.pdf_p55-4] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 55

[:File:GameInformer_US_052.pdf_p23-5] Game Informer, "August 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 23

[:File:GamePro_US_107.pdf_p59-6] GamePro, "August 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 59

[:File:GameInformer_US_053.pdf_p68-7] Game Informer, "September 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 68

[:File:GameInformer_US_054.pdf_p11-8] Game Informer, "October 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 11

[:File:EGM_US_099.pdf_p61-9] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 61

[:File:SSM_JP_19960223_1996-03.pdf_p8-10] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-03 (1996-02-23)" (JP; 1996-02-09), page 8

[:File:EGM_US_098.pdf_p52_.2850.29-11] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 50 (52)

[:File:GamePro_US_108.pdf_p121-12] GamePro, "September 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 121

[:File:SSM_JP_19960809_1996-13.pdf_p225_.28221.29-13] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-13 (1996-08-09)" (JP; 1996-07-26), page 221 (225)

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p14_.2812.29-14] Sega Saturn Magazine (readers), "Final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 12 (14)

[:File:UltraGamePlayers_US_101.pdf_p82-15] Ultra Game Players, "September 1997" (US; 1997-08-19), page 82

[1]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]

Albert Odyssey: Legend of Eldean

From Sega Retro

Contents

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Japanese version

Overseas version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

Track list

Extra content

References