Dahna Megami Tanjou
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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive | |||||||||||||||
| Publisher: IGS, SJC (South Korea) | |||||||||||||||
| Developer: IGS | |||||||||||||||
| Supporting companies: T's Music (audio) | |||||||||||||||
| Distributor: Samsung (KR) | |||||||||||||||
| Sound driver: SMPS Z80 | |||||||||||||||
| Genre: Action[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Number of players: 1 | |||||||||||||||
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Dahna Megami Tanjou (ダーナ 女神誕生), known in South Korea as just Dahna (다아나) is a side-scrolling action game for the Sega Mega Drive. It was only released in Japan and South Korea.
From around 1997, it was sold by bootleg producers as Hercules.
Contents
Story
There lived a wealthy family whose heirs were two daughters: Regine and Dahna. These two sisters were born with a strange magic that could enable them to summon the elements and other impossible things. It was this magic that many within the spiritual underworld lusted after, particularly Regine, whose powers grew stronger with age.
On Dahna's seventh birthday, the sisters' parents were murdered in a violent kidnapping attempt, but the wreckage separated the sisters and Dahna escaped. Dahna hid in secrecy, but eventually took shelter in a nearby village where she honed her magic and combat abilities under the guidance of the village sorcerer Magh. Ten years later, a mysterious invasion force led by an evil sorceress attacked her village and kidnapped Magh, prompting Dahna to her first battle.
Gameplay
The game is a side-scrolling action platformer. The player controls Dahna, who fights enemies with a sword and magic abilities. The game has a high level of violence for its time as every enemy Dahna kills disappears in a streak of blood and one boss must be defeated through repeated dismemberment.
Dahna walks with 
and 
. She crouches with 
and stays crouched unless she stands up with 
. While crouched, she can lie prone with again; she can crawl with and while prone or return to a crouched position with . She jumps with 
and high jumps with +.
Dahna can attack enemies by swinging her sword with 
. While standing, the button can be pressed repeatedly for a three-hit combination attack. She thrusts her sword directly upward with +. Dahna can also use her sword while crouched or jumping. While in midair, she can stab directly downward with +. Aside from melee combat, Dahna can use a magic spell with 
. Her magic is powered by a bar that is filled with magic orbs collected from fallen enemy mages. Similar to Golden Axe, the spell cast is determined by how full the bar is. The bar has three segments for three spells, and each spell can be cast twice with a full bar.
Throughout the game, Dahna rides on the backs of different beasts: a horse, a griffin, and a large ogre. Dahna can use her sword when mounted on the horse and the griffin. The griffin can also belch fireballs with or . The ogre swings its arm at enemies with (and can sometimes grab enemies and throw them). It can also jump on enemies to kill them.
As she kills enemies and gather orbs, Dahna gains experience points. At 100,000 and 200,000 points, Dahna gains additional health (and also restores all of her lost health). The game is lost if Dahna loses all of her health, but the game can be continued up to five times. There are three difficulty levels (Easy, Normal, and Hard).
Magic spells
| Fire Magic | |
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| Dahna launches six fireballs laterally that damage any enemies they strike. | |
| Fog Magic | |
| Dahna summons a blinding fog, which renders her invincible for its duration. | |
| Thunder Magic | |
| Dahna conjures multiple downpours of magma. |
Items
Items are left by enemy mages when they are slain.
| ライフボール (Life Ball) | |
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| Restores one health point. | |
| マジックボール (Magic Ball) | |
| Restores one magic point. |
Stages
| ホルン | |
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| ホルン2 | |
| 闇の塔 | |
| 魔の海域 | |
| 風の渓谷 | |
| ルーマー城 | |
Versions
Localised names
| Language | Localised Name | English Translation |
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| Japanese | ダーナ 女神誕生 | Dahna Megami Tanjou |
| Korean | 다아나 | Dahna |
Production credits
- Programmer: Hideaki Tomioka, Nobusada Konishi, Yukihiro Hori, Takeshi Kitabayashi
- Graphic Design: Kozo Igarashi, Yasuhiko Kikuchi, Takeshi Kikuchi
- Sound: T's Music
- Game Design: Hitoshi Kido, Kozo Igarashi
- Produced by: IGS Corp.
Magazine articles
- Main article: Dahna Megami Tanjou/Magazine articles.
Physical scans
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| Based on 13 reviews | |
| Mega Drive, JP |
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 Cover
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   Cart  Manual |
| Mega Drive, KR |
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 Cover
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   Cart |
Technical information
- Main article: Dahna Megami Tanjou/Technical information.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
- ↑ File:Dahna Megami Tanjou MD credits.pdf
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 83
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 136
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1992" (JP; 1991-12-07), page 80
- ↑ Consoles +, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 72
- ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 101
- ↑ Famitsu, "1991-12-27" (JP; 1991-12-13), page 41
- ↑ Hippon Super, "January 1992" (JP; 1991-12-04), page 91
- ↑ Joystick, "Février 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 150
- ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "March 1992" (JP; 1992-02-08), page 83
- ↑ MegaTech, "July 1992" (UK; 1992-06-20), page 48
- ↑ Power Play, "4/92" (DE; 1992-03-11), page 137
- ↑ Sega Opisaniy i sekretov, "14000 Opisaniy i sekretov" (RU; 2003-03-11), page 48
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
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