King's Bounty: The Conqueror's Quest

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King's Bounty: The Conqueror's Quest

Genre: RPG

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1991-07^[1]	$?	703301
UK	1991-06^[2]^[3]	£39.99^[2]^[3]	E178SMXI
FR	1991-06^[2]^[3]	?F	E178SMXI
DE	1991-06^[2]^[3]	DM ?	E178SMXI
ES	1991-06^[2]^[3]	?Ptas	E178SMXI

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King's Bounty: The Conqueror's Quest is an RPG which was ported to the Sega Mega Drive. It is a precursor to the Heroes of Might & Magic series.

Production credits

King's Bounty Designed by: Jon Van Caneghem
Programed by: Andrew Caldwell
Programed by: Mark Caldwell (no relation), Douglas Grounds, Jill Bagley
Graphics by: Bonita Long-Hemsath, Kenneth L. Mayfield

New World Computing, Inc.

Source: In-game credits (opening sequence)

Magazine articles

Main article: King's Bounty: The Conqueror's Quest/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

Print advert in Mega Force (FR) #1: "Juillet/Août 1991" (1991-06-18)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication	Score	Source
Consoles + (FR)	80	^[4]
Dragon (US)	60	^[5]
Games-X (UK)	70	№12
Joystick (FR)	85	№19, p135
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)	50	№5, p93
Mega (UK)	55	№18, p71
MegaTech (UK)	71	^[6]
Mean Machines (UK)	80	^[7]
Player One (FR)	89	^[8]
Raze (UK)	86	^[9]
Sega Power (UK)	57	^[10]
Sega Power (UK)	80	^[11]
Sega Power (UK)	68	^[12]
Sega Pro (UK)	66	№18, p66

	71
Based on 14 reviews

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	aa68a92e
MD5	1bb8e1e5d41bbeff2e452935bddd9883
SHA-1	32f90806f44a0bd1d65d84ceeb644681b9cee967

512kB

1991-06

Cartridge (US/EU)

References

[:File:GamePro_US_023.pdf_p40-1] GamePro, "June 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 40

[:File:SegaPower_UK_19.pdf_p16-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Sega Power, "June 1991" (UK; 1991-05-02), page 16

[:File:GamesX_UK_03.pdf_p5-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Games-X, "17th May 1991" (UK; 1991-05-10), page 5

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_001.pdf_p68_.2870-72.29-4] Consoles +, "Septembre 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 70-72 (68)

[:File:Dragon_US_175.pdf_p64_.2862.29-5] Dragon, "Vol. XVI, No. 6: November 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 62 (64)

[:File:MegaTech_UK_01.pdf_p78_.2878.2F79.29-6] MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 78/79 (78)

[:File:MeanMachines_UK_09.pdf_p66_.2866-68.29-7] Mean Machines, "June 1991" (UK; 1991-05-29), page 66-68 (66)

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_013.pdf_p68-8] Player One, "Octobre 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 68

[:File:Raze_UK_12.pdf_p40_.2840.2F41.29-9] Raze, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-08-29), page 40/41 (40)

[:File:SegaPower_UK_23.pdf_p30_.2830.2F31.29-10] Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 30/31 (30)

[:File:SegaPower_UK_23.pdf_p53-11] Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53

[:File:SegaPower_UK_25.pdf_p46-12] Sega Power, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-10-30), page 46

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