Marie & Elie no Atelier: Salberg no Renkinjutsushi 1-2

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Marie & Elie no Atelier: Salberg no Renkinjutsushi 1-2
System(s): Sega Dreamcast
Publisher: Kool Kizz
Developer:
Peripherals supported: Dreamcast VGA Box, Jump Pack, Visual Memory Unit
Genre: New Sensation RPG/Shin Kankaku RPG (新感覚ロープレ)[1][2], Simulation[3]

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Dreamcast
JP
¥7,800 (8,190)7,800e[2] T-44701M
Sega Rating: All Ages

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Marie & Elie no Atelier: Salberg no Renkinjutsushi 1-2 (マリー&エリーのアトリエ 〜ザールブルグの錬金術士1・2〜) is an compilation for the Sega Dreamcast, containing enhanced versions of Marie no Atelier: Salburg no Renkinjutsushi (1997) and Elie no Atelier: Salburg no Renkinjutsushi 2 (1998). The latter one of the two not having a standalone release on a Sega console.

Story

Gameplay

History

Kriz virus

Initial copies of Marie & Elie no Atelier accidentally shipped with a variant of the "Kriz" virus, originally released in the autumn of 1999. While unable to do any damage to the Dreamcast console, the game features extra content that can only be accessed by inserting either of the two discs into a PC.

These files, all of which are screensavers, are infected, and the virus will silently embed itself in the operating system when these files are opened. On the 25th of December, Kriz will execute its payload onto Windows 9x, Windows NT or Windows 2000, wiping any drives it can find and on Windows 9x, adjusting the computer's CMOS and BIOS, effectively killing the machine and forcing users to undertake a completely fresh install.

While several variants of Kriz were produced, even by November 2001, most antivirus software could detect the virus and safely remove it from the system. As such, while still a dangerous oversight, users with up-to-date virus definitions would have been safe (although as a read-only format, there was no means of removing it from the Dreamcast GD-ROM). Modern versions of Windows, and indeed other operating systems, are unaffected by Kriz.

Developer Kool Kizz released an official statement regarding the infected discs on their website, warning all users not to run the screensavers and offering anti-virus tools for those who did[4], as well as posting clean versions of the screensavers on their website. Updated discs that had the virus removed were manufactured for future retail copies as well as for those who returned their infected copies.

Magazine articles

Main article: Marie & Elie no Atelier: Salberg no Renkinjutsushi 1-2/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

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Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Dorimaga (JP) NTSC-J
79
[5]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
70
[6]
Sega Dreamcast
75
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2 reviews

Marie & Elie no Atelier: Salberg no Renkinjutsushi 1-2

Dreamcast, JP
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Cover
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Disc 1
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Disc 2
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Jewel Case

Technical information

Main article: Marie & Elie no Atelier: Salberg no Renkinjutsushi 1-2/Technical information.

External links

  • Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast

References


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