Master of Monsters
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive | |||||||||||||||
Publisher: Toshiba EMI (Japan), Renovation Products (US) | |||||||||||||||
Developer: ISCO, Opera House | |||||||||||||||
Licensor: SystemSoft | |||||||||||||||
Original system(s): PC-8801 mkII SR | |||||||||||||||
Developer(s) of original games: SystemSoft | |||||||||||||||
Genre: Simulation[1][2] | |||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1-4 | |||||||||||||||
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Master of Monsters (マスター・オブ・モンスターズ) is a 1988 strategy game by SystemSoft for the PC-8801 mkII SR, ported to various other Japanese computers. In 1991, Toshiba EMI had it ported it to the Sega Mega Drive and published it in Japan. Toshiba EMI also introduced a new soundtrack composed by Koichi Sugiyama, Hayato Matsuo, and Hitoshi Sakimoto.
Unlike most, if not all other, SystemSoft games (including this game's various sequels), this version was actually released outside Japan — published in America by Renovation Products.
The original Master of Monsters went on to spawn a long-lasting series of games. One sequel on the Saturn, Master of Monsters: Neo Generations, was released in 1996.
A European release was planned by Ubisoft
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Gameplay
The game plays similarly to the Daisenryaku games. After choosing a level and setting up team parameters, you can play the game. Selecting one of your monsters and hitting allows you to control that particular monster, while selecting any space and hitting allows you to do various battle-related things. Battles appear to be fully automated.
Production credits
- Executive Producer: Takahiko Nagashima
- Producer: Yoshihiko Ohhashi
- Director: Yutaka Katsura
- Sound Producer: Koichi Sugiyama
- Sound: Hayato Matsuo, YMOH.S
- Planner: Hidefumi Ohara
- Programmer: Naoki Morishima, Hiroyuki Fujiwara, Satoru Miki
- Graphic: Hiroshi Akagi, Atsuhiro Gunji, Ken Takagi, Kiyoto Yoshimura, Taku Nakayama, Reiko Yoshida
- Manual: Zenichi Sato, Miki Nakagawa
Magazine articles
- Main article: Master of Monsters/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
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Physical scans
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Technical information
- Main article: Master of Monsters/Technical information.
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:MasterofMonsters MD JP Box.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
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Master of Monsters games for Sega systems | |
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Master of Monsters (1991) | Master of Monsters: Neo Generations (1996) |