Will Harvey Presents The Immortal

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Will Harvey Presents The Immortal

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Electronic Arts (US, Europe), Electronic Arts Victor (Japan)

Developer: Electronic Arts

Sound driver: Electronic Arts/Rob Hubbard

Genre: RPG^[1], Action^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1993-08-10^[2]	¥9,8009,800	EM20023
US	1991-11^[3]	$59.9559.95^[4]^[3]	708001
EU	1991-11^[5]^[6]		E158SMXI
UK	1991-11^[5]^[6]	£44.9944.99^[7]^[8]	E158SMXI
AU	199x		E158SMXI
BR	1991

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The Immortal is a 1990 dungeon-crawler RPG developed and published by Electronic Arts for the Apple IIGS. It was ported to several home computers and consoles, including the Sega Mega Drive (released 1991). It was released in 1993 in Japan, where it was called Wizard of the Immortal (ウィザード・オブ・イモータル).

Gameplay

You play as a wizard who must navigate through a series of labyrinths serving as a warzone between goblins and trolls while finding your mentor, who is trapped in a dungeon far below your own (even though he is seeking another pupil's aid). opens a menu to switch between items; you must hold down the D-pad while pressing to select.

Some items can be assigned to the button to use while navigating the dungeon. If you run into an enemy (such as a goblin), you enter a battle screen with them, which appears to be fought by mashing buttons until you drain the enemy's health (their health is indicated by bars on the left side of the screen; your health on the right).

Production credits

Original Programming: Will Harvey
Original Art: Ian Gooding, Michael Marcantel
Genesis Programming: Kevin McGrath
Genesis Art: Connie Braat, Tom Collie, Gary Martin
Sound and Music: Rob Hubbard, Michael Bartlow

Source: In-game credits (title screen roll)

Magazine articles

Main article: Will Harvey Presents The Immortal/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in GamePro (US) #29: "December 1991" (1991-xx-xx)
also published in:

GamePro (US) #31: "February 1992" (199x-xx-xx)^[9]

Print advert in Gamers (DE) #1992-01: "Februar/März 1992" (1992-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication	Score	Source
Beep! MegaDrive (JP)	65	^[10]
Beep! MegaDrive (readers) (JP)	73	^[11]
Famitsu (JP)	60	№245, p37
GamePro (US)	92	^[12]
Games-X (UK)	90	№30
Game Zone (UK)	92	№2, p38/39
Hippon Super (JP)	60	№1993-09, p48
Hobby Consolas (ES)	90	№8, p44-47
Joypad (FR)	88	№3
Joystick (FR)	89	^[13]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)	80	№5, p63
Mega (UK)	60	№18, p71
MegaTech (UK)	93	^[14]
Mean Machines (UK)	90	^[15]
Player One (FR)	85	^[16]
Play Time (DE)	69	^[17]
Power Play (DE)	78	№2/92, p166
Sega Power (UK)	75	^[18]
Sega Pro (UK)	94	^[19]
Sega Pro (UK)	83	№18, p66
Video Games (DE)	78	^[21]

	80
Based on 21 reviews

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual Clue Book Leaflet

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, Benelux Union
Cover

Mega Drive, AU

Mega Drive, BR
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1MB

1991-11

Cartridge (US/EU)

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1MB

Cartridge (JP)

References

[:File:Immortal_md_jp_cover.jpg_p-1] File:Immortal md jp cover.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200702232146.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fhistory.2Fhard.2Fmegadrive.2Fsoftware_l.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)

[:File:GamePro_US_028.pdf_p51-3] 3.0 ^3.1 GamePro, "November 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 51

[:File:VG.26amp.3BCE_US_36.pdf_p68-4] VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "January 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 68

[:File:SegaPro_UK_01.pdf_p9-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Sega Pro, "November 1991" (UK; 1991-xx-xx), page 9

[:File:SegaPower_UK_25.pdf_p11-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Sega Power, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-10-30), page 11

[:File:SegaPro_UK_01.pdf_p31-7] Sega Pro, "November 1991" (UK; 1991-xx-xx), page 31

[:File:GameZone_UK_02.pdf_p39-8] Game Zone, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-22), page 39

[:File:GamePro_US_031.pdf_p41-9] GamePro, "February 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 41

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1993-09.pdf_p21_.2819.29-10] Beep! MegaDrive, "September 1993" (JP; 1993-08-07), page 19 (21)

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p86_.2884.29-11] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 84 (86)

[:File:GamePro_US_028.pdf_p50_.2846.2F47.29-12] GamePro, "November 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 46/47 (50)

[:File:Joystick_FR_022.pdf_p156-13] Joystick, "Décembre 1991" (FR; 1991-1x-xx), page 156

[:File:MegaTech_UK_01.pdf_p28_.2828-30.29-14] MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 28-30 (28)

[:File:MeanMachines_UK_14.pdf_p66_.2866-68.29-15] Mean Machines, "November 1991" (UK; 1991-10-29), page 66-68 (66)

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_015.pdf_p56_.2856.2F57.29-16] Player One, "Décembre 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 56/57 (56)

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1992-02.pdf_p92-17] Play Time, "2/92" (DE; 199x-xx-xx), page 92

[:File:SegaPower_UK_27.pdf_p38_.2838.2F39.29-18] Sega Power, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-02), page 38/39 (38)

[:File:SegaPro_UK_01.pdf_p30_.2830-32.29-19] Sega Pro, "November 1991" (UK; 1991-xx-xx), page 30-32 (30)

[:File:Supergame_BR_10.pdf_p46-20] Supergame, "Maio 1992" (BR; 1992-05-xx), page 46

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1992-01.pdf_p26-21] Video Games, "1/92" (DE; 1992-02-03), page 26

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