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Sorcerer's Kingdom

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Masaya (Japan), Treco (US)

Developer: Technical Wave^[1]

Genre: RPG^[2]^[3]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1992-02-07^[3]	¥8,800 (9,064)8,800e^[2]^[4]	T-25113
US	1993-08^[5]	$64.9564.95^[6]	T-24076

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Sorcerer's Kingdom, called Sorcer Kingdom (ソーサルキングダム) in Japan, is a 1992 RPG by NCS for the Sega Mega Drive brought overseas by Treco.

This game is unrelated to the 1995 Sorcer Kingdom, a different RPG released for PC-9800 series computers.

Story

In one kingdom, adventuring is a noble art — adventurers are held in high honor and are made rich by the lineage of kings. But evil forces around the kingdom make adventuring also very dangerous. You are an adventurer who must take up the mission of his father, another adventurer who set out to destroy the evil and went missing.

Gameplay

The game engine is very orthogonal — no matter where you are, controls are the same. opens menus and makes a selection, exits a menu, and simply touch a person/enemy/object to talk/fight/interact. Otherwise the game plays similarly to other RPGs.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English (US)	Sorcerer's Kingdom	Sorcerer's Kingdom
Japanese	ソーサルキングダム	Sorcer Kingdom

Production credits

Producer: Takayuki Jingu
Assistant Producer: Shinjiro Takata
Director: Satoshi Namekawa
Game Designer: Technical Wave, Hiroki Hayashi
Scenario Writer: Satoshi Namekawa
Chief Programmer: Yousuke Sakaushi
Programmer: Kouichi Shimamura, Michitoshi Momose
Data Programming: Shinji Kataoka
Chief Designer: Akira Takahashi
Graphic Designer: Taeko Suzuki, Tomoko Sugou, Kouichi Shimamura, Kakuya Osanai, Hideki Harada, Shinji Kataoka
Music Composer: Kouichi Shimamura, Mami Tanaka
Special Thanks To: Masaki Hashimoto, Hideo Suzuki, Manabu Takasugi, Hikaru Sato
Thanks To: Keisuke Yasaka, Taiji Hida, Yusuke Abe, Takahiro Kokubu, Kenji Minoura
Sales Promoter: Masaki Uchida, Kyouko Katagiri, Jun Mimura, Yasuaki Yokoe, Takashi Kikuchi, Norihiko Iwamoto
Executive Director: Yasumasa Shirakura

Source:

In-game credits^[7]

Magazine articles

Main article: Sorcerer's Kingdom/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: Sorcerer's Kingdom/Promotional material.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

68

^[8]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[9]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[10]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

68

^[11]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[12]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[6]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[13]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

75

^[14]

	70
Based on 8 reviews

Sorcerer's Kingdom

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

Main article: Sorcerer's Kingdom/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	cbe6c1ea
MD5	8ab847680c35b89e4f7883cb216efdd6
SHA-1	57322c1714fd4e42e1a10d56bfd795bcbc3380d7

1MB

1993-08

Cartridge (US)

Revision 00

✔

CRC32	bb1fc9ce
MD5	587c51be6c60b82514e928f951e730b1
SHA-1	87759abb603f1f97c2e136682dc78eea545338ce

1MB

1993-08

Cartridge (US)

Revision 01

✔

CRC32	944135ca
MD5	c5290a39f86cff65ddf10f9913e94d4a
SHA-1	16394aebece9d03f43505eab0827889e1c61857f

1MB

1992-01

Cartridge (JP)

✔

CRC32	3dbc3130
MD5	0b1cc08ca6020c00bafbf623b7c79d23
SHA-1	f969f7def85fb1a994a1041c72028a35978c9659

1MB

1991-11-08

CD-R disc^[15]

Page

References

↑ http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Technical_Wave
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 File:SorcerKingdom MD JP Box.jpg
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "September 1991" (JP; 1991-08-08), page 22
↑ Sega Visions, "August/September 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 104
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 GamePro, "June 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 54
↑ File:Sorcerer's Kingdom MD credits.pdf
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "February 1992" (JP; 1992-01-08), page 35
↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "June 1993" (US; 1993-05-11), page 56
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 42
↑ Famitsu, "1992-02-07" (JP; 1992-01-24), page 39
↑ GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 7: June 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 17
↑ Hippon Super, "February 1992" (JP; 1992-01-07), page 97
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
↑ Hidden Palace: Sorcer Kingdom (Nov 8, 1991 prototype)

Sorcerer's Kingdom
	Main page \| Comparisons \| Maps \| Hidden content \| Magazine articles \| Reception \| Promotional material \| Region coding \| Bootlegs Prototypes: 1991-11-08

[http:.2F.2Fgdri.smspower.org.2Fwiki.2Findex.php.2FTechnical_Wave-1] ttp://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Technical_Wave

[:File:SorcerKingdom_MD_JP_Box.jpg_p-2] 2.0 ^2.1 File:SorcerKingdom MD JP Box.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200702232146.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fhistory.2Fhard.2Fmegadrive.2Fsoftware_l.html-3] 3.0 ^3.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1991-09.pdf_p22-4] Beep! MegaDrive, "September 1991" (JP; 1991-08-08), page 22

[:File:SegaVisions_US_14.pdf_p104-5] Sega Visions, "August/September 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 104

[:File:GamePro_US_047.pdf_p54-6] 6.0 ^6.1 GamePro, "June 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 54

[:File:Sorcerer.27s_Kingdom_MD_credits.pdf_p-7] File:Sorcerer's Kingdom MD credits.pdf

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1992-02.pdf_p35-8] Beep! MegaDrive, "February 1992" (JP; 1992-01-08), page 35

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_09.pdf_p56-9] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "June 1993" (US; 1993-05-11), page 56

[:File:EGM_US_051.pdf_p42-10] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 42

[:File:Famitsu_JP_0164.pdf_p39-11] Famitsu, "1992-02-07" (JP; 1992-01-24), page 39

[:File:GameFan_US_0107.pdf_p17-12] GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 7: June 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 17

[13] Hippon Super, "February 1992" (JP; 1992-01-07), page 97

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-14] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

[https:.2F.2Fhiddenpalace.org.2FSorcer_Kingdom_.28Nov_8.2C_1991_prototype.29-15] Hidden Palace: Sorcer Kingdom (Nov 8, 1991 prototype)

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+This game is unrelated to the 1995 ''Sorcer Kingdom'', a different RPG released for [[PC-9800 series]] computers.
+==Story==
 In one kingdom, adventuring is a noble art — adventurers are held in high honor and are made rich by the lineage of kings. But evil forces around the kingdom make adventuring also very dangerous. You are an adventurer who must take up the mission of his father, another adventurer who set out to destroy the evil and went missing.
+==Gameplay==
 The game engine is very orthogonal — no matter where you are, controls are the same. {{C}} opens menus and makes a selection, {{B}} exits a menu, and simply touch a person/enemy/object to talk/fight/interact. Otherwise the game plays similarly to other RPGs.
+==Versions==
+===Localised names===
+{{aka
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+|jp_name=ソーサルキングダム
+|jp_trans=Sorcer Kingdom
+|jp_rom=
+}}
+==Production credits==
+{{multicol|
+{{creditstable|
+*'''Producer:''' Takayuki Jingu
+*'''Assistant Producer:''' Shinjiro Takata
+*'''Director:''' Satoshi Namekawa
+*'''Game Designer:''' Technical Wave, Hiroki Hayashi
+*'''Scenario Writer:''' Satoshi Namekawa
+*'''Chief Programmer:''' Yousuke Sakaushi
+*'''Programmer:''' Kouichi Shimamura, Michitoshi Momose
+*'''Data Programming:''' Shinji Kataoka
+*'''Chief Designer:''' Akira Takahashi
+*'''Graphic Designer:''' Taeko Suzuki, Tomoko Sugou, Kouichi Shimamura, Kakuya Osanai, Hideki Harada, Shinji Kataoka
+*'''Music Composer:''' Kouichi Shimamura, Mami Tanaka
+*'''Special Thanks To:''' Masaki Hashimoto, Hideo Suzuki, Manabu Takasugi, Hikaru Sato
+*'''Thanks To:''' Keisuke Yasaka, Taiji Hida, Yusuke Abe, Takahiro Kokubu, Kenji Minoura
+*'''Sales Promoter:''' Masaki Uchida, Kyouko Katagiri, Jun Mimura, Yasuaki Yokoe, Takashi Kikuchi, Norihiko Iwamoto
+*'''Executive Director:''' Yasumasa Shirakura
+| source=In-game credits
+| pdf=Sorcerer's Kingdom MD credits.pdf
+| console=MD
+}}
+}}
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-| region=JP
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 ==References==
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+{{SorcerersKingdomOmni}}

Difference between revisions of "Sorcerer's Kingdom"

From Sega Retro

Latest revision as of 13:07, 11 June 2024

Contents

Story

Gameplay

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References