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Revision as of 17:26, 18 January 2015

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Master of Darkness
System(s): Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear
Publisher: Sega, SIMS (JP)
Developer:
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
JP
¥286 (300)286 (300)
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
US
$4.994.99
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
EU
€4.994.99
CERO
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Master of Darkness, called Vampire: Master of Darkness in North America and In the Wake of Vampire (イン ザ ウエイク オブ ヴァンパイア) in Japan, is a sidescrolling action game developed by SIMS for the Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear. Sega of Japan announced a Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console rerelease in 2012.

The game can best be described as a clone of Castlevania. You play as Dr. Social who must traverse across Victorian England in order to find and defeat Dracula, fighitng various monsters along the way.

2 jumps, 1 attacks with your primary weapon and Up + 1 triggers the secondary weapon. Holding Up-left, Up-right, Down-right or Down-left lets you walk up and down stairs.

Production Credits

Concept Manager: Sats King
Programmer: Yen
Main Graphic: Super Punch
Graphic Support: Matsutokujo, Ryuichi, Nagyawo, Mori
Graphic Adviser: Yama, Enjyoh, Manma
Sound: Fumi, Nasu Bi
Program Adviser: Kou, T Asano, Danna, S Kawa
Special Thanks to: All the People There
Presented by: S E G A

Physical Scans

Master System Version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
74 №17, p134
84 №13
82 №16
86 №31, p149
50 №2/57
92 №3, p114-116[1]
45 №27, p130
76 №37, p34/35
80 №19, p63
70 №2, p64
79 №12, p74/75[2]
Sega Master System
74
Based on
11 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Consoles + (FR) PAL
74
[3]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
92
[4]
Game Mania (UK) PAL
92
[5]
HiScore (DK) PAL
41
[6]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
72
[7]
Joypad (FR)
84
[8]
Joypad (FR) PAL
82
[9]
Joystick (FR) PAL
86
[10]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
70
[11]
Micromanía (segunda época) (ES) PAL
50
[12]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
92
[1]
Player One (FR) PAL
45
[13]
ProGames (BR)
75
[14]
Sega News (CZ) PAL
51
[15]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
76
[16]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
80
[17]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
70
[18]
Sega Force (UK) PAL
79
[19]
Supersonic (FR)
86
[20]
Video Games (DE)
49
[21]
Sega Master System
72
Based on
20 reviews

Master of Darkness

Master System, EU
MasterofDarkness SMS EU Box.jpg
Cover
MasterofDarkness SMS EU Cart.jpg
Cart
Master System, EU (Classic Master System)
MasterofDarkness SMS EU Box Classic.jpg
Cover
MasterofDarkness SMS EU Cart.jpg
Cart
Master System, BR
MasterofDarkness SMS BR Box.jpg
Cover
MasterofDarkness SMS BR Cart.jpg
Cart
Master System, BR (Alt)
MasterofDarkness SMS BR2 Box.jpg
Cover
MasterofDarkness SMS BR2 Cart.jpg
Cart
MasterofDarkness SMS BR2 Manual.pdf
Manual

Game Gear Version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
76 №21, p141
65 №32, p106
80 №45, p64/65
85 №21, p64
55 №6, p54/55
81 №16, p96[22]
75 №5, p10/11
Sega Game Gear
74
Based on
7 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Alaab Alcomputtar (SA)
85
[23]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
58
[24]
Consoles + (FR)
76
[25]
Game Power (IT)
90
[26]
Gamers (DE)
73
[27]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
40
[28]
Joypad (FR)
81
[29]
Mega Force (FR)
81
[30]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
75
[31]
Player One (FR) PAL
65
[32]
Power Unlimited (NL) NTSC
80
[33]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
80
[34]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
85
[35]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
55
[36]
Sega Force (SE)
83
[37]
Sega Force (UK) PAL
81
[38]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
66
[39]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
75
[40]
Sega Game Gear
74
Based on
18 reviews

Master of Darkness

Game Gear, US
MasterofDarkness GG US Box Back.jpgNospine.pngMasterofDarkness GG US Box Front.jpg
Cover
Vampire GG US Cart.jpg
Cart
Game Gear, EU
MasterofDarkness GG EU Box Back.jpgNospine.pngMasterofDarkness GG EU Box Front.jpg
Cover
MasterofDarkness GG EU Cart.jpg
Cart
Game Gear, JP
MasterofDarkness GG JP Box Front.jpg
Cover
MasterofDarkness GG JP Cart.jpg
Cart
Game Gear, BR

External Links

  • 1.0 1.1 File:MeanMachinesSega03UK.pdf, page 114 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega03UK.pdf_p114" defined multiple times with different content
  • File:SegaForce12UK.pdf, page 74
  • Consoles +, "Février 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 134
  • Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 144
  • Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 81
  • HiScore, "15 Juli - 15 September" (DK; 1993-07-15), page 18
  • Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1992" (ES; 1992-xx-xx), page 158
  • Joypad, "Octobre 1992" (FR; 1992-10-xx), page 80
  • Joypad, "Janvier 1993" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 159
  • Joystick, "Octobre 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 149
  • Mega Force, "Octobre 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 70
  • Micromanía (segunda época), "Febrero 1993" (ES; 1993-0x-xx), page 50
  • Player One, "Janvier/Février 1993" (FR; 1993-01-10), page 130
  • ProGames, "Julho 1993" (BR; 1993-0x-xx), page 32
  • Sega News, "Prosinec 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 33
  • Sega Power, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-11-05), page 34
  • Sega Pro, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-08), page 63
  • Sega Zone, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-11-xx), page 64
  • Sega Force, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-11-05), page 74
  • Supersonic, "Novembre 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 24
  • Video Games, "1/93" (DE; 1992-12-16), page 104
  • File:SegaForce16UK.pdf, page 96
  • Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-08-xx), page 74
  • Beep! MegaDrive, "November 1992" (JP; 1992-10-08), page 29
  • Consoles +, "Juin 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 141
  • Game Power, "Maggio 1993" (IT; 1993-0x-xx), page 97
  • Gamers, "Oktober/November 1993" (DE; 1993-09-24), page 54
  • Hippon Super, "December 1992" (JP; 1992-11-04), page 82
  • Joypad, "Juin 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 153
  • Mega Force, "Juin 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 106
  • Mega Fun, "08/93" (DE; 1993-07-21), page 91
  • Player One, "Juin/Juillet 1993" (FR; 1993-06-10), page 106
  • Power Unlimited, "Nummer 2, September 1993" (NL; 1993-08-19), page 57
  • Sega Power, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-01), page 64
  • Sega Pro, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-10), page 64
  • Sega Zone, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 54
  • Sega Force, "4/93" (SE; 1993-07-08), page 22
  • Sega Force, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-04), page 96
  • Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 88
  • Sonic the Comic, "24th July 1993" (UK; 1993-07-24), page 10