Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 29: Monster World Complete Collection
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| Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 29: Monster World Complete Collection | |||||||||||||||
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| System(s): PlayStation 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Publisher: Sega | |||||||||||||||
| Developer: M2 | |||||||||||||||
| Licensor: Westone Bit Entertainment | |||||||||||||||
| Original system(s): Arcade Boards (Sega System 1, Sega System 2, Sega System 16), SG-1000, Sega Master System, Sega Mark III, Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear | |||||||||||||||
| Developer(s) of original games: Westone, Sega | |||||||||||||||
| Game total: 6 (16) | |||||||||||||||
| Genre: Compilation | |||||||||||||||
| Number of players: 1 (2 for some of the included games) | |||||||||||||||
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Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 29: Monster World Complete Collection (SEGA AGES 2500シリーズ Vol.29 モンスターワールド コンプリートコレクション) is the 29th entry in the Sega Ages 2500 series for the PlayStation 2.
This game is a compilation featuring a selection of Wonder Boy games, namely those released on Sega platforms. Though there are only six games in the series, various ports and international releases are included, bringing the total number of releases included to 16. Also included are artwork galleries, instruction manuals and Japanese/overseas variants (bar the English version of Wonder Boy in Monster Land). With the exception of both versions of Wonder Boy in Monster Land and Monster World IV all of the versions of the games included are playable in English or have a separate English release included for the same console (for example, the Game Gear releases and Wonder Boy in Monster World's Mega Drive release).
Interestingly, the Sega Master System version of Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap is included in this collection, despite never being released in Japan. The game nevertheless supports the FM Sound Unit add-on, meaning this is the first time the general public could hear this game with its FM soundtrack (without resorting to emulation).
Contents
Games included
Listed in the order that they are included in under the overarching titles for each game used in the compilation's main menu and with the specific title of each release.
- Wonder Boy
- Wonder Boy (Sega System 1)
- Super Wonder Boy (Sega Mark III)
- Wonder Boy (Japanese Sega Game Gear)
- Revenge of Drancon (US/EU Sega Game Gear)
- Wonder Boy (SG-1000)
- Monster Land
- Wonder Boy: Monster Land (Sega System 2)
- Super Wonder Boy: Monster World (Sega Mark III)
- Monster Lair
- Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair (Sega System 16)
- Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair (Sega Mega Drive)
- Monster World II
- Monster World II: Dragon no Wana (Japanese Sega Game Gear)
- Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap (US/EU Sega Game Gear)
- Monster World II (Sega Master System)
- Monster World III
- Wonder Boy V: Monster World III (Japanese Sega Mega Drive)
- Wonder Boy in Monster World (US/EU Sega Mega Drive)
- Wonder Boy in Monster World (Sega Master System)
- Monster World IV
- Monster World IV (Sega Mega Drive)
Manual commentary
The manual contains commentary about the original games' development and legacy. The list of authors is as follows:
- Zenji Ishii — Former Gamest editor-in-chief
- Kaneko Shinya — manga artist
- Kouji Aizawa — Former Mega Drive Fan deputy editor-in-chief, current Famitsu PS2 editor-in-chief
- Yuri Yamakawa — Former Gamest high score manager
- VERTEX-VMT-DAN — Wonder Boy Super Player
- IML-UUU — Wonder Boy in Monster Land Super Player
- Ryuichi Nishizawa — westone bit entertainment representative director
- Shinichi Sakamoto — westone bit entertainment director
- Takanori Kurihara — westone bit entertainment programmer
- Maki Ohzora — westone bit entertainment artist
- Mina Morioka — Former westone bit entertainment artist
Production credits
- Dedicated to the player and developer of the original game
- Creative Producer: Yosuke Okunari
- Supervisor: Ryuichi Nishizawa (westone bit entertainment), Shin-ichi Sakamoto (westone bit entertainment)
- Game Developed by: M2
- Director: Naoki Horii
- Programmers:
- System Program: Tomohiro Takahashi, Makoto Harashino
- Sound System: Takashi Toyoshima, Akira Satoh
- User Interface: Tetsuya Abe
- Designer: Makoto Shiina
- Sound Analysis: Manabu Namiki
- Planner/Coordinator: Tetsuya Abe, Taiyo Mamada, Naoki Horii, Jun Okada
- Marketing Manager: Naofumi Shioya
- Promotion: Mitsuru Takahashi, Takayoshi Ohuchi, Ikuo Ishizaka
- Publicity: Yasushi Nagumo, Kenichi Hashimoto, Mamoru Kodama
- Web Design: Mutsuhiro Fujii, Masaya Miyauchi
- Sales: Akira Nomoto, Koji Nagata, Toru Yasuda, Tomoaki Ishidao, Takeshi Shimizu, Yoshihito Endo, Teruyuki Awaji, Yasunobu Masahiro, Katsushi Yasuda, Yusuke Watanabe, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Nobuhiro Tanaka, Katsutoshi Memezawa, Toyota Tokoro, Akihide Ichimura, Tomohiko Hayashi, Tetsuo Sasaki, Hiroshi Iizuka, Hiroki Ohta, Koichi Iino, Shinya Oosaki, Mitsuaki Sugibayashi, Takayuki Murata, Kenta Ueno, Haruo Imatsu, Takako Senuma
- Production Control: Tomoki Kaji, Hitoshi Todo
- Software Package & Software Manual Design: Yoshihiro Sakuta, Makoto Ohta, Ayako Saki, Yoichi Takahashi
- Software Test: Junichi Shimizu, Akira Nishikawa, Kazuhiko Morii, Akira Terasawa, Takayuki Suzuki
- Software Package Illustration: Maki Ohzora (westone bit entertainment)
- Super Players:
- WONDER BOY: A. Nishida (VERTEX-VMT-DAN)
- MONSTER LAND: Y. Nakamura (IML-UUU)
- Special Thanks: Kouji Aizawa (enterbrain), Takanori Kurihara (westone bit entertainment), Shinya Kaneko, Mina Morioka, Zenji Ishii, Yuri Yamakawa, GYO, Shigeru Kurihara, Masaru Setsumaru, Tetsu Okano, Ryo Yokokawa, Seiji Hayashi, Seijiro Sannabe
- Sega Ages 2500 Series Producer: Kagasei Shimomura
- Lead Producer: Hiroyuki Miyazaki
- Executive Adviser: Hideki Okamura, Masanao Maeda
- Executive Producer: Hisao Oguchi
- Presented by Sega
- © Sega
- Original Game © westone bit entertainment
Magazine articles
Physical scans
| PlayStation 2, JP |
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 Cover
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 Manual  Registration Card |
| PlayStation 2, TW |
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 Cover
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Technical information
- Main article: Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 29: Monster World Complete Collection/Technical information.
ROM dump status
| System | Hash | Size | Build Date | Source | Comments | |||||||||
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347,839,632 | CD-ROM (JP) | SLPM-62760 (V1.01) |
External links
- Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): PlayStation 2
- Official website (Japanese)
- Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 29: Monster World Complete Collection on PlayStation.com: JP
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/slpm62760.html (Wayback Machine: 2007-03-20 22:14)
| Games in the Wonder Boy series | |
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| Wonder Boy (1986) | Wonder Boy in Monster Land (1987) | Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair (1988) | Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap (1989) | Wonder Boy in Monster World (1991) | Monster World IV (1994) | Monster World Complete Collection (2007) | Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World (2012) | Arcade Archives Wonder Boy (2014) | Wonder Boy Returns (2016) | Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap (2017) | Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom (2018) | Wonder Boy Returns Remix (2019) | Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World (2021) | Wonder Boy Collection (2022) | Wonder Boy Anniversary Collection (2022) | |
| Wonder Boy related media | |
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Monster World Complete Collection Original Sound Track (2007) | Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap Original Soundtrack Sampler (2018) | Wonder Boy Collection - Best Of Soundtrack (2023) |
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Wonder Boy V Monster World III Koushiki Guide Book (1991) |
