Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole

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Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Virtual Console, Steam
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Genre: RPG

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Wii Virtual Console
JP ▼ 		700pts700
Wii Virtual Console
US ▼ 		800pts800
Wii Virtual Console
EU ▼ 		800pts800
CERO
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Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole, called Landstalker: Koutei no Zaihou (ランドストーカー 皇帝の財宝) in Japan, is a role-playing action-adventure game by Climax Entertainment released for the Sega Mega Drive in 1992 in Japan and in 1993 in the US and Europe, where it was also translated to French (Landstalker: Le Tresor du Roi Nole) and German (Landstalker: Die Schätze von König Nolo).

Nigel (Ryle in Japan and Niels in Germany) is a treasure hunter working for pay. While receiving payment for a recent hunt, the wood nymph Friday flies in, asking for help, as she is being chased by thieves who know she knows something about the treasure of King Nole, a forgotten king who escaped his subjects's wrath and became lost with his treasure. Nigel sets out to find the treasure with Friday as a guide in the hopes of becoming richer than his wildest dreams.

Gameplay

The game takes an isometric projection where the player can only go in a diagonal (that is, only face the corners of the screen) by pressing the appropriate combination of D-pad buttons (Up-left, Up-right, Down-left, Down-right). Up or Left alone will move towards the top of the screen; Down or Right alone will move towards the bottom.

A and C swings your sword. B jumps. When near a person or sign, A and C talks to him/her/reads it. When near an object that can be picked up, such as a book (explained later) or crate, A and C once picks it up and again throws it (it cannot merely be dropped, but Nigel can jump while holding something). Some villages have a church where the priest asks the player to bring some books on a nearby shelf to him:

  • Awakening Book: cures hallucinations
  • AntiCurse Book: cures curses
  • Detox Book: cures poisoning
  • Record Book: saves the game's progress (this is the only way to save)

Pressing  START  opens a menu where the player may either use items picked up or equip different weapons collected.

Promotional Material

  • LandstalkerMCD JP PrintAdvert.jpg

    JP print advert

  • JP TV advert

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    DE print advert

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
94 №24, p121/122
83
84 №12, p106
98 №15
97 №34, p231
96 №12, p16/17/18/19
92 №14, p32/33
85 №8, p10/11
94
91
93 №23
94 №12, p102-105[1]
91 №36, p114/115
89 №48, p52/53
84 №16, p24/25/26
84 №18, p66
85 №26, p56
91 №3, p36/37/38
90 №13, p38/39
80 №10, p11
Sega Mega Drive
 90
Based on
20 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
90
[2]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
80
[3]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
80
[4]
Consoles + (FR)
94
[5]
Cool Gamer (RU)
60
[6]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
90
[7]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
83
[8]
GameFan (US) NTSC-J
99
[9]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
95
[10]
Game Power (IT) NTSC
96
[11]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
80
[12]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
86
[13]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
80
[14]
Hyper (AU)
92
[15]
Igry Sega Luchshiye iz luchshikh. Vypusk 1 (RU)
80
[16]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-J
98
[17]
Joypad (FR) PAL
97
[18]
Joystick (FR) NTSC-J
97
[19]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
96
[20]
Mega (UK) PAL
92
[21]
Mega Action (UK) PAL
85
[22]
Megablast (DE) PAL
84
[23]
Mega Force (FR)
94
[24]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
91
[25]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
93
[26]
Marukatsu Mega Drive (JP) NTSC-J
85
[27]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
94
[1]
Megazone (AU)
90
[28]
Player One (FR)
91
[29]
Play Time (DE)
90
[30]
Power Up! (UK)
91
[31]
Power Play (DE)
91
[32]
Sega Magazin (DE)
91
[33]
Sega News (CZ)
94
[34]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
89
[35]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
84
[36]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
84
[37]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
85
[38]
Sega Zone (UK) NTSC-J
91
[39]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
90
[40]
Sega Force (SE)
96
[41]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
85
[42]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
80
[43]
Supergame (BR) NTSC-J
93
[44]
Supersonic (FR)
97
[45]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
80
[46]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-U
80
[47]
Sega Mega Drive
 89
Based on
47 reviews

Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole

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External Links

  • ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:MeanMachinesSega12UK.pdf, page 105 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega12UK.pdf_p105" defined multiple times with different content
  • ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 111
  • ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1993" (DE; 1993-02-08), page 127
  • ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "November 1992" (JP; 1992-10-08), page 28
  • ↑ Consoles +, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 120
  • ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 113
  • ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 46
  • ↑ Famitsu, "1992-11-06" (JP; 1992-10-23), page 1
  • ↑ GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 3: January 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 11
  • ↑ GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 10: September 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 15
  • ↑ Game Power, "Novembre 1993" (IT; 1993-1x-xx), page 63
  • ↑ GamePro, "November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 258
  • ↑ Game Informer, "November/December 1993" (US; 1993-1x-xx), page 24
  • ↑ Hippon Super, "November 1992" (JP; 1992-10-03), page 45
  • ↑ Hyper, "December 1993" (AU; 1993-xx-xx), page 53
  • ↑ Igry Sega Luchshiye iz luchshikh. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 2000-12-07), page 79
  • ↑ Joypad, "Décembre 1992" (FR; 1992-1x-xx), page 86
  • ↑ Joypad, "Décembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 76
  • ↑ Joystick, "Janvier 1993" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 231
  • ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-06-24), page 16
  • ↑ Mega, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-21), page 32
  • ↑ Mega Action, "Christmas 1993" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 10
  • ↑ Megablast, "2/94" (DE; 1994-03-30), page 33
  • ↑ Mega Force, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-11-10), page 82
  • ↑ Mega Fun, "02/94" (DE; 1994-01-19), page 42
  • ↑ MegaTech, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-20), page 76
  • ↑ Marukatsu Mega Drive, "November 1992" (JP; 1992-10-xx), page 110
  • ↑ Megazone, "October 1993" (AU; 1993-xx-xx), page 24
  • ↑ Player One, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 114
  • ↑ Play Time, "10/93" (DE; 1993-09-08), page 94
  • ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, November 06, 1993" (UK; 1993-11-06), page 1
  • ↑ Power Play, "12/93" (DE; 1993-11-12), page 134
  • ↑ Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 76
  • ↑ Sega News, "Leden 1997" (CZ; 1997-xx-xx), page 29
  • ↑ Sega Power, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-07), page 52
  • ↑ Sega Pro, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-14), page 24
  • ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
  • ↑ Sega Pro, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-11), page 56
  • ↑ Sega Zone, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-xx), page 36
  • ↑ Sega Zone, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-28), page 38
  • ↑ Sega Force, "6/93" (SE; 1993-09-30), page 18
  • ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
  • ↑ Sonic the Comic, "October 2nd 1993" (UK; 1993-10-02), page 11
  • ↑ Supergame, "Maio 1993" (BR; 1993-05-xx), page 6
  • ↑ Supersonic, "Avril 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 18
  • ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 17
  • ↑ Video Games, "2/94" (DE; 1994-01-26), page 45
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