Master of Darkness

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Master of Darkness

System(s): Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear

Publisher: Sega, SIMS (JP)

Developer: SIMS

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
EU	1992		7107
EU (Classic)	199x		7107-50
BR	199x		025110
JP	1992-10-23	¥4,5004,500	T-44047
US	1993-06^[2]		2437
EU	1993		2437
BR	199x
JP ▼	2012-06-27	¥286 (300)286 (300)
US ▼	2013-07-04	$4.994.99
EU ▼	2013-07-04	€4.994.99

ESRB

PEGI

OFLC

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.

Gameplay

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, fighting various monsters along the way.

jumps, attacks with your primary weapon and + triggers the secondary weapon. Holding , , or 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

Promotional material

MasterSystemIIJuegos ES PrintAd 1993-03 02.jpg

Master System ES print advert

Physical scans

Master System version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Consoles + (FR)

PAL

74

^[3]

Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)

92

^[7]

Game Mania (UK)

PAL

92

^[8]

HiScore (DK)

PAL

41

^[9]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

72

^[10]

Joypad (FR)

84

^[11]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

82

^[12]

Joystick (FR)

PAL

86

^[13]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

70

^[14]

Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)

PAL

50

^[15]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

92

^[4]

Player One (FR)

PAL

45

^[16]

ProGames (BR)

75

^[17]

Sega News (CZ)

PAL

51

^[18]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

76

^[19]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

80

^[20]

Sega Zone (UK)

PAL

70

^[21]

Sega Force (UK)

PAL

79

^[6]

Supersonic (FR)

86

^[22]

Video Games (DE)

49

^[23]

	72
Based on 20 reviews

Master of Darkness

Master System, EU
Cover
Cart

Master System, EU (Classic Master System)
Cover
Cart

Master System, BR
Cover
Cart

Master System, BR (Alt)
Cover
Cart Manual

Master System, AU
Cover
Cart Manual Reg. Card

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Alaab Alcomputtar (SA)

85

^[25]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

58

^[26]

Consoles + (FR)

76

^[27]

Game Power (IT)

90

^[28]

Gamers (DE)

73

^[29]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

40

^[30]

Joypad (FR)

81

^[31]

Mega Force (FR)

81

^[32]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

75

^[33]

Player One (FR)

PAL

65

^[34]

Power Unlimited (NL)

NTSC

80

^[35]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

80

^[36]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

85

^[37]

Sega Zone (UK)

PAL

55

^[38]

Sega Force (SE)

83

^[39]

Sega Force (UK)

PAL

81

^[1]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

66

^[40]

Sonic the Comic (UK)

PAL

75

^[41]

	74
Based on 18 reviews

Master of Darkness

Game Gear, US
Cover
Cart

Game Gear, EU
Cover
Cart

Game Gear, JP
Cover
Cart

Game Gear, BR

External links

Sega of Japan Virtual Console page

References

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↑ File:SegaVisions US 13.pdf, page 97
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 File:ConsolesPlus FR 017.pdf, page 134 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ConsolesPlus FR 017.pdf_p134" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 File:MeanMachinesSega03UK.pdf, page 114 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega03UK.pdf_p114" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:PlayerOne FR 027.pdf, page 126
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 File:SegaForce UK 12.pdf, page 74 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForce UK 12.pdf_p74" defined multiple times with different content
↑ 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
↑ Supersonic, "Novembre 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 24
↑ Video Games, "1/93" (DE; 1992-12-16), page 104
↑ File:ConsolesPlus FR 021.pdf, page 129
↑ 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 Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 88
↑ Sonic the Comic, "24th July 1993" (UK; 1993-07-24), page 10

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[:File:SegaVisions_US_13.pdf_p97-2] File:SegaVisions US 13.pdf, page 97

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_017.pdf_p134-3] 3.0 ^3.1 File:ConsolesPlus FR 017.pdf, page 134 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ConsolesPlus FR 017.pdf_p134" defined multiple times with different content

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[:File:PlayerOne_FR_027.pdf_p126-5] File:PlayerOne FR 027.pdf, page 126

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[:File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide_Book_UK.pdf_p144-7] Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 144

[:File:GameMania_UK_05.pdf_p81-8] Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 81

[:File:HiScore_DK_01.pdf_p18-9] HiScore, "15 Juli - 15 September" (DK; 1993-07-15), page 18

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_015.pdf_p158-10] Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1992" (ES; 1992-xx-xx), page 158

[:File:Joypad_FR_013.pdf_p80-11] Joypad, "Octobre 1992" (FR; 1992-10-xx), page 80

[:File:Joypad_FR_016.pdf_p159-12] Joypad, "Janvier 1993" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 159

[:File:Joystick_FR_031.pdf_p149-13] Joystick, "Octobre 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 149

[:File:MegaForce_FR_10.pdf_p70-14] Mega Force, "Octobre 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 70

[:File:Micromania2_ES_057.pdf_p50-15] Micromanía (segunda época), "Febrero 1993" (ES; 1993-0x-xx), page 50

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_027.pdf_p130-16] Player One, "Janvier/Février 1993" (FR; 1993-01-10), page 130

[:File:ProGames_BR_01.pdf_p32-17] ProGames, "Julho 1993" (BR; 1993-0x-xx), page 32

[:File:Sega_News_3_CZ.pdf_p33-18] Sega News, "Prosinec 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 33

[:File:SegaPower_UK_37.pdf_p34-19] Sega Power, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-11-05), page 34

[:File:SegaPro_UK_19.pdf_p63-20] Sega Pro, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-08), page 63

[:File:SegaZone_UK_02.pdf_p64-21] Sega Zone, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-11-xx), page 64

[:File:Supersonic_FR_04.pdf_p24-22] Supersonic, "Novembre 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 24

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1993-01.pdf_p104-23] Video Games, "1/93" (DE; 1992-12-16), page 104

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_021.pdf_p129-24] File:ConsolesPlus FR 021.pdf, page 129

[:File:AlaabAlcomputtar_SA_2.pdf_p74-25] Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-08-xx), page 74

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1992-11.pdf_p29-26] Beep! MegaDrive, "November 1992" (JP; 1992-10-08), page 29

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_021.pdf_p141-27] Consoles +, "Juin 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 141

[:File:GamePower_IT_17.pdf_p97-28] Game Power, "Maggio 1993" (IT; 1993-0x-xx), page 97

[:File:Gamers_DE_1993-06.pdf_p54-29] Gamers, "Oktober/November 1993" (DE; 1993-09-24), page 54

[30] Hippon Super, "December 1992" (JP; 1992-11-04), page 82

[:File:Joypad_FR_021.pdf_p153-31] Joypad, "Juin 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 153

[:File:MegaForce_FR_18.pdf_p106-32] Mega Force, "Juin 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 106

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1993-08.pdf_p91-33] Mega Fun, "08/93" (DE; 1993-07-21), page 91

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_032.pdf_p106-34] Player One, "Juin/Juillet 1993" (FR; 1993-06-10), page 106

[:File:PowerUnlimited_NL_002_199309.pdf_p57-35] Power Unlimited, "Nummer 2, September 1993" (NL; 1993-08-19), page 57

[:File:SegaPower_UK_45.pdf_p64-36] Sega Power, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-01), page 64

[:File:SegaPro_UK_21.pdf_p64-37] Sega Pro, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-10), page 64

[:File:SegaZone_UK_06.pdf_p54-38] Sega Zone, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 54

[:File:SegaForce_SE_1993_04.pdf_p22-39] Sega Force, "4/93" (SE; 1993-07-08), page 22

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p88-40] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 88

[41] Sonic the Comic, "24th July 1993" (UK; 1993-07-24), page 10

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Master of Darkness

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Contents

Gameplay

Production credits

Promotional material

Physical scans

Master System version

Game Gear version

External links

References