Monster World IV (モンスターワールドIV) is currently the last game in the Wonder Boy franchise, and was released for the Sega Mega Drive exclusively in Japan in 1994. Despite its name, it is actually the sixth game in the series, however Japanese continuity discounts the original Wonder Boy and Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair as being part of this series due to their different gameplay styles.
A departure from previous games, the player now controls a young girl named Arsha (Known as Asha in the English translation), instead of "Wonder Boy" or Shion from Wonder Boy in Monster World. This, and the large amount of text, may suggest why the game was not released outside of Japan, however a fan translation by translation groups Demiforce and DeJap surfaced in 2002. Monster World IV is also playable via the GameTap service (which is available in the west), though the game was not translated.
Monster World IV has also been released as part of the Wii's Virtual Console service, which marks the game's first English release. Its copyright notations in the game's Operations Manual indicates that it was to be released a year prior to its 2012 release.
Magazine articles
- Main article: Monster World IV/Magazine articles.
Physical scans
Sega Retro Average
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Publication
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Score
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Source
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Joypad (FR)
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86
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№34, p36
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Mega Drive, JP
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![MonsterWorldIV MD JP Box.jpg](/images/thumb/3/3f/MonsterWorldIV_MD_JP_Box.jpg/191px-MonsterWorldIV_MD_JP_Box.jpg) Cover
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![Monster World IV MD JP cart.jpg](/images/thumb/5/59/Monster_World_IV_MD_JP_cart.jpg/50px-Monster_World_IV_MD_JP_cart.jpg) Cart ![MonsterWorldIV MD JP Manual.pdf](/images/thumb/5/5c/MonsterWorldIV_MD_JP_Manual.pdf/page1-28px-MonsterWorldIV_MD_JP_Manual.pdf.jpg) Manual
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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Build Date |
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Comments |
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✔
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CRC32
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36a3aaa4
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MD5
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4bbdae4e4c1e0ae2de3c49dc34f61d5c
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SHA-1
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46ba5e8775a2223fe5056f54555d9caa7d04f4e1
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2MB
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1994-04
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Cartridge (JP)
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✔
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CRC32
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af050c46
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MD5
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2640c0b879dd52db3e328c14c36095f0
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SHA-1
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6c90e14b6dd1ce6fc33f74dc624edc2e00fc5038
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2MB
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2011-07-25
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Virtual Console WAD file
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External links
References
- ↑ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/software/06.html (Wayback Machine: 2018-03-05 22:42)
- ↑ http://vc.sega.jp:80/vc_mw4/ (Wayback Machine: 2008-01-16 16:03)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.nintendo.com:80/games/detail/gsmvneZxvTfVVnbyPsOMhGTMKoWxdkAF (Wayback Machine: 2012-05-13 10:49)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://www.nintendolife.com/games/megadrive/monster_world_iv (Wayback Machine: 2017-07-05 02:07)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://www.jp.playstation.com:80/software/title/jp0177npjb00092_00mnstrwrld4psnjp1.html (Wayback Machine: 2012-09-15 02:33)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 http://blogs.sega.com/2012/05/18/vintage-collection-3-on-the-way-to-xbla-and-psn/
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 PlayStation Store (ko-kr; HP0177-NPHB00254_00-MNSTRWRLD4PSNAS1) (Wayback Machine: 2018-03-31 16:28)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 PlayStation Store (fr-fr; EP0177-NPEB00416_00-MNSTRWRLD4PSNEU1) (Wayback Machine: 2018-03-31 16:33)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 PlayStation Store (en-gb; EP0177-NPEB00416_00-MNSTRWRLD4PSNEU1) (Wayback Machine: 2018-03-31 16:29)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 PlayStation Store (en-au; EP0177-NPEB00416_00-MNSTRWRLD4PSNEU1) (Wayback Machine: 2018-03-31 16:30)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 PlayStation Store (en-tw; HP0177-NPHB00254_00-MNSTRWRLD4PSNAS1) (Wayback Machine: 2018-03-31 16:29)
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 186
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 340
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1994" (JP; 1994-03-08), page 21
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 105
- ↑ GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 7: June 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 26
- ↑ Hippon Super, "May 1994" (JP; 1994-04-03), page 51
- ↑ Igry Sega Luchshiye iz luchshikh. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 2000-12-07), page 140
- ↑ Joypad, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 36
- ↑ MAN!AC, "07/94" (DE; 1994-06-08), page 40
- ↑ Mega Force, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 90
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 84
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 225
- ↑ Video Games, "6/94" (DE; 1994-05-25), page 99