Monster World IV

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Monster World IV

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Virtual Console, PlayStation 3

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Westone

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1994-04-01	¥8,8008,800	G-5519
JP ▼	2008-01-15^[1]	600pts600^[2]
US ▼	2012-05-10^[3]	900pts900^[3]
EU ▼	2012-05-10^[4]^[5]	900pts900^[4]
DE ▼	2012-05-10^[4]^[6]	900pts900^[4]

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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.

History

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.

Production credits

Director: R.Nishizawa
Program: H.Tohyama
Art Director: M.Ohzora
Music: Jin W.
CG Design: K.Kohyama, M.Morioka, T.Sekiyama, K.Saitoh
Special Thanks: Mie, YUI
Manual Writer: Y.Hirata
Modeler: H.Nakajima
Photographer: N.Suzuki
Supervisor: M.Ishizuka
Produced by: Sega

Westone

Source:

In-game credits (JP)

Magazine articles

Main article: Monster World IV/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1994-04: "April 1994" (1994-03-08)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

70

^[17]

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

40

^[18]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

73

^[19]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

70

^[20]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-J

89

^[21]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[22]

Igry Sega Luchshiye iz luchshikh. Vypusk 1 (RU)

75

^[23]

Joypad (FR)

NTSC-J

86

^[24]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC-J

78

^[25]

Mega Force (FR)

NTSC-J

88

^[26]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

88

^[27]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

68

^[28]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-J

82

^[29]

	76
Based on 13 reviews

Monster World IV

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	36a3aaa4
MD5	4bbdae4e4c1e0ae2de3c49dc34f61d5c
SHA-1	46ba5e8775a2223fe5056f54555d9caa7d04f4e1

2MB

1994-04

Cartridge (JP)

✔

CRC32	af050c46
MD5	2640c0b879dd52db3e328c14c36095f0
SHA-1	6c90e14b6dd1ce6fc33f74dc624edc2e00fc5038

2MB

2011-07-25

Virtual Console WAD file

External links

Sega of Japan Virtual Console pages: Mega Drive
Nintendo catalogue pages: US, UK
Monster World IV on PlayStation.com: JP, US, KR
Monster World IV on PlayStation Store: JP, US, UK, AU, KR, TW

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)
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↑ https://archive.is/GtZnl
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 http://www.jp.playstation.com:80/software/title/jp0177npjb00092_00mnstrwrld4psnjp1.html (Wayback Machine: 2012-09-15 02:33)
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 http://blogs.sega.com/2012/05/18/vintage-collection-3-on-the-way-to-xbla-and-psn/ (Wayback Machine: 2017-06-29 13:39)
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 PlayStation Store (ko-kr; HP0177-NPHB00254_00-MNSTRWRLD4PSNAS1) (Wayback Machine: 2018-03-31 16:28)
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 PlayStation Store (fr-fr; EP0177-NPEB00416_00-MNSTRWRLD4PSNEU1) (Wayback Machine: 2018-03-31 16:33)
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 PlayStation Store (de-de; EP0177-NPEB00416_00-MNSTRWRLD4PSNEU1) (Wayback Machine: 2018-12-04 01:04)
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 PlayStation Store (en-gb; EP0177-NPEB00416_00-MNSTRWRLD4PSNEU1) (Wayback Machine: 2018-03-31 16:29)
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 PlayStation Store (en-au; EP0177-NPEB00416_00-MNSTRWRLD4PSNEU1) (Wayback Machine: 2018-03-31 16:30)
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 PlayStation Store (en-tw; HP0177-NPHB00254_00-MNSTRWRLD4PSNAS1) (Wayback Machine: 2018-03-31 16:29)
↑ File:BeepMD_JP_1994-04.pdf, page 21
↑ File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 84
↑ 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

Monster World IV
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Games in the Wonder Boy series
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
	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)
	Wonder Boy V Monster World III Koushiki Guide Book (1991)

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[:File:BeepMD_JP_1994-04.pdf_p21-15] File:BeepMD_JP_1994-04.pdf, page 21

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p84-16] File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 84

[17] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 186

[18] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 340

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1994-04.pdf_p21-19] Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1994" (JP; 1994-03-08), page 21

[20] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 105

[:File:GameFan_US_0207.pdf_p26-21] GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 7: June 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 26

[22] Hippon Super, "May 1994" (JP; 1994-04-03), page 51

[:File:.D0.98.D0.B3.D1.80.D1.8B_Sega_.D0.9B.D1.83.D1.87.D1.88.D0.B8.D0.B5_.D0.B8.D0.B7_.D0.BB.D1.83.D1.87.D1.88.D0.B8.D1.85_.D0.92.D1.8B.D0.BF.D1.83.D1.81.D0.BA_1.pdf_p140-23] Igry Sega Luchshiye iz luchshikh. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 2000-12-07), page 140

[:File:Joypad_FR_034.pdf_p36-24] Joypad, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 36

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1994-07.pdf_p40-25] MAN!AC, "07/94" (DE; 1994-06-08), page 40

[:File:MegaForce_FR_31.pdf_p90-26] Mega Force, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 90

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p84-27] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 84

[28] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 225

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-06.pdf_p99-29] Video Games, "6/94" (DE; 1994-05-25), page 99

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Monster World IV

From Sega Retro

Contents

History

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References