Dark Wizard

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Dark Wizard

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Sega CS

Peripherals supported: CD BackUp RAM Cart

Genre: RPG^[1], Simulation^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1993-11-12^[2]	¥6,8006,800	G-6005
US	1994		4651
BR	199x		062110

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Dark Wizard, known as Dark Wizard: Yomigaerishi Yami no Madoushi (ダークウィザード蘇りし闇の魔導士) in Japan is a Sega Mega-CD turn based and grand strategy/RPG.

Gameplay

Players will take control of one of the four playable commanders and attempt to wrest control of the fictional kindgom of Cheshire from a treacherous wizard named Velonese using magic and recruitable armies. Game is quite similar to Systemsoft's Master of Monsters series.

Two of the selectable characters have law alignment while the other two has chaos. Alignment will decide how a unit can be promoted and what kind of spells and equipment the unit can use.

Players can take control of towns and other cities in the map and purchase items, recruit unique characters or simply gather information.

Leaders

There are four available leaders to pick from. Since the English manual does not explain what these stats do, below are rough estimates.

Alignment: Characters world view. Affects what kind of units you can summon, hire or promote.
Command: Determines how large an army a leader can field in the battle.
Leadership: Seems to affect troop performance. (Probably)
Intellect: Affects how much experience gained after battle. (Maybe)
Belief: Affect whether or not you will get bonuses when praying in towns. (Not sure)
Luck: Affects critical hits and overall better gear.
Economy: How much money a leader can get every turn.
Magic: Affects how much damage spells can do and overall magic points.

	Armer IX / Wynrick IX (聖王ウェンリーク9世)
	Only surviving heir to the Chesirean throne. Above average in all areas and a great physical fighter. Poor selection of spells but they can still help you if you need them. Good economy. Can recruit Marie (Mage) and Dianna (Warrior) as unique characters. Great for beginners. Alignment: Law Command: 60 Leadership: 60 Intellect: 60 Belief: 90 Luck: 20 Economy: 60 Magic Strength: 60
	Robin / Shion (聖騎士シオン)
	Former cavalry commander of the Chesirean Army and all around cutie. Highest combat skills, leadership and command but economy is mediocre. Average yet still useful magic. Can recruit Kail (Priest) and David (Warrior) as unique characters. Only leader who "scores" at the end of the game. Alignment: Law Command: 70 Leadership: 90 Intellect: 65 Belief: 65 Luck: 90 Economy: 30 Magic: 30
	Krystal / Imelda (妖術師イメルダ)
	A scantily-clad, slightly psychopathic and vengeful sorceress who takes command of the kingdom after murdering King Armer, mistakenly believing that he is responsible for her sister's death. Poor leadership and command means her army will be medium sized at most. She has the best spells and highest magic points in the game but because of her low health you must keep her out of combat. Possibly due to a bug, she gets significantly less money compared to Armer and Robin despite having the highest economy stat. Can recruit Marcus (Warrior) and Katrina (Priestess) as unique characters. Alignment: Chaos Command: 30 Leadership: 40 Intellect: 90 Belief: 50 Luck: 65 Economy: 80 Magic: 90
	Amon (闇傀儡師アモン)
	A vampire who murders King Armer then takes his place, ready to conquer the entire country for his own nefarious goals. Only truly evil character in the game. Even Krystal has some redeeming qualities. (Emphasis on "some") Very powerful magic just like Krystal. While he can summon a lot of monsters, a few of them, such as liches, are actually useful. Terrible economy means you have to be very careful about hired troops. Keep him away from frontlines and keep blasting spells. Can recruit Susan (Mage) and Andrew (Warrior) as unique characters. Hardest character to use. At least his ending is very satisfying. (Karma has a taste of irony) Alignment: Undead / Chaos Command: 50 Leadership: 55 Intellect: 50 Belief: 0 Luck: 10 Economy: 20 Magic: 90

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English (US)	Dark Wizard	Dark Wizard
Japanese	ダークウィザード蘇りし闇の魔導士	Dark Wizard: Yomigaerishi Yami no Madoushi

Production credits

Animation Part

Script: Kenji Terada, Masaya Kaneko, The "Over"
Character Design: Kenichi Ohnuki, Kazuaki Mouri
Director: The "Over"

Analog Work

Animation Director: Y.Moriguchi
Animation Check: N.Nishimiya
Production: Studio Zain
Cooperation: Anime R
Sound: Arts Vision
Supervisor: Tetsuo Mizusima
Special Effects: Noriyoshi Ohhira
Recording Studio: Avaco Creative St, Tacto Studio
Coordinater: Masayosi Ozaki

Digital Work

Graphics Data: Seishi Atsumiya, Mikarrin, Anything, Pochi, ..., Say.A, Sweet Music

Studio Zero-One

Animation Data: The "Over", Hassy, Y.K.K
Animation Programmer: Momonga Momo, Masato Ohmori, Emukei
Music Composer: Sega Sound Team, Yoshimi Hishida, Shouko Ogawa
Mixing: Yoshimi Hishida, Shouko Ogawa
Simulated 3D Sound Technician: Kiyoshi Okabe
Special Effects: Manabu Yamazaki

Game Part

Planner: The "Over", Heaven, Hassy, Y.K.K
Assistant Planner: Zozo, Kyoten, Ohtahara, Kuro
Graphic Director: Seishi Atsumiya
Digitizer: Anything, Pochi, Mikarrin
Assistant Digitizer: Say.A, Milcha, Hitou Kasazuka, Noza Yoshi, Cxxmajin, Gankochan
Main Programmer: Emukei
Programmer: Momonga Momo, Kottsu, Ahonoko, Djinni, Chata, Masato Ohmori
Assistant Programmer: Ta,K, K,K, Hotty, Human
SE Producer: Shuichiro Nishi, Yoshimi Hishida
Music Composer: Tsukachan, S.O, Ippo, Bosanova.Pez, Yoshimi Hishida, Shouko Ogawa
Mixing: Touji Akasaka, Yoshimi Hishida, Shouko Ogawa
Sound Programmer: Tukachan, S.O, Ippo, Bosanova.Pez
Simulated 3D Sound Technician: Kiyoshi Okabe
Special Effects: S.O, Manabu Yamazaki
Cooperation: Toshiba Emi, Tribarythmo

Sega of America

Product Development Producer: Rhonda Van, Kent Russell
Assistant Producer: Eric Wahlberg
Translation: Yasuhiro Noguchi
Marketing Product Manager: Tim Dunley
Lead Tester: Dianna Boundy
Test Lieutenants: Gregg Vogt, Dermot Lyons
Cooperation: DMP Entertainment

Special Thanks

: Tomoji Kodama, Kiyoshi Tonozaki, Mr. Funada, Mr. Spahn, Steve Payne, Nemer Velasquez

Magazine articles

Main article: Dark Wizard/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: Dark Wizard/Promotional material.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[6]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[7]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

58

^[8]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

76

^[9]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

95

^[10]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[11]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[12]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[13]

Hyper (AU)

75

^[14]

Joypad (FR)

NTSC-U

70

^[15]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

36

^[16]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-U

45

^[5]

Mega Force (FR)

NTSC-U

80

^[17]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-U

76

^[18]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-U

60

^[19]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

73

^[20]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

69

^[21]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[22]

	69
Based on 18 reviews

Dark Wizard

Mega-CD, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual Reg Card

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Mega-CD, BR
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

603,955,968

CD (JP)

G-6005

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

606,482,016

CD (US)

4651

References

↑ File:DarkWizard MCD JP Box Back.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/mega-cd/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-06-22 19:24)
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "February 1993" (JP; 1993-01-08), page 19 (21)
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 84 (86)
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Mega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 38
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "February 1993" (JP; 1993-01-08), page 22
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 38
↑ Famitsu, "1993-11-12,19" (JP; 1993-10-29), page 1
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 6 June 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 76
↑ GamePro, "July 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 126
↑ Game Informer, "July/August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 28
↑ Game Informer, "November 1997" (US; 1997-1x-xx), page 78
↑ Hippon Super, "January 1994" (JP; 1993-12-03), page 40
↑ Hyper, "July 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 53
↑ Joypad, "Juin 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 53
↑ MAN!AC, "06/94" (DE; 1994-05-11), page 55
↑ Mega Force, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 110
↑ Mega Fun, "06/94" (DE; 1994-05-18), page 99
↑ Sega Power, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-05), page 51
↑ Sega Pro, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-24), page 44
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86
↑ VideoGames, "July 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 73

[:File:DarkWizard_MCD_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:DarkWizard MCD JP Box Back.jpg

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[:File:BeepMD_JP_1993-02.pdf_p21_.2819.29-3] Beep! MegaDrive, "February 1993" (JP; 1993-01-08), page 19 (21)

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p86_.2884.29-4] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 84 (86)

[:File:Mega_UK_21.pdf_p38-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Mega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 38

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1993-02.pdf_p22-6] Beep! MegaDrive, "February 1993" (JP; 1993-01-08), page 22

[:File:EGM_US_060.pdf_p38-7] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 38

[8] Famitsu, "1993-11-12,19" (JP; 1993-10-29), page 1

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0706.pdf_p76-9] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 6 June 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 76

[:File:GamePro_US_060.pdf_p126-10] GamePro, "July 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 126

[:File:GameInformer_US_017.pdf_p28-11] Game Informer, "July/August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 28

[:File:GameInformer_US_055.pdf_p78-12] Game Informer, "November 1997" (US; 1997-1x-xx), page 78

[13] Hippon Super, "January 1994" (JP; 1993-12-03), page 40

[:File:Hyper_AU_008.pdf_p53-14] Hyper, "July 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 53

[:File:Joypad_FR_032.pdf_p53-15] Joypad, "Juin 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 53

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1994-06.pdf_p55-16] MAN!AC, "06/94" (DE; 1994-05-11), page 55

[:File:MegaForce_FR_32.pdf_p110-17] Mega Force, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 110

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-06.pdf_p99-18] Mega Fun, "06/94" (DE; 1994-05-18), page 99

[:File:SegaPower_UK_56.pdf_p51-19] Sega Power, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-05), page 51

[:File:SegaPro_UK_33.pdf_p44-20] Sega Pro, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-24), page 44

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p86-21] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86

[:File:VideoGames_US_66.pdf_p73-22] VideoGames, "July 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 73

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Dark Wizard

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Contents

Gameplay

Leaders

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References