Arcus Odyssey

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Arcus Odyssey

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Wolf Team (Japan), Renovation Products (US)

Developer: Wolf Team

Original system(s): X68000

Sound driver: Wolf Team sound driver

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

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1991-06-14^[2]	¥8,5008,500	T-32053
US	1991-10^[3]	$69.9969.99^[4]	49096

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Arcus Odyssey (アークス・オデッセイ) is a 1991 role-playing action game by Wolf Team and released in the US and Japan for the Sega Mega Drive and in Japan for the X68000 and Super Famicom.

It is the only game in Wolf Team's Arcus series of RPGs to receive an international release and the first entry to see release on a Sega system (a compilation of the first three games, which were only released on Japanese computers, was released on the Sega CD in Japan in 1993).

A European release was planned by Ubisoft^[5] but it did not materialise.

Story

The sorceress Castomira set out to destroy the world, and has managed to defeat all but one of the warriors who have attempted to stop her. That lone soul was Princess Leaty, who engaged in a fierce, destructive magical duel with Castomira that lasted for days, ending with Leaty sealing Castomira in the Dark World using a sword which came to be known as The Power of Leaty. Centuries later, Castomira's followers have stolen The Power of Leaty and plan to return Castomira for the ultimate destruction.

Gameplay

You play as one or two of four warriors who aim to stop Castomira's followers: Jedda, a swordsman, Erin, a female warrior, Diane, an archer, and Bead, a wizard. Pressing uses your attack and holding draws your shield in the direction you are facing. brings up an inventory screen you can use to equip different attacks and power crystals, which make the button perform a certain spell.

Magazine articles

Main article: Arcus Odyssey/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #27: "October 1991" (1991-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

60

^[14]

ACE (UK)

NTSC

86

^[6]

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

78

^[15]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

58

^[16]

Console XS (UK)

NTSC-J

92

^[17]

Cool Gamer (RU)

50

^[18]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

68

^[19]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

60

^[20]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 10 (RU)

70

^[21]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

53

^[22]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

96

^[23]

Games-X (UK)

60

^[24]

Game Players Sega Guide! (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[25]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[26]

Joystick (FR)

NTSC-J

87

^[27]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

73

^[28]

MegaTech (UK)

PAL

86

^[29]

Player One (FR)

79

^[30]

Play Time (DE)

81

^[31]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

92

^[32]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC

89

^[33]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

73

^[34]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

67

^[35]

VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (US)

70

^[36]

Zzap! (IT)

96

^[37]

	74
Based on 25 reviews

Arcus Odyssey

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	bc4d9b20
MD5	0cb745c9304423250a418552bc871e64
SHA-1	26feaafad8c464ce3fa96912c2a85c7596e5fa4e

1MB

1991-06

Cartridge (US)

✔

CRC32	41c5fb4f
MD5	607de52681638c39c080966b3c7d7f51
SHA-1	8e1a9a9f9ba50bca0a377bd8f795b7c9c1275815

1MB

1991-06

Cartridge (JP)

References

↑ File:ArcussOdyssey MD JP Box.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
↑ Sega Pro, "November 1991" (UK; 1991-xx-xx), page 9
↑ GamePro, "September 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 38
↑ Sega Force, "January 1992" (UK; 1991-12-12), page 10
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ACE, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-08), page 68
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "July 1991" (JP; 1991-06-08), page 30 (32)
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 84 (86)
↑ GamePro, "September 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 34-36 (36)
↑ MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 53-55 (53)
↑ Player One, "Décembre 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 54/55 (54)
↑ Sega Pro, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-21), page 48/49 (50)
↑ Zzap!, "Settembre 1991" (IT; 1991-xx-xx), page 64/65 (64)
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 20
↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "Februar 1992" (DE; 1992-01-10), page 120
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "July 1991" (JP; 1991-06-08), page 30
↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 127
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 17
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 20
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 290
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 10, "" (RU; 2003-10-08), page 18
↑ Famitsu, "1991-xx-xx" (JP; 1991-06-28), page 18
↑ GamePro, "September 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 36
↑ Games-X, "14th-20th November 1991" (UK; 1991-11-14), page 34
↑ Game Players Sega Guide!, "Vol. 3, No. 1: February/March 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 72
↑ Hippon Super, "July 1991" (JP; 1991-06-04), page 113
↑ Joystick, "Septembre 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 167
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "September 1991" (JP; 1991-08-xx), page 115
↑ MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 53
↑ Player One, "Décembre 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 54
↑ Play Time, "6/92" (DE; 1992-05-06), page 92
↑ Sega Pro, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-21), page 50
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 8
↑ VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "November 1991" (US; 1991-1x-xx), page 46
↑ Zzap!, "Settembre 1991" (IT; 1991-xx-xx), page 64

[:File:ArcussOdyssey_MD_JP_Box.jpg_p-1] File:ArcussOdyssey MD JP Box.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200702232146.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fhistory.2Fhard.2Fmegadrive.2Fsoftware_l.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)

[:File:SegaPro_UK_01.pdf_p9-3] Sega Pro, "November 1991" (UK; 1991-xx-xx), page 9

[:File:GamePro_US_026.pdf_p38-4] GamePro, "September 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 38

[:File:SegaForce_UK_01.pdf_p10-5] Sega Force, "January 1992" (UK; 1991-12-12), page 10

[:File:ACE_UK_54.pdf_p68-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ACE, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-08), page 68

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1991-07.pdf_p32_.2830.29-7] Beep! MegaDrive, "July 1991" (JP; 1991-06-08), page 30 (32)

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p86_.2884.29-8] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 84 (86)

[:File:GamePro_US_026.pdf_p36_.2834-36.29-9] GamePro, "September 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 34-36 (36)

[:File:MegaTech_UK_01.pdf_p53_.2853-55.29-10] MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 53-55 (53)

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_015.pdf_p54_.2854.2F55.29-11] Player One, "Décembre 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 54/55 (54)

[:File:SegaPro_UK_02.pdf_p50_.2848.2F49.29-12] Sega Pro, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-21), page 48/49 (50)

[:File:Zzap_IT_59.pdf_p64_.2864.2F65.29-13] Zzap!, "Settembre 1991" (IT; 1991-xx-xx), page 64/65 (64)

[14] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 20

[:File:ASM_DE_1992-02.pdf_p120-15] Aktueller Software Markt, "Februar 1992" (DE; 1992-01-10), page 120

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1991-07.pdf_p30-16] Beep! MegaDrive, "July 1991" (JP; 1991-06-08), page 30

[:File:Console_XS_UK_01.pdf_p127-17] Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 127

[18] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 17

[:File:EGM_US_026.pdf_p20-19] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 20

[20] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 290

[21] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 10, "" (RU; 2003-10-08), page 18

[:File:Famitsu_JP_0134.pdf_p18-22] Famitsu, "1991-xx-xx" (JP; 1991-06-28), page 18

[:File:GamePro_US_026.pdf_p36-23] GamePro, "September 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 36

[:File:GamesX_UK_30.pdf_p34-24] Games-X, "14th-20th November 1991" (UK; 1991-11-14), page 34

[:File:GPSG_US_0301.pdf_p72-25] Game Players Sega Guide!, "Vol. 3, No. 1: February/March 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 72

[26] Hippon Super, "July 1991" (JP; 1991-06-04), page 113

[:File:Joystick_FR_019.pdf_p167-27] Joystick, "Septembre 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 167

[:File:Mdfan_JP_1991-09.pdf_p115-28] Mega Drive Fan, "September 1991" (JP; 1991-08-xx), page 115

[:File:MegaTech_UK_01.pdf_p53-29] MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 53

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_015.pdf_p54-30] Player One, "Décembre 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 54

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1992-06.pdf_p92-31] Play Time, "6/92" (DE; 1992-05-06), page 92

[:File:SegaPro_UK_02.pdf_p50-32] Sega Pro, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-21), page 50

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p64-33] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p86-34] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86

[35] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 8

[:File:VG.26amp.3BCE_US_34.pdf_p46-36] VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "November 1991" (US; 1991-1x-xx), page 46

[:File:Zzap_IT_59.pdf_p64-37] Zzap!, "Settembre 1991" (IT; 1991-xx-xx), page 64

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Arcus Odyssey

From Sega Retro

Contents

Story

Gameplay

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References