Magical Taruruto-kun (Mega Drive)

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Magical Taruruto-kun
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Licensor: Tatsuya Egawa, Shueisha, TV Asahi, Toei Animation
Sound driver: SMPS 68000
Genre: Action[1][2]

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP 		¥3,8803,880 G-4068

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Magical Taruruto-kun (まじかる☆タルるートくん) is a 1992 action game for the Sega Mega Drive by Sega and Game Freak to tie into Tatsuya Egawa's/Shueisha's Magical Taruruuto-kun manga, which had been recently turned into an anime by Toei Animation.

Gameplay

C jumps; C in mid-air lunges forward. By default, B attacks. When standing next to an object, B will grab that object; B again throws it at enemies. Objects can only be used in the area they are found. You get a new magic power after every stage; hit  START  to bring up a menu to choose one and A to use.

Production credits

  • Direction, Game Design, Graphic Design: Ken Sugimori
  • Program: Yuji Shingai
  • Music, Sound Effects, Sound Program: Junichi Masuda
  • Graphic Design, Game Design Assistant: Akihito Tomisawa
  • Graphic Design Assistant: Kazuyo Ishiai, Katsuki Maruyama
  • Special Thanks: Akihito Koriyama, Office Gia
  • Produce: Satoshi Tajiri
Game Freak Inc.


Magazine articles

Main article: Magical Taruruto-kun (Mega Drive)/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1992-05: "May 1992" (1992-04-08)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
80 [3]
79 [4]
72 [5]
88 [6]
89 [7]
80 №1992-05, p43
86 [8]
79 [9]
77 [10]
36 №18, p66
Sega Mega Drive
 77
Based on
10 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
80
[11]
Consoles + (FR)
72
[12]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
65
[13]
GameFan (US) NTSC-J
88
[14]
Génération 4 (FR)
90
[7]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
80
[15]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-J
86
[16]
Joystick (FR) NTSC-J
79
[9]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)
77
[17]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) NTSC-J
77
[18]
Play Time (DE)
79
[19]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
36
[20]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
79
[21]
Video Games (DE)
72
[22]
Sega Mega Drive
 76
Based on
14 reviews

Magical Taruruto-kun (Mega Drive)

Mega Drive, JP
MTK MD JP Box.jpg
Cover
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MTK MD JP Cart.jpg
Cart
MagicalTarurutokun MD JP Manual.pdf
Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 f11060a5
MD5 f676dfdd836199352f105465905c25de
SHA-1 208f1d83bb410f9cc5e5308942b83c0e84f64294
512kB 1992-02 Cartridge (JP)

References

  1. ↑ File:MTK MD JP Box.jpg
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-20 09:51)
  3. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "May 1992" (JP; 1992-04-08), page 31 (33)
  4. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 83 (85)
  5. ↑ Consoles +, "Juin 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 96-97 (96)
  6. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 1: October 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 6/24-25 (6)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Génération 4, "Juin 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 153
  8. ↑ Joypad, "Juillet 1992" (FR; 1992-06-1x), page 76-78 (76)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Joystick, "Juin 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 119
  10. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 17-19 (17)
  11. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "May 1992" (JP; 1992-04-08), page 33
  12. ↑ Consoles +, "Juin 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 96
  13. ↑ Famitsu, "1992-05-01" (JP; 1992-04-17), page 39
  14. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 1: October 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 6
  15. ↑ Hippon Super, "May 1992" (JP; 1992-04-04), page 43
  16. ↑ Joypad, "Juillet 1992" (FR; 1992-06-1x), page 76
  17. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 17
  18. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 93
  19. ↑ Play Time, "7/92" (DE; 1992-06-03), page 94
  20. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
  21. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
  22. ↑ Video Games, "7/92" (DE; 1992-06-24), page 44
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