Mystic Defender

n/a

NTSC-U/PAL
NTSC-J (KR)

Mystic Defender

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Sega (US, Europe), Samsung (South Korea)

Developer: Sega R&D 2

Sound driver: SMPS 68000

Genre: Action^[1]^[2]

Number of players: 1

Official in-game languages:

English

한국어

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1989-12^[3]		1011
EU	1990		1011
FR	1990	369F369^[5]	1011
PT	1990		MGJ1011
UK	1990	£34.9934.99^[4]	1011
AU	199x
BR	1991-09+^[6]
KR	1990-12		GM4022KS
UK	19xx	£?	?

This short article is in need of work. You can help Sega Retro by adding to it.

Mystic Defender is an action game for the Sega Mega Drive. In Korea it was named On Dal Jang Goon (온달장군) and some character graphics were changed. In Brazil it is known as Mystic Defense.

It is a reskin of Kujaku Ou 2: Geneijou, a game based on the Kujaku Ou manga series.

Story

Zareth, the henchman of the evil king Zao, kidnaps the Supreme Deity's daughter to use her power to resurrect Zao. You are Joe Yamato, a magician and warrior who goes out to save her and stop Zareth.

Gameplay

jumps. By default, fires a magic ball; hold down to charge a ball. Throughout the course of the game, you collect new spells; changes spells and uses them, complete with charging ability (some such as the flamethrower require charging).

According to the US manual, round 6 is meant to be infested with ghosts, however these were seemingly scrapped in the final game^[7].

Versions

As with its predecessor, Kujakuou 2: Geneijou is based on the Japanese manga series Kujakuou. During its transition to the West, the majority of Kujakuou references were removed, although the basic plot remains the same.

Lead character Kujaku (as Joe Yamato) sports an entirely new outfit in Mystic Defender, and parts of the game were lightly censored for Western markets. Changes include turning some pink flesh-coloured enemies green and giving the Supreme Deity's daughter some clothes to wear in the final scenes of the game.

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Mystic Defender	Mystic Defender
English (US)	Mystic Defender	Mystic Defender
Portuguese (Brazil)	Mystic Defense

Production credits

Mystic Defender

Planned by: J.T
Graphics Designed by: Phenix Rie, UD 1, Choko
Programmed by: Koichi, Nobu
All Songs Written by: Tarnya
Presented by: Sega

Source:

In-game credits^[8]

Magazine articles

Main article: Mystic Defender/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1989-09: "September 1989" (1989-XX-XX)

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

40

^[9]

Ação Games (BR)

58

^[6]

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

80

^[10]

Computer Entertainer (US)

83

^[11]

Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)

63

^[12]

The Complete Guide to Sega (UK)

63

^[13]

Console XS (UK)

PAL

72

^[14]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

84

^[15]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[16]

Joystick (FR)

95

^[17]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

PAL

52

^[18]

Mega (UK)

PAL

61

^[19]

MegaTech (UK)

63

^[20]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

63

^[21]

Player One (FR)

89

^[5]

Power Play (DE)

79

^[22]

Raze (UK)

PAL

61

^[4]

Score (CZ)

45

^[23]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

50

^[24]

Sega Pro (UK)

78

^[25]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

69

^[26]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

65

^[27]

User (GR)

PAL

78

^[28]

	68
Based on 23 reviews

Mystic Defender

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart PCB

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, PT
Cover

Mega Drive, AU
Cover

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, KR
Cover
Cart

Mega-Tech version

Mega-Tech,

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	f9ce1ab8
MD5	2a3742ce7a8e5d86bdc52b9d47a82788
SHA-1	fd82ea9badc892bfabacaad426f57ba04c6183b1

512kB

1989-08

Cartridge

v00 (the woman that the main character will rescue is naked)

✔

CRC32	50fd5d93
MD5	780baa7dd2f030f0b1c64897b5d4cc10
SHA-1	aec8aefa11233699eacefdf2cf17d62f68cbdd98

512kB

1989-08

Cartridge

v01 (the woman that the main character will rescue is dressed)

✔

CRC32	67ccb1ca
MD5	c64b982b20075dce0bf6c804dffe983d
SHA-1	821bcb001cb37b22454979973ed68cee36286abc

512kB

1989-08

Cartridge (KR)

Features elements from both Kujaku Ou 2 and Mystic Defender (opening cutscene, enemies, censorship)

✔

CRC32	5ac0d238
MD5	47fb52e6716557cab025fa2456c0c01b
SHA-1	1f8eacb1269c22909feb4da187fde67918440b50

512kB

1989-09-14

CD-R disc

Page

References

Mystic Defender
	Main page \| Comparisons \| Maps \| Magazine articles \| Reception \| Region coding \| Technical information Prototypes: 1989-09-14

[:File:MysticDefender_MD_JP_Box.jpg_p-1] File:MysticDefender MD JP Box.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200720095133.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fhistory.2Fhard.2Fmegadrive.2Fsoftware.html-2] ttps://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-20 09:51)

[:File:ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.8_10.pdf_p23-3] Computer Entertainer, "January 1990" (US; 1990-01-20), page 23

[:File:Raze_UK_03.pdf_p56-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Raze, "January 1991" (UK; 1990-11-29), page 56

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_002.pdf_p55-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Player One, "Octobre 1990" (FR; 1990-xx-xx), page 55

[:File:AcaoGames_BR_005.pdf_p24-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Ação Games, "Setembro 1991" (BR; 1991-09-xx), page 24

[:File:SegaVisions_US_03.pdf_p12-7] Sega Visions, "Winter 1990/1991" (US; 1990-xx-xx), page 12

[https:.2F.2Fwww.youtube.com.2Fwatch.3Fv.3DrxebrKODM8I-8] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxebrKODM8I

[9] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 148

[:File:ASM_DE_1990-03.pdf_p74-10] Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1990" (DE; 1990-0x-xx), page 74

[:File:ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.8_10.pdf_p19-11] Computer Entertainer, "January 1990" (US; 1990-01-20), page 19

[:File:CGtC_UK_04.pdf_p32-12] Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 32

[:File:TheCompleteGuideToSega_UK.pdf_p48-13] The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 48

[:File:Console_XS_UK_01.pdf_p132-14] Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 132

[:File:CVG_UK_099.pdf_p91-15] Computer & Video Games, "February 1990" (UK; 1990-01-16), page 91

[:File:EGM_US_008.pdf_p18-16] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1990" (US; 1990-xx-xx), page 18

[:File:Joystick_FR_008.pdf_p104-17] Joystick, "Septembre 1990" (FR; 1990-0x-xx), page 104

[:File:MDAG_UK_05.pdf_p93-18] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 93

[:File:Mega_UK_09.pdf_p21-19] Mega, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 21

[:File:MegaTech_UK_01.pdf_p79-20] MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 79

[:File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p140-21] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 140

[:File:PowerPlay_DE_1990-03.pdf_p98-22] Power Play, "3/90" (DE; 1990-02-19), page 98

[:File:Score_CZ_08.pdf_p59-23] Score, "Srpen 1994" (CZ; 1994-08-01), page 59

[:File:SegaPower_UK_23.pdf_p54-24] Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 54

[:File:SegaPro_UK_04.pdf_p19-25] Sega Pro, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-16), page 19

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p66-26] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66

[27] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 125

[:File:User_GR_22.pdf_p84-28] User, "Mártios 1992" (GR; 1992-0x-xx), page 84

[1]

[2]

[3]

[5]

[4]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]

[16]

[17]

[18]

[19]

[20]

[21]

[22]

[23]

[24]

[25]

[26]

[27]

[28]

Mystic Defender

From Sega Retro

Contents

Story

Gameplay

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Mystic Defender

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Mega-Tech version

Technical information

ROM dump status

References