Sorcerian

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Sorcerian
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sega R&D 2 M2
Licensor: Nihon Falcom
Original system(s): JP Home Computers
Developer(s) of original games: Falcom
Sound driver: SMPS Z80 (banked)
Genre: RPG
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1990-02-24 ¥7,0007,000 G-4504 JP ▼ 2008-09-16 720pts720
Non-Sega versions IBM PC MSX2 PC-88 VA PC-8801 mkII SR PC-9801 F PC-9801 U Super CD-ROM² X1turbo

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Sorcerian (ソーサリアン) is the fifth main game in Falcom's Dragon Slayer series of RPGs. Originally released for the PC-8801 mkII SR in late 1987, a version was brought to the Sega Mega Drive in 1990.

Gameplay

Sorcerian is a "modular" RPG with no overarching plot. Instead, the player designs a group of characters, and then selects a "scenario", typically a self-contained story. Player statistics and items carry through between scenarios, but the scenarios themselves can be tackled in any order (with some placing restrictions on the player, such as how many people can be in the party).

The original Sorcerian contained fifteen scenarios, though Falcom and others would release extra scenario discs in the years that followed. On the Mega Drive, there are only ten scenarios, however they are completely original and remain exclusive to this version of the game.

History

Development

Several of the developers who worked on the first two Phantasy Star games worked on this game, including Rieko Kodama, Takako Kawaguchi, Tokuhiko Uwabo, and Yasushi Yamaguchi. Because of this, Phantasy Star III was developed by a largely different team and differs significantly from the other games.

Legacy

In the main series, Sorcerian was followed by Dragon Slayer: Eiyuu Densetsu. Sorcerian would return to Sega consoles with the release of Sorcerian: Shichisei Mahou no Shito for the Sega Dreamcast in 2000.

A soundtrack album, Sorcerian Mega Drive Version Original Sound Track, was released by Wave Master in 2008.

Production credits

• Programmed: Kamikami, Si-Extra, Lunarian
• Scenario Written: Gamer Miki, L.C., Judy Totoya, Bo
• Music Composed: Bo, Jimita (music originally composed by Yuzo Koshiro and Mieko Ishikawa for computers)
• Graphic Designed: Judy Totoya, L.C., Chie Sama, Phenix Rie, Choko
• Manual Instruction: Mad Hatter, Fusen Hamsuta
• Special Thanks: Works Nishi, Gotoccyan, Ufo Zou, Pata, Okaru, Captain Elf, Locky P, Nao Nao
• Presented by: Sega

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In-game credits

• Cover artwork: Hitoshi Yoneda

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Japanese cover

Magazine articles

Main article: Sorcerian/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: Sorcerian/Promotional material.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source

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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J 70 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 68 Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J 76 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 77

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Sorcerian

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
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Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 a143a8c5 MD5 7bfc9a076f70ab4e3ca46f7af14376da SHA-1 cbd7f0693a0d127138977da7cdf5a7f9440dfd43	512kB	1989-12	Cartridge (JP)

References

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