Fatal Labyrinth

n/a

NTSC-U/PAL
NTSC-J

Fatal Labyrinth

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Steam

Publisher: Sega

Developer:

Sega R&D 9

Sound driver: SMPS Z80

Genre: RPG

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP ▼ (Game Toshokan)	1990-11-21^[1]	SUBsub
US	1991-04^[2]	$39.9539.95^[3]	1309
EU	1991		1309
UK	1991	£34.9934.99^[4]	1309
AU	1991?
CA	199x
US ▼	2010-09-13^[5]	$2.992.99^[6]	34289
EU ▼	2010-09-13^[5]	€2.492.49^[7]	34289
UK ▼	2010-09-13^[5]	£1.991.99^[6]	34289
AU ▼	2010-09-13^[5]	$3.493.49^[6]	34289
US ▼	2019-02-01^[8]	$0.990.99^[9]	34289
EU ▼	2019-02-01^[8]	€0.990.99^[10]	34289
UK ▼	2019-02-01^[8]	£0.790.79^[9]	34289
AU ▼	2019-02-01^[8]	$1.351.35^[9]	34289
US ▼	2019-02-01^[8]	$0.990.99^[9]	34289
EU ▼	2019-02-01^[8]	€0.990.99^[10]	34289
UK ▼	2019-02-01^[8]	£0.790.79^[9]	34289
AU ▼	2019-02-01^[8]	$1.351.35^[9]	34289

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

Fatal Labyrinth, called Shi no Meikyu: Labyrinth of Death (死の迷宮) in Japan, is a role-playing game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Mega Drive in 1991. In Japan, it was a Sega Game Toshokan download exclusive.

A Virtual Console version of the game was planned but never released.

Story

Dragonia, the castle of doom, has resurrected, and the ghouls that dwell within have stolen the Holy Goblet, the source of the world's light. The player controls Trykaar, a courageous fellow, who has volunteered to enter Dragonia and traverse its thirty levels to retrieve the Holy Goblet.

Gameplay

The game is a roguelike where most levels of the castle are chosen at random from a predefined set. The player will find monsters and items scattered at random. Monsters are fought by simply running into them. To pick up an item, the player should press while on top of it. opens up the inventory screen, where the player can equip various weapons and armor and use magic items. confirms a selection and leaves the screen. If the player ends up stuck at a boundary, the button can be pressed to see if the boundary is a secret door. Pressing also skips the turn.

The game ends when the player runs out of health. Health is regained by eating food found as items on the ground, and will also slowly regenerate each few steps/turns as long as the player has food. If they run out of food, they will rapidly lose health until they eat food or die. If the player eats too much food (the "F" counter on the HUD exceeds or equal to 80), they will slow down. Continuously eating more food (F=99) will also result in death.

Gold collected in the game is not used for any purchases. Rather, the amount of gold collected determines the quality of the funeral the player will receive when they die. The game can be continued as many times as the player wishes, however the player will start again from every fifth floor reached; for example, continuing after dying on the thirteenth floor will restart the player from the tenth floor.

Magic items are randomly color-coded on each play.

Versions

If the Western version of the game is played on a Japanese system, the text will be translated to Japanese.

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Fatal Labyrinth	Fatal Labyrinth
English (US)	Fatal Labyrinth	Fatal Labyrinth
Japanese	死の迷宮	Shi no Meikyu: Labyrinth of Death

Production credits

Planner: Carol
Programmer: Mr. Lee, Papa
Designer: Big Island, Azarashi, Sato (Tokumei)
Music & Sound Composer: E Fugu
Thanks to: Large Torrent, Hou-Ou

Sega 1990

Source:

In-game credits^[11]

Digital manuals

Steam manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Fatal Labyrinth/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Game Players (US) #0304: "Vol. 3 No. 4 April 1991" (1991-0x-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

40

^[12]

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

52

^[13]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[2]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 9 (RU)

80

^[14]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

68

^[15]

Games-X (UK)

PAL

56

^[16]

Joystick (FR)

76

^[17]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

PAL

65

^[18]

Mega (UK)

PAL

59

^[19]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

50

^[20]

Mega Play (US)

NTSC-U

45

^[21]

MegaTech (UK)

51

^[22]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

51

^[23]

Player One (FR)

76

^[24]

Sega Power (UK)

55

^[25]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

25

^[26]

Sega Power (UK)

39

^[27]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

68

^[28]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

58

^[29]

Video Games (DE)

60

^[30]

	56
Based on 20 reviews

Fatal Labyrinth

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual PCB

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual PCB

Mega Drive, AU
Cover

Mega Drive, CA
Cover

Technical information

Main article: Fatal Labyrinth/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	5f0bd984
MD5	f4550e6ca0b6c8a9de2376f85bdc6a8a
SHA-1	c136cb3fae1914a8fe079eb28c4533af5d8774e2

128kB

1991-01

Cartridge (US/EU)

?

CRC32	40c44cd3
MD5	dc33589a54bce1aea844daba9c9bd547
SHA-1	a854b4fb96e34183fbe462e23a2a0bf7dd6d9f09

128kB

1991-01

Almost same as above, probably a hack.

✔

CRC32	a6d7e02d
MD5	6e277f8fbd78ecd48ec6a91db9b22cf5
SHA-1	513732ae1c5a40276959967bbf4775fce1c83a7e

256kB

1989-10

Sega Game Toshokan

External links

Fatal Labyrinth on Steam

References

↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1991" (JP; 1990-12-08), page 139
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 22
↑ VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "April 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 48
↑ Sega Power, "June 1991" (UK; 1991-05-02), page 27
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 https://steamdb.info/app/34289/ (Wayback Machine: 2019-09-10 21:14)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 http://steamdb.info/app/34289/ (Wayback Machine: 2013-05-22 19:57)
↑ http://steamdb.info/app/34289/ (Wayback Machine: 2014-12-13 00:43)
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 ^8.3 ^8.4 ^8.5 ^8.6 ^8.7 https://steamdb.info/app/34289/history/?changeid=5755295
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 ^9.3 ^9.4 ^9.5 http://steamdb.info/app/34289/ (Wayback Machine: 2019-09-10 21:14)
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 http://steamdb.info/app/34289/ (Wayback Machine: 2019-09-10 21:14)
↑ File:Fatal Labyrinth MCD credits.pdf
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 79
↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "Juni 1991" (DE; 1991-05-31), page 123
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 9, "" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 102
↑ GamePro, "June 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 48
↑ Games-X, "31st May-6th June 1991" (UK; 1991-05-31), page 36
↑ Joystick, "Mai 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 169
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 91
↑ Mega, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 20
↑ Mega Force, "Septembre/Octobre 1991" (FR; 1991-09-13), page 91
↑ Mega Play, "March/April 1991" (US; 1991-04-xx), page 44
↑ MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 77
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 138
↑ Player One, "Septembre 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 77
↑ Sega Power, "June 1991" (UK; 1991-05-02), page 26
↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53
↑ Sega Power, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-10-30), page 45
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 65
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 71
↑ Video Games, "2/91" (DE; 1991-06-07), page 96

Fatal Labyrinth
	Main page \| Comparisons \| Hidden content \| Bugs \| Magazine articles \| Reception \| Region coding \| Technical information \| Bootlegs No results

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1991-01.pdf_p139-1] Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1991" (JP; 1990-12-08), page 139

[:File:EGM_US_021.pdf_p22-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 22

[:File:VG.26amp.3BCE_US_27.pdf_p48-3] VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "April 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 48

[:File:SegaPower_UK_19.pdf_p27-4] Sega Power, "June 1991" (UK; 1991-05-02), page 27

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20190910211415.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsteamdb.info.2Fapp.2F34289.2F-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 https://steamdb.info/app/34289/ (Wayback Machine: 2019-09-10 21:14)

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20130522195752.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fsteamdb.info.2Fapp.2F34289.2F-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 http://steamdb.info/app/34289/ (Wayback Machine: 2013-05-22 19:57)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20141213004328.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fsteamdb.info.2Fapp.2F34289.2F-7] ttp://steamdb.info/app/34289/ (Wayback Machine: 2014-12-13 00:43)

[https:.2F.2Fsteamdb.info.2Fapp.2F34289.2Fhistory.2F.3Fchangeid.3D5755295-8] 8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 ^8.3 ^8.4 ^8.5 ^8.6 ^8.7 https://steamdb.info/app/34289/history/?changeid=5755295

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20190910211415.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fsteamdb.info.2Fapp.2F34289.2F-9] 9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 ^9.3 ^9.4 ^9.5 http://steamdb.info/app/34289/ (Wayback Machine: 2019-09-10 21:14)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20190910211415.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fsteamdb.info.2Fapp.2F34289.2F-10] 10.0 ^10.1 http://steamdb.info/app/34289/ (Wayback Machine: 2019-09-10 21:14)

[:File:Fatal_Labyrinth_MCD_credits.pdf_p-11] File:Fatal Labyrinth MCD credits.pdf

[12] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 79

[:File:ASM_DE_1991-06.pdf_p123-13] Aktueller Software Markt, "Juni 1991" (DE; 1991-05-31), page 123

[14] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 9, "" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 102

[:File:GamePro_US_023.pdf_p48-15] GamePro, "June 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 48

[:File:GamesX_UK_06.pdf_p36-16] Games-X, "31st May-6th June 1991" (UK; 1991-05-31), page 36

[:File:Joystick_FR_016.pdf_p169-17] Joystick, "Mai 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 169

[:File:MDAG_UK_05.pdf_p91-18] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 91

[:File:Mega_UK_09.pdf_p20-19] Mega, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 20

[:File:MegaForce_FR_02.pdf_p91-20] Mega Force, "Septembre/Octobre 1991" (FR; 1991-09-13), page 91

[:File:MegaPlay_US_03.pdf_p44-21] Mega Play, "March/April 1991" (US; 1991-04-xx), page 44

[:File:MegaTech_UK_01.pdf_p77-22] MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 77

[:File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p138-23] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 138

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_012.pdf_p77-24] Player One, "Septembre 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 77

[:File:SegaPower_UK_19.pdf_p26-25] Sega Power, "June 1991" (UK; 1991-05-02), page 26

[:File:SegaPower_UK_23.pdf_p53-26] Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53

[:File:SegaPower_UK_25.pdf_p45-27] Sega Power, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-10-30), page 45

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p65-28] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 65

[29] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 71

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1991-02.pdf_p96-30] Video Games, "2/91" (DE; 1991-06-07), page 96

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]

[16]

[17]

[18]

[19]

[20]

[21]

[22]

[23]

[24]

[25]

[26]

[27]

[28]

[29]

[30]

Fatal Labyrinth

From Sega Retro

Contents

Story

Gameplay

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Digital manuals

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References