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− | {{stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', known as '''''Dark Wizard: Yomigaerishi Yami no Madoushi''''' (ダークウィザード 蘇りし闇の魔導士) in Japan is a [[Sega Mega-CD]] RPG. | + | {{stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', known as '''''Dark Wizard: Yomigaerishi Yami no Madoushi''''' (ダークウィザード 蘇りし闇の魔導士) in Japan is a [[Sega Mega-CD]] turn based and grand strategy/RPG. |
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+ | Players will take control of one of the four playable commanders and attempt to wrest control of the fictional kindgom of Cheshire from a treacherous wizard named Velonese using magic and recruitable armies. Game is quite similar to Systemsoft's Master of Monsters series. | ||
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+ | Two of the selectable characters have law alignment while the other two has chaos. Alignment will decide how a unit can be promoted and what kind of spells and equipment the unit can use. | ||
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+ | Players can take control of towns and other cities in the map and purchase items, recruit unique characters or simply gather information. | ||
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+ | ==Leaders== | ||
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+ | ===Armer IX=== | ||
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+ | Alignment Law | ||
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+ | Command 60 | ||
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+ | Leadership 60 | ||
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+ | Intellect 60 | ||
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+ | Belief 90 | ||
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+ | Luck 20 | ||
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+ | Economy 60 | ||
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+ | Magic Strength 60 | ||
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+ | Only surviving heir to the Chesirean throne. Above average in all areas and an excellent physical fighter. Good selection of back up spells. Good economy. Can recruit Marie (Mage) and Dianna (Warrior) as unique characters. Great for beginners. | ||
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+ | ===Robin=== | ||
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+ | Alignment Law | ||
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+ | Command 70 | ||
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+ | Leadership 90 | ||
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+ | Intellect 65 | ||
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+ | Belief 65 | ||
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+ | Luck 90 | ||
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+ | Economy 30 | ||
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+ | Magic 30 | ||
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+ | Former cavalry commander of the Chesirean Army and all around cutie. Very high combat skills but economy and magic is a bit lacking. Nevertheless a good leader if you know what you are doing. Can recruit Kail (Priest) and David (Warrior) as unique characters. Only leader who "scores" at the end of the game. | ||
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+ | ===Crystal=== | ||
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+ | Alignment Chaos | ||
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+ | Command 30 | ||
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+ | Leadership 40 | ||
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+ | Intellect 90 | ||
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+ | Belief 50 | ||
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+ | Luck 65 | ||
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+ | Economy 80 | ||
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+ | Magic 90 | ||
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+ | A scantily-clad, slightly psychopathic and vengeful sorceress who takes command of the kingdom after murdering King Armer, mistakenly believing that he is responsible for her sister's death. Poor leadership and command means her army will be medium sized at most but she has the best spells in the game. Can recruit Marcus (Warrior) and Katrina (Priestess) as unique characters. | ||
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+ | ===Amon=== | ||
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+ | Alignment Chaos | ||
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+ | Command 50 | ||
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+ | Leadership 55 | ||
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+ | Intellect 50 | ||
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+ | Belief 0 | ||
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+ | Luck 10 | ||
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+ | Economy 20 | ||
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+ | Magic 90 | ||
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+ | A vampire who murders King Armer then takes his place, ready to conquer the entire country for his own neboulous goals. Only truly evil character in the game. (Even Crystal has some redeeming qualities) Very powerful magic and great number of summonable creatures. Terrible economy. Can recruit Susan (Mage) and Andrew (Warrior) as unique characters. At least his ending is very satisfying. (Karma has a taste of irony) | ||
==Versions== | ==Versions== |
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Peripherals supported: CD BackUp RAM Cart | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Number of players: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Dark Wizard, known as Dark Wizard: Yomigaerishi Yami no Madoushi (ダークウィザード 蘇りし闇の魔導士) in Japan is a Sega Mega-CD turn based and grand strategy/RPG.
Players will take control of one of the four playable commanders and attempt to wrest control of the fictional kindgom of Cheshire from a treacherous wizard named Velonese using magic and recruitable armies. Game is quite similar to Systemsoft's Master of Monsters series.
Two of the selectable characters have law alignment while the other two has chaos. Alignment will decide how a unit can be promoted and what kind of spells and equipment the unit can use.
Players can take control of towns and other cities in the map and purchase items, recruit unique characters or simply gather information.
Contents
Leaders
Armer IX
Alignment Law
Command 60
Leadership 60
Intellect 60
Belief 90
Luck 20
Economy 60
Magic Strength 60
Only surviving heir to the Chesirean throne. Above average in all areas and an excellent physical fighter. Good selection of back up spells. Good economy. Can recruit Marie (Mage) and Dianna (Warrior) as unique characters. Great for beginners.
Robin
Alignment Law
Command 70
Leadership 90
Intellect 65
Belief 65
Luck 90
Economy 30
Magic 30
Former cavalry commander of the Chesirean Army and all around cutie. Very high combat skills but economy and magic is a bit lacking. Nevertheless a good leader if you know what you are doing. Can recruit Kail (Priest) and David (Warrior) as unique characters. Only leader who "scores" at the end of the game.
Crystal
Alignment Chaos
Command 30
Leadership 40
Intellect 90
Belief 50
Luck 65
Economy 80
Magic 90
A scantily-clad, slightly psychopathic and vengeful sorceress who takes command of the kingdom after murdering King Armer, mistakenly believing that he is responsible for her sister's death. Poor leadership and command means her army will be medium sized at most but she has the best spells in the game. Can recruit Marcus (Warrior) and Katrina (Priestess) as unique characters.
Amon
Alignment Chaos
Command 50
Leadership 55
Intellect 50
Belief 0
Luck 10
Economy 20
Magic 90
A vampire who murders King Armer then takes his place, ready to conquer the entire country for his own neboulous goals. Only truly evil character in the game. (Even Crystal has some redeeming qualities) Very powerful magic and great number of summonable creatures. Terrible economy. Can recruit Susan (Mage) and Andrew (Warrior) as unique characters. At least his ending is very satisfying. (Karma has a taste of irony)
Versions
Localised names
Language | Localised Name | English Translation |
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English (US) | Dark Wizard | Dark Wizard |
Japanese | ダークウィザード 蘇りし闇の魔導士 | Dark Wizard: Yomigaerishi Yami no Madoushi |
Production credits
- Script: Kenji Terada, Masaya Kaneko, The "Over"
- Character Design: Kenichi Ohnuki, Kazuaki Mouri
- Director: The "Over"
- Animation Director: Y.Moriguchi
- Animation Check: N.Nishimiya
- Production: Studio Zain
- Cooperation: Anime R
- Sound: Arts Vision
- Supervisor: Tetsuo Mizusima
- Special Effects: Noriyoshi Ohhira
- Recording Studio: Avaco Creative St, Tacto Studio
- Coordinater: Masayosi Ozaki
- Graphics Data: Seishi Atsumiya, Mikarrin, Anything, Pochi, ..., Say.A, Sweet Music
- Studio Zero-One
- Animation Data: The "Over", Hassy, Y.K.K
- Animation Programmer: Momonga Momo, Masato Ohmori, Emukei
- Music Composer: Sega Sound Team, Yoshimi Hishida, Shouko Ogawa
- Mixing: Yoshimi Hishida, Shouko Ogawa
- Simulated 3D Sound Technician: Kiyoshi Okabe
- Special Effects: Manabu Yamazaki
- Planner: The "Over", Heaven, Hassy, Y.K.K
- Assistant Planner: Zozo, Kyoten, Ohtahara, Kuro
- Graphic Director: Seishi Atsumiya
- Digitizer: Anything, Pochi, Mikarrin
- Assistant Digitizer: Say.A, Milcha, Hitou Kasazuka, Noza Yoshi, Cxxmajin, Gankochan
- Main Programmer: Emukei
- Programmer: Momonga Momo, Kottsu, Ahonoko, Djinni, Chata, Masato Ohmori
- Assistant Programmer: Ta,K, K,K, Hotty, Human
- SE Producer: Shuichiro Nishi, Yoshimi Hishida
- Music Composer: Tsukachan, S.O, Ippo, Bosanova.Pez, Yoshimi Hishida, Shouko Ogawa
- Mixing: Touji Akasaka, Yoshimi Hishida, Shouko Ogawa
- Sound Programmer: Tukachan, S.O, Ippo, Bosanova.Pez
- Simulated 3D Sound Technician: Kiyoshi Okabe
- Special Effects: S.O, Manabu Yamazaki
- Cooperation: Toshiba Emi, Tribarythmo
- Product Development Producer: Rhonda Van, Kent Russell
- Assistant Producer: Eric Wahlberg
- Translation: Yasuhiro Noguchi
- Marketing Product Manager: Tim Dunley
- Lead Tester: Dianna Boundy
- Test Lieutenants: Gregg Vogt, Dermot Lyons
- Cooperation: DMP Entertainment
- : Tomoji Kodama, Kiyoshi Tonozaki, Mr. Funada, Mr. Spahn, Steve Payne, Nemer Velasquez
Magazine articles
- Main article: Dark Wizard/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
- Main article: Dark Wizard/Promotional material.
Physical scans
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Technical information
ROM dump status
System | Hash | Size | Build Date | Source | Comments | |||||||||
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603,955,968 | CD (JP) | G-6005 | ||||||||||
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606,482,016 | CD (US) | 4651 |
References
- ↑ http://sega.jp/fb/segahard/mcd/soft.html
- ↑ File:BeepMD_JP_1993-02.pdf, page 21
- ↑ File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 86
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "February 1993" (JP; 1993-01-08), page 22
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 38
- ↑ Famitsu, "1993-11-12,19" (JP; 1993-10-29), page 1
- ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 6 June 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 76
- ↑ GamePro, "July 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 126
- ↑ Game Informer, "July/August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 28
- ↑ Game Informer, "November 1997" (US; 1997-1x-xx), page 78
- ↑ Hippon Super, "January 1994" (JP; 1993-12-03), page 40
- ↑ Hyper, "July 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 53
- ↑ Joypad, "Juin 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 53
- ↑ MAN!AC, "06/94" (DE; 1994-05-11), page 55
- ↑ Mega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 38
- ↑ Mega Force, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 110
- ↑ Mega Fun, "06/94" (DE; 1994-05-18), page 99
- ↑ Sega Power, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-05), page 51
- ↑ Sega Pro, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-24), page 44
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86
- ↑ VideoGames, "July 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 73
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