Dark Wizard

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Dark Wizard

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Sega CS

Peripherals supported: CD BackUp RAM Cart

Genre: RPG

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1993-11-12	¥6,8006,800^[1]	G-6005
US	1994		4651
BR	199x		062110

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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.

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

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
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

Animation Part

Script: Kenji Terada, Masaya Kaneko, The "Over"
Character Design: Kenichi Ohnuki, Kazuaki Mouri
Director: The "Over"

Analog Work

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

Digital Work

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

Game Part

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

Sega of America

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

Special Thanks

: 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

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[4]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[5]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

58

^[6]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

76

^[7]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

95

^[8]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[9]

Hyper (AU)

75

^[10]

Joypad (FR)

NTSC-U

70

^[11]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

36

^[12]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-U

45

^[13]

Mega Force (FR)

NTSC-U

80

^[14]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-U

76

^[15]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-U

60

^[16]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

73

^[17]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

69

^[18]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[19]

	67
Based on 16 reviews

Dark Wizard

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Mega-CD, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual Reg Card

Mega-CD, BR
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

603,955,968

CD (JP)

G-6005

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

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
↑ 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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[:File:BeepMD_JP_1993-02.pdf_p21-2] File:BeepMD_JP_1993-02.pdf, page 21

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p86-3] File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 86

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1993-02.pdf_p22-4] Beep! MegaDrive, "February 1993" (JP; 1993-01-08), page 22

[:File:EGM_US_060.pdf_p38-5] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 38

[6] Famitsu, "1993-11-12,19" (JP; 1993-10-29), page 1

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0706.pdf_p76-7] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 6 June 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 76

[:File:GamePro_US_060.pdf_p126-8] GamePro, "July 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 126

[9] Hippon Super, "January 1994" (JP; 1993-12-03), page 40

[:File:Hyper_AU_008.pdf_p53-10] Hyper, "July 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 53

[:File:Joypad_FR_032.pdf_p53-11] Joypad, "Juin 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 53

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1994-06.pdf_p55-12] MAN!AC, "06/94" (DE; 1994-05-11), page 55

[:File:Mega_UK_21.pdf_p38-13] Mega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 38

[:File:MegaForce_FR_32.pdf_p110-14] Mega Force, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 110

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-06.pdf_p99-15] Mega Fun, "06/94" (DE; 1994-05-18), page 99

[:File:SegaPower_UK_56.pdf_p51-16] Sega Power, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-05), page 51

[:File:SegaPro_UK_33.pdf_p44-17] Sega Pro, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-24), page 44

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p86-18] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86

[:File:VideoGames_US_66.pdf_p73-19] VideoGames, "July 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 73

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Dark Wizard

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Contents

Leaders

Armer IX

Robin

Crystal

Amon

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References