King's Bounty: The Conqueror's Quest

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King's Bounty: The Conqueror's Quest
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer:
Genre: RPG

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US
703301
Sega Mega Drive
EU
E178SMXI

King's Bounty: The Conqueror's Quest is an RPG which was ported to the Sega Mega Drive. It is a precursor to the Heroes of Might & Magic series.

Production credits

  • King's Bounty Designed by: Jon Van Caneghem
  • Programed by: Andrew Caldwell
  • Programed by: Mark Caldwell (no relation), Douglas Grounds, Jill Bagley
  • Graphics by: Bonita Long-Hemsath, Kenneth L. Mayfield
Source:
In-game credits (opening sequence)


Magazine articles

Main article: King's Bounty: The Conqueror's Quest/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Mega Force (FR) #1: "Juillet/Août 1991" (1991-06-18)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
80 №1, p70-72[3]
60 №175, p62[4]
70 №12
85 №19, p135
50 №5, p93
55 №18, p71
71 №1, p78/79[5]
80 №9, p66-68[6]
89 №13, p68[7]
86 №12, p40/41[8]
57 №23, p30/31
80 №23, p53
68 №25, p46
66 №18, p66
Sega Mega Drive
71
Based on
14 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[9]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
72
[10]
Dragon (US)
60
[4]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4 (RU)
100
[11]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
80
[12]
Games-X (UK) PAL
70
[13]
Joystick (FR) PAL
85
[14]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
50
[15]
Mega (UK) PAL
55
[16]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
55
[17]
MegaTech (UK)
71
[5]
Mean Machines (UK) PAL
80
[18]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
71
[19]
Player One (FR)
89
[7]
Raze (UK) PAL
86
[8]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
57
[20]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
75
[21]
Sega Power (UK)
68
[22]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
66
[23]
Tilt (FR)
65
[24]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
80
[25]
Video Games (DE)
70
[26]
Sega Mega Drive
71
Based on
22 reviews

King's Bounty: The Conqueror's Quest

Mega Drive, US
KingsBounty MD US Box.jpg
Cover
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Cart
King's Bounty The Conqueror's Quest MD US Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
Kingsbounty MD EU Cart.jpg
Cart
Kingsbount MD EU Manual.jpg
Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 aa68a92e
MD5 1bb8e1e5d41bbeff2e452935bddd9883
SHA-1 32f90806f44a0bd1d65d84ceeb644681b9cee967
512kB 1991-06 Cartridge (US/EU)

References

  1. File:GamePro US 023.pdf, page 40
  2. File:Raze UK 12.pdf, page 41
  3. File:ConsolesPlus FR 001.pdf, page 68
  4. 4.0 4.1 File:Dragon US 175.pdf, page 64 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Dragon US 175.pdf_p64" defined multiple times with different content
  5. 5.0 5.1 File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf, page 78 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf_p78" defined multiple times with different content
  6. File:MeanMachines UK 09.pdf, page 66
  7. 7.0 7.1 File:PlayerOne FR 013.pdf, page 68 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:PlayerOne FR 013.pdf_p68" defined multiple times with different content
  8. 8.0 8.1 File:Raze UK 12.pdf, page 40 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Raze UK 12.pdf_p40" defined multiple times with different content
  9. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 110
  10. Aktueller Software Markt, "August/September 1991" (DE; 1991-07-26), page 117
  11. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 121
  12. Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 64
  13. Games-X, "11th-17th July 1991" (UK; 1991-07-11), page 19
  14. Joystick, "Septembre 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 135
  15. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 93
  16. Mega, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 71
  17. Mega Force, "Septembre/Octobre 1991" (FR; 1991-09-13), page 92
  18. Mean Machines, "June 1991" (UK; 1991-05-29), page 70
  19. Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 139
  20. Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 30
  21. Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53
  22. Sega Power, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-10-30), page 46
  23. Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
  24. Tilt, "Septembre 1991" (FR; 1991-09-xx), page 86
  25. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 17
  26. Video Games, "2/91" (DE; 1991-06-07), page 95