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:
Original system(s): IBM PC
Genre: RPG

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US
703301
Sega Mega Drive
EU
E178SMXI
Sega Mega Drive
UK
£39.9939.99[2][3] E178SMXI
Sega Mega Drive
AU
Non-Sega versions

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King's Bounty: The Conqueror's Quest is a Sega Mega Drive role-playing game developed by New World Computing and published by Electronic Arts. An enhanced port of the developer's titular 1990 IBM PC game King's Bounty, it was first released in Europe in June 1991, was brought to the United States the following month, and was eventually published in Australia soon afterwards. King's Bounty: The Conqueror's Quest is most notable for being the spiritual precursor to the company's popular 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
Copyright 1990, 1991
New World Computing, Inc.
All Rights Reserved
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
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Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[4]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
72
[5]
Dragon (US)
60
[6]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4 (RU)
100
[7]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
80
[8]
Games-X (UK) PAL
70
[9]
Joystick (FR) PAL
85
[10]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
50
[11]
Mega (UK) PAL
55
[12]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
55
[13]
MegaTech (UK)
71
[14]
Mean Machines (UK) PAL
80
[15]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
71
[16]
Player One (FR)
89
[17]
Raze (UK) PAL
86
[18]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
57
[19]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
75
[20]
Sega Power (UK)
68
[21]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
66
[22]
Tilt (FR)
65
[23]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
80
[24]
Video Games (DE)
70
[25]
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
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Cart
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Manual
Mega Drive, AU

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. GamePro, "June 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 40
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Sega Power, "June 1991" (UK; 1991-05-02), page 16
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Games-X, "17th May 1991" (UK; 1991-05-10), page 5
  4. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 110
  5. Aktueller Software Markt, "August/September 1991" (DE; 1991-07-26), page 117
  6. Dragon, "Vol. XVI, No. 6: November 1991" (US; 1991-1x-xx), page 64
  7. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 121
  8. Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 64
  9. Games-X, "11th-17th July 1991" (UK; 1991-07-11), page 19
  10. Joystick, "Septembre 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 135
  11. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 93
  12. Mega, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 71
  13. Mega Force, "Septembre/Octobre 1991" (FR; 1991-09-13), page 92
  14. MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 78
  15. Mean Machines, "June 1991" (UK; 1991-05-29), page 70
  16. Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 139
  17. Player One, "Octobre 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 68
  18. Raze, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-08-29), page 40
  19. Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 30
  20. Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53
  21. Sega Power, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-10-30), page 46
  22. Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
  23. Tilt, "Septembre 1991" (FR; 1991-09-xx), page 86
  24. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 17
  25. Video Games, "2/91" (DE; 1991-06-07), page 95