#wizard fire

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Dark Seal II / Wizard Fire (arcade) (1992)

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Some more whiteboardfox doodles :)

media the characters are from (in order):

Ace Attorney

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My Singing Monsters

Dark Seal (Gate Of Doom / Wizard Fire)

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OCTOBER 2018 UPDATE www.arcadequartermaster.com

It’s a mystical journey across lands of danger and magic for the beat-em-up shrines this month!

WIZARD FIRE 2: Data East’s sequel to Gate of Doom greatly improves on the first game engine with more vibrant environment despite the bleak monster-infested areas, and ditching the Ninja for the more Western RPG-apt Elf and Dwarf. Furthermore, magic morphs are now usable in boss battles. Numerous monsters and familiar creatures are heavily inspired with traditional D&D fare.

PU-LI-RU-LA: One of the wackiest and most psychedelic beat-em-ups to grace the arcades, follow the adventures of Zac and Mel throughout Radishland, battling various bizarro monsters later revealed as Time Keepers enchanted by an evil entity to stop time throughout the world of PuLiRuLa, tearing the fabric of time and reality. The shrine features the Japanese version, infamous for “unique” scenery that were excised from the World version.

CASTLE OF DRAGON: Also known as Dragon’s Unit, this obscure game is more like a medieval fantasy beat-em-up, alternating between two-plane stages and horizontal/vertical platforming.Despite its fair share of mythical fantasy bestiary, the game itself is very short, often lasting 15-20 minutes, with each stage averaging 2 minutes. If completed by 2 players together, 

I hope you enjoy the new treats! Next month is... November (obviously), which would have a traditional Halloween platform/beat-em-up feature!

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Wizard Fire aka "Dark Seal II" (“Retro Classix: Wizard Fire” Steam ROM in MAME 0.119)

Session: https://youtu.be/kij5WhtFaoU

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Wizard Fire: Games of the Retro-Bit Super Retro-Cade

Data East, 1992

Wizard Fire is the follow-up to a game that isn’t included on the Retro-Cade, Gate of Doom. It’s a similar game in most respects, but there’s certainly no need to have played the first one to, er, enjoy this one. This is a Dungeons & Dragons-flavored isometric action game for one or two players, and I’ll at least grant that Data East seems to have used a little originality with the gameplay, if not the setting. You choose from several characters, each with their own weapons and properties, then head out to smash and bash all kinds of fantasy foes. Besides your main weapon, you also occasionally have access to magic through a spell book. Be careful of what page it’s on before you cast, however, lest you end up turning yourself into a pig.

I probably would have liked this game a lot if I had run into it when I was younger. It has really nice art and the presentation is excellent all-around. The big roster of playable characters is appealing, and I love the idea of the page-flipping spell book. But playing it now, it feels kind of clunky and unfair. The bosses take way too many hits to kill, particularly towards the end of the game, and I found myself becoming so bored in those battles that I ended up watching TV while hammering away on the fire button. It’s certainly something different as the Retro-Cade line-up goes, but in this case, I’m not sure if it’s all that welcome.

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Cinematech - Johnny Turbo's Arcade: Wizard Fire (Switch)

The Keys to the Shrine Will Be Ours in No Time!

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Dark Seal

The popularity of RPGs like Wizardry and Dragon Quest had a huge effect on the Japanese video game marketplace. This was visibly seen in many    Famicom games at the time, like Zelda II and Castlevania II, which adopted RPG elements not found in their previous games. While most would    agree that RPG aspects are better left to console games, which are generally longer and therefore more suitable to home play, there were still a number of    arcade games that tried to integrate some of these elements, like featuring character classes or allowing you to obtain money to buy more equipment. The    earliest and most successful of these were Westone's Wonder Boy in Monster Land, Namco's Valkyrie no Densetsu, and Taito's Cadash.    Data East also jumped on the bandwagon in 1990 with Dark Seal, also known as Gate of Doom. 

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