SpellCaster

Sega exclusivePort

He has been summoned by Daikak, the great leader of the Summit Temple, to stop a war between factions of warlords. The player explores temples and defeats enemies like ghosts, ninja, and feral beasts. There are also villages to explore and people to talk to as the player assembles clues on who desecrated his home town's temple and killed its guardians. The quest takes the player across medieval Japan and to the Underworld.

Released: 23 September 1988
Platforms: Master System Sega Master System/Mark III
Genres: Action role-playing Adventure Beat 'em up Platformer Role-playing Shooter
Developers: SEGA
Publishers: SEGA
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: First person Side view
Themes: Action Fantasy Horror
Country: Japan
Languages: English

About

SpellCaster, known in Japan as Kujaku Ō (孔雀王, Peacock King) and in South America as Warrior Quest, is a 1988 video game developed and published by Sega for the Master System.

In Japan a sequel, known in western markets as Mystic Defender, was released in 1989 for the Sega Genesis.

Keywords

martial arts
bloody
shoot 'em up
turn-based
death
run and gun
brawler
action-adventure
side-scrolling
based on - movie
dialogue trees
feudal japan

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Story

The game starts when Kane is summoned by Daikak, the great leader of the Summit Temple, to stop a war between factions of warlords. The player explores temples and defeats enemies like ghosts, ninja and feral beasts. There are also villages to explore and people to talk to as the player assembles clues on who desecrated his home town's temple and killed its guardians. The quest takes the player across medieval Japan and to the Underworld.