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Magician Lord
Developer(s)Alpha Denshi
Publisher(s)
Producer(s)Akira Ushizawa
Composer(s)Hideki Yamamoto
Hiroaki Shimizu
Yuka Watanabe
Platform(s)Arcade
Neo Geo AES
Neo Geo CD
Genre(s)Action, platform
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemNeo Geo MVS

Magician Lord[a]

Gameplay

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Magician Lord

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Development

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Magician Lord

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Release

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Reception

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In North America, RePlay listed Magician Lord on their November 1990 issue as being the tenth most-popular arcade game for the previous x.[54] According to Chad Okada, a former SNK staffer, the game was a flop in arcades, but became the best-selling Neo Geo AES title at the time.[21][55] Japanese publication Micom BASIC Magazine ranked the Neo Geo CD version seventh in popularity in its November 1994 issue.[18] The game also received generally favorable from critics.[56][57][58]

Gamest's three writers.[59] The Games Machine's Robin Candy.[51] Joystick.[48] In their fourth "Complete Guide To Consoles", Computer and Video Games.[47] Player One's Olivier Scamps.[50] Electronic Gaming Monthly's four editors. In its list of the "Greatest 200 Video Games of Their Time", Electronic Gaming Monthly ranked Magician Lord at number 179.[60][61] F. Orlans of Consoles +.[46] GamePro.[62] Video Games's Andreas Knauf.[63] José Luis Sanz and Marcos García of HobbyConsolas.[5] Consolemania's Davide Corrado.[52] Megablast's Richard Löwenstein.[53] GameFan's five editors.[64][65] Philipp Noak and Stefan Hellert of Mega Fun.[49] AllGame's Kyle Knight.[45]

Retrospective coverage

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In retrospectives, Magician Lord garnered an average reception from critics, holding a rating of 63% based on five reviews according to review aggregator GameRankings.[66][67]

Damien McFerran and Chris Scullion of Nintendo Life.[26][34] Eurogamer's Dan Whitehead.[68] IGN's Lucas M. Thomas.[69] GameSpot's Frank Provo.[70] Retro Gamer's Darran Jones.[71] Hardcore Gamer.[32] Vandal's Emmanuel Castro.[72] Hardcore Gaming 101's Michael Plasket.[8]

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Legacy

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Unreleased sequel

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Notes

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  1. ^ Japanese: マジシャンロード, Hepburn: Majishan Rōdo

References

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