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MONSTER MAKER - YAMI NO RYÛKISHI
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(c)1994 NEC AVENUE/U-PLAN
SHOW KIKAKU/OFFICE K
KUGATSUHIME
Release : 1994-3-30 (¥7800)
SuperCDRom² NAPR-1026
Role Playing Game
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Monster Maker is an Role Playing Game by Nec Avenue and U-Plan and
is based from a popular Japanese card game released at the end of the 80s (see
the next section for more info about the game) . In the ancient time, there
was an advanced civilization with telekinetic powers. They could fly and build
floating islands and battleships. But their world was soon shattered by an evil spirit
and heroes were gathered to seal this so called Darkness. They succeeded in
their quest and the world has now been a peaceful place for the last several hundred
years. Or at least it is when our story starts. The game tells the journey of Raia,
a cute black-haired orphan girl with short pointy ears and strange powers. She was
adopted by a family in the small town of Huerundo and she will travel the world
to learn about her origins and real parents, and find out about the famous Dragon Riders.
Monster Maker follows a traditional RPG structure with multi-scale
aerial maps and turn based fights. Raia starts her journey alone but more
characters will join the party such as Uruchi the human-fox or Mearu a red-haired thief
girl.
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Monster maker is also a famous japanese card game (1st volume pictured on the left). It came out in
1988 and it is supposed to be one of the first, and most popular Role Playing
card game there. Part of its popularity probably stems thanks to Kugatsuhime's
cute and colorful illustrations. All the card games are obviously now out of print and count
more than ten volumes and also include several series of Role Playing Games, comic
books and novels. Here is a non exhaustive list of all the Monster Maker
video games : Monster Maker (GameBoy, 1990), Monster Maker: 7-tsu no Hihou (Famicom, 1991),
Monster Maker 2 : Uru no Hiten (GameBoy, 1993),
Monster Maker 3 : Hikari no Majyutsushi (SuperFamicom, 1993),
Monster Maker: Barcode Saga (GameBoy, 1993), Monster Maker: Yami no Ryuukishi (PcEngine, 1994),
Monster Maker Kids (Super Famicom, 1994), Monster Maker 4 (GameBoyAdvance, 2002).
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As a side note, several japanese sites mention that Monster Maker: Yami no Ryuukishi
(the PC Engine version tested here) doesn't really end. Monster Maker: Kamigami no Hakobune,
the sequel to Monster Maker, was supposed to be released later but sadly never made it to the shelves.
A prototype certainly exists as the game is rumored to be nearly 100% complete.
I also read that the saving manager suffers from a bug. The game's documentation says : Because of the
way how the backup memory is managed, after entering the Tower Of Batsuso of the Sorurendo continent, do
not go outside until the message of the crystal ball of the first floor is told.
I have sadly never been that far
in the game, so I have no idea if this is true.
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Raia returns to her village after it was attacked by thieves. There she needs
first to talk to her mom (north/west of village). She learns the village wasn't attacked
by thieves, but soldiers with black hair like hers. She is also told about the nearby forest
and the monster hiding within. Then she is taken to another place in the village, where
one of the 'thief' is being kept prisoner. He explains that Raia may be coming
from Andoresia, like them, and her pointed ears could be meaning she is in fact an half-elf
. Raia needs to walk back to her home and talk to the people there. She is told
to go to the port south/east of the village and find a boat. Her long journey to seek the
truth about her strange powers and real parents has begun. When Raia enters
the back of the house, a curious man stands there, her adoptive father, and flees through
the back door as soon as he sees her. She gets a pouch. She can now leave the village
(make sure you equipped the dagger and robe found in the village). Once outside,
Raia is attacked by a curious and small fox-man, maybe the monster people
were talking about. After a short fight, he will join the team. Then go east and walk
through the forest. Then, enter the village. Go north and enter a little house and talk
to a person called Ray. She will tell you about her father. Then go to the bar
and talk to the thief girl. She will join the team. You can also save your progress in
the village by entering the little house with a cross on it. Go down the stairs and talk
to the curious wizard standing there. The second option will Save the game, the
third one will Load. Leave the village and enter the north/east cave. You will soon
head on with a brown dragon. There is no way to defeat it but it will soon fly away and
leave a dragon egg behind. Leave the cave through the east exit and get into the castle town.
There you have to meet a girl necromancer. After talking about your future and a forest east
of the town, she will join the team. Leave the town and go south. Enter the small castle barrier.
South of the village, talk to the two guards. At this point, the dragon egg hatches into a cute
baby dragon... I leave the rest to you now.
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Add your Pov here !
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Monster Maker: Yami no Ryuukishi is a cute and simple Role Playing game.
As usual, a decent grasp of the Japanese language is needed to enjoy this game fully.
If not, you'll very quickly come to recognize each command and probably get through
the beginning of the game but things will soon become tricky. Monster Maker has some
really neat and cute full screen cut-scene graphics. All in all, we have here a simple,
yet fun, Role Playing game.
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