Sorcery Saga 1

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Sorcery Saga 1
Developer Compile
Publisher Sega (Game Gear, Genesis)
Compile (PC Engine CD-ROM²)
D4 Enterprise (Project EGG)
Platforms Game Gear, Mega Drive, Mega Drive Mini, PC-9801, MSX, PC Engine Arcade CD-ROM², Windows
Released Sorcery Saga 1-2-3
MSX JP: June 15, 1990
PC-9801 JP: November 23, 1991
Windows (EGG) MSX JP: November 26, 2004
Windows (EGG) PC-9801 JP: December 19, 2023
Sorcery Saga I: 3 Magic Spheres
Game Gear JP: December 3, 1993
Windows (EGG) JP: November 14, 2023
Sorcery Saga I
Mega Drive JP: March 22, 1996
Mega Drive Mini JP: September 19, 2019
Windows (EGG) JP: January 30, 2024
Sorcery Saga: Graduate Child of Flame
PC Engine CD-ROM² JP: December 13, 1996
Added to
Museum
Mega Drive Mini: June 7, 2021
Unofficial Genesis fan patch: August 24, 2021

Sorcery Saga 1 (魔導物語1, Madō Monogatari 1) is the first part of the Sorcery Saga series.

It was originally released as the first part of Sorcery Saga 1-2-3 (魔導物語1-2-3, Madō Monogatari 1-2-3) in Japan for MSX in 1990 and for PC-9801 in 1991.

Remakes

Sorcery Saga I was remade as Sorcery Saga I: The Three Magic Spheres (魔導物語I 3つの魔導球, Madō Monogatari I: Mittsu no Madō-kyū) for Game Gear in Japan in 1993.

It was then remade as Sorcery Saga I (魔導物語I, Madō Monogatari I) for Mega Drive in Japan in 1996. This version was released on Sega Mega Drive Mini in Japan in 2019.

A PC Engine CD-ROM² remake was released as Sorcery Saga: Graduate Child of Flame (魔導物語炎の卒園児, Madō Monogatari: Honō no Sotsuenji) in Japan in 1996.

Fan translation

On May 14, 2020, a fan group titled LIPEMCO! Translations translated Sorcery Saga I for Mega Drive from its original Japanese and released an unofficial English translation patch.