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SpellCaster

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…

1 September 1989

SpellCaster is an adventure developed by Sega Enterprises, Ltd., released 1 September 1989 on Sega Master System/Mark III.

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What SpellCaster is

SpellCaster is an adventure game developed by Sega Enterprises, Ltd. and released in 1989. It is available on Sega Master System/Mark III only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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. Unlike most games, death does not lead to game over or even a loss of money or experience points. Instead, the player has to use a password in order to resurrect themselves from the dead. The game is a port of the Japanese game Kujaku-ou, removing the anime license.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

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When did SpellCaster come out?
SpellCaster was released on 1 September 1989 for Sega Master System/Mark III.

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