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318:. The game stars a young witch named Ripple, an apprentice who broke a promise she made to her witch teacher by taking a peek inside a forbidden book and freeing six demons. Unless she can catch all six and get them back inside the book, the witch will turn Ripple into a frog. Ripple sets off on her quest with her two elf-star friends known as "Star Maidens": Topsy and Turvy, both of which act as satellite-like options. 326:, health, and extra lives can be purchased. Touching obstacles and the ground does not kill the player but it does impede progress. If the player gets trapped behind objects at the left-hand side of the screen, "scrolling damage" will occur. Every stage is presented with the name of the mid-boss encountered, and keeping with the magic theme, is titled as a magical seal. Each level has a mid-boss and end-boss. 385:
the first stage compared to the original Japanese release. Its late 1993 release at the end of the TurboGrafx's lifespan in North America, coupled with extensive hype and only being available via mail order, makes the game harder to find and more expensive than earlier releases, becoming a rare collector's item that commands high prices on the secondary game collecting market.
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re-released it as a "Fan Edition" via mail order. The game was initially slated for a November 1992 launch in North America before being published by Turbo Technologies Inc. between April and May 1993. The North American release features extensively modified graphics for certain character sprites and
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was originally launched for the PC Engine in Japan by Palsoft on November 15, 1991. Prior to release, the game was demonstrated at the 1991 Tokyo Toy Show during summer. Because of Palsoft going bankrupt at the time of its release, the title received a small print run and became a premium item in
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was met with positive reception from critics since its initial launch; it was praised for its colorful cartoon-like presentation, graphical effects, lack of slowdown, sound and gameplay. Retrospective commentary has been positive, with praise given to the use of parallax scrolling that pushed the
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There are a total of six levels in the game which can be played on easy, normal or hard difficulty settings. Only the first three can be played on the easy difficulty setting. As enemies are destroyed, they leave behind different colored gemstones which serve as the game's currency. During each
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via mail order. It was graphically altered for its late 1993 North American release at the end of the TurboGrafx-16's lifecycle. It is considered by gaming journalists as one of the rarest, most valuable and sought-after TurboGrafx titles.
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praised the original TurboGrafx-16 release for its carefully hand-drawn characters and backgrounds, use of parallax scrolling that pushed the system to its limits and music.
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s Damien McFerran regarded the TurboGrafx-16 original as one of the system's "perfect ten" games, stating that it is a solid shoot 'em up title past the cute visuals.
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in Japan on April 10, 1998 and was later re-released as a budget title on January 14, 2000. The Windows port is a straight conversion featuring
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voted to give the game a 26.77 out of 30 score and ranking at the number 3 spot in a poll, indicating a very large popular following.
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s four reviewers gave positive remarks to its premise, solid gameplay, music, bizarre enemy designs and cutesy cartoon-like visuals.
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criticized its presentation but commended the detailed visuals, fast parallax scrolling, sound design, playability and longevity.
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due to being released in a similar time frame but noted that its protagonist Ripple looks similar to the witch class in the
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s Michael Thomasson praised the game's use of parallax scrolling as a technical feat for the TurboGrafx-16.
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garnered positive reception from critics since its release. Fan reception was also positive; readers of
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Japan due to being difficult to find. In response to the large demand from consumers, Japanese magazine
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s Philippe Querleux highly praised the audiovisual presentation, animations and playability. Likewise,
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hardware during development, regarding it to be the shooting game he liked the most scoring.
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s colorful cartoon-esque visual presentation, comparing its wacky character designs with
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was developed by most of the same team at Quest that would later go on to work on
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as number four on the top ten list of TurboGrafx titles not released on the
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was created by most of the same team at Quest that would go to work on
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s Sébastien Hamon commended the animated visuals, sound and controls.
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served as art director and game designer of the project. The
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and published by Palsoft and Turbo Technologies Inc. for the
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s four reviewers noted that it incorporated elements from
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Majikaru Cheisu GB: Minarai Mahoutsukai Kenja no Tani e
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is a horizontal-scrolling shoot 'em up game similar to
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s Jeremy Parish regarded it as a "shameless clone" of
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Magical Chase GB: Minarai Mahoutsukai Kenja no Tani e
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Demoly, Jean-Marc; Hamon, Sébastien (January 1992).
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Retrospective commentary has been equally positive.
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Thomas placed both 234:horizontally scrolling shooter 210:Horizontally scrolling shooter 1: 2040:. 1 October 1993. p. 93. 1796:(in Japanese). No. 608. 1758:(in Japanese). No. 153. 1544:"ボーステックゲームパック99 の最新ニュースやレビュー" 395:by RSP Team and published by 2290:Video games about witchcraft 1084:. Square Enix Music Online. 322:level, a shop appears where 2019:. January 1992. p. 88. 1980:"Magical Chase (PC Engine)" 999:Loe, Casey (October 1996). 882:. Vol. 4, no. 4. 799: 694:s Shawn Sackenheim praised 2331: 1901:(in French). No. 24. 1633:Sackenheim, Shawn (1998). 989:manual (TurboGrafx-16, US) 813:マジカルチェイスGB 〜見習い魔法使い 賢者の谷へ〜 766:series. The Japanese book 632:. El Nionio and Rocket of 411:and published in Japan by 2275:Single-player video games 1950:Mandel, Josh (May 1993). 1732:Electronic Gaming Monthly 1689:(in French). 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Developer(s)
Quest
Publisher(s)
JP
NA
Designer(s)
Hiroshi Minagawa
Artist(s)
Composer(s)
Hitoshi Sakimoto
Masaharu Iwata
Platform(s)
TurboGrafx-16
Microsoft Windows
Game Boy Color
JP
NA
JP
JP
Genre(s)
Horizontally scrolling shooter
Single-player
horizontally scrolling shooter
video game
Quest
TurboGrafx-16
Ogre Battle
Final Fantasy Tactics
PC Engine Fan

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