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Madou Monogatari: Tower of the Magician

Madou Monogatari: Tower of the Magician is a first-person dungeon-crawler developed by Compile. It was first released on September 6, 1997 for Microsoft Windows 95 through Disc Station Vol. 16. Unlike most…

6 September 1997

Madou Monogatari: Tower of the Magician is an adventure developed by Compile, released 6 September 1997 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Madou Monogatari: Tower of the Magician is

Madou Monogatari: Tower of the Magician is an adventure game developed by Compile and released in 1997. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

After coming across a book in a library that recounted Wish's triumph over the evil mage Dark Matter, Schezo resolves to absorb her cosmic powers and begins his ascent up her tower. Upon arriving he finds Witch, Wish's granddaughter, who is taking her certification exam under her grandmother's supervision. However due to Schezo's presence, her certification comes to a halt. He encounters Incubus, who flirts with Witch and tries to gift Tenori Zoh to her as a romantic gesture. Under the assumption that Schezo is competing for Witch's attention, the two fight and Schezo wins, claiming Tenori Zoh for himself. Schezo, Witch, and Tenori Zoh continue their trek up the winding tower and find a…
Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

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

What it launched against

Madou Monogatari: Tower of the Magician launched on 6 September 1997, within three weeks of Final Fantasy VII, Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, GoldenEye 007 and Resident Evil: Director's Cut.

Released around the same time: Final Fantasy VII, Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, GoldenEye 007, Resident Evil: Director's Cut.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Madou Monogatari: Tower of the Magician come out?
Madou Monogatari: Tower of the Magician was released on 6 September 1997 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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