Golvellius
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Golvellius is an action adventure video game for the Japanese MSX
home computer system. It was developed by Compile
and released in .
Sega
licensed the franchise in 1988 and released their own remake of the game for the Sega Master System
(the Mark III in Japan), featuring enhanced graphics and entirely different overworld and dungeon layouts. This game got released worldwide under the name Golvellius: Valley of Doom.
Later that year (1988), Compile released yet another remake of Golvellius for the MSX2
system. This game featured mostly the same graphics as the ones in the Sega Master System version, but the overworld and dungeon layouts are entirely different.
In 2009 it was announced by DotEmu
/D4 Entreprise that Golvellius was to be re-released for the iPhone OS
platform.
The scenario is the same in all the three different versions of Golvellius. The ending promised a sequel, which was never developed/released.
MSX
MSX was the name of a standardized home computer architecture in the 1980s conceived by Kazuhiko Nishi, then Vice-president at Microsoft Japan and Director at ASCII Corporation...
home computer system. It was developed by Compile
Compile (software company)
Compile Co., Ltd. was a Japanese video game company established on April 7, 1982, under the name Programmers-3. Founded by Masamitsu Niitani , they were famed for developing shooters and puzzle games such as Aleste and Puyo Puyo.Compile filed for bankruptcy and disbanded in 2003, but the franchise...
and released in .
Sega
Sega
, usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...
licensed the franchise in 1988 and released their own remake of the game for the Sega Master System
Sega Master System
The is a third-generation video game console that was manufactured and released by Sega in 1985 in Japan , 1986 in North America and 1987 in Europe....
(the Mark III in Japan), featuring enhanced graphics and entirely different overworld and dungeon layouts. This game got released worldwide under the name Golvellius: Valley of Doom.
Later that year (1988), Compile released yet another remake of Golvellius for the MSX2
MSX2
MSX2 may refer to:* Msh homeobox 2, a human gene* The second generation of the MSX home computers...
system. This game featured mostly the same graphics as the ones in the Sega Master System version, but the overworld and dungeon layouts are entirely different.
In 2009 it was announced by DotEmu
DotEmu
DotEmu is a French video game company created in 2007 by Xavier Liard and Romain Tisserand, with its headquarters in France. This company initially dedicated to B2B adaptation and emulation of old games and now provides a B2C distribution service on dotemu.com.Distribution service: Users can...
/D4 Entreprise that Golvellius was to be re-released for the iPhone OS
IPhone OS
iOS is Apple's mobile operating system. Originally developed for the iPhone, it has since been extended to support other Apple, Inc. devices such as the iPod Touch, iPad, and Apple TV. Apple, Inc. does not license iOS for installation on third-party hardware...
platform.
The scenario is the same in all the three different versions of Golvellius. The ending promised a sequel, which was never developed/released.