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for the

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. It was originally released in 1996 in

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only. The game's story is loosely based on the novel ''

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''. An English translation of the game was done by the North American company

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, and began shipping to pre-order customers on December 3, 2008, at the price of US$40 per copy. ''Legend of Wukong'' was the second game for the Sega Genesis to be commercially released in the United States since 1998. The game is 16-megabits (2 megabytes) in size. Players could record their progress to any of the three available save slots. The game shipped in a plastic clamshell case along with a glossy, full-color 16 page instruction manual. The game's unique cartridge hardware was designed by Kim Biu Wong, head of

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, and Super Fighter Team president Brandon Cobb. All pieces were manufactured in China. ''Legend of Wukong'' works with any Sega Genesis, Mega Drive or

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system, regardless of its region (NTSC and PAL are both supported). This universal compatibility was one of the many new features added to the game by Super Fighter Team in preparation for its release worldwide. On August 6, 2013, the game was released for Windows and Mac OS X, in the form of a compilation package of three Super Fighter Team RPGs, the other two being ''

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'' and ''

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''.

References

External links

Official site
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Sega-16 Review
Review of the game. {{Journey to the West 1996 video games 2008 video games Chinese-language-only video games Gamtec games MacOS games Sega Genesis games Unauthorized video games Shenmo fiction Video games set in the Tang dynasty Video games developed in Taiwan Windows games Works based on Journey to the West