''Legend of Wukong'', originally known as ''Wucom Legend'' ( – 外傳 ''wàizhuàn'' is analogous to the Japanese
Gaiden), is a Taiwanese
role-playing
Role-playing or roleplaying is the changing of one's behaviour to assume a role, either unconsciously to fill a social role, or consciously to act out an adopted role. While the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' offers a definition of role-playing a ...
adventure game
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for the
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
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developed by
Gamtec. It was originally released in 1996 in
Chinese only. The game's story is loosely based on the novel ''
Journey to the West
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''.
An English translation of the game was done by the North American company
Super Fighter Team, 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
Tototek, and Super Fighter Team president Brandon Cobb. All pieces were manufactured in China.
''Legend of Wukong'' works with any Sega Genesis, Mega Drive or
Nomad
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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 ''
Beggar Prince
''Beggar Prince'', originally known as ''Xin Qigai Wangzi'' ( Chinese: 新乞丐王子, Hanyu Pinyin: Xīn Qǐgài Wángzǐ, Wade-Giles: Hsin Ch'i-kai Wang-tzu, literally ''The New The Prince and the Pauper'') is a Taiwanese role-playing advent ...
'' and ''
Star Odyssey''.
References
External links
Official site*
Sega-16 ReviewReview 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