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A person working under the pseudonym "Akademiya Yumenosuke" was the game's producer, according to a Weekly Famitsu interview.
Game Players awarded the game "Best Graphics" for console titles first previewed in the US in 1989.
He said: "Everything is clearly organized, so what at first seems unwieldy soon becomes natural and logical".
Video game journalist and Retronauts writer Jeremy Parish described the game in 2017 as "innovative and memorable", even declaring it to be Culture Brain's "crown jewel" when mentioning its conspicuous absence from Nintendo's Virtual Console service.
Game Players awarded the game "Best Graphics" for console titles first previewed in the US in 1989.
He said: "Everything is clearly organized, so what at first seems unwieldy soon becomes natural and logical".
A sequel to The Magic of Scheherazade was first listed by Nintendo for a future 1990 release for the NES in that year's official buyers guide for World of Nintendo retail boutiques.
The sequel was further noted by GamePro in the magazine's September 1990 issue for its coverage of the Summer CES.
Nintendo Power also mentioned it in its November/December 1990 issue.
In the "Cross Review" feature of the magazine Famitsu,the game scored a total of 27 out of 40. In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by Family Computer Magazine,it scored 19.56 out of 30, as shown below.
Destructoid contributor Colette Bennett praised the music and found the Middle East-inspired setting unique amid medieval-themed RPGs of its release period.
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System game Super Ninja Boy includes a town called Celestern, named after one of the worlds in The Magic of Scheherazade, and contains its musical theme from that game and cameos from characters like Princess Scheherazade and Coronya.
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