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After that the release was postponed again and again, and the medium was changed from HuCARD to CD-ROM and then to Super CD-ROM. In the end the PC Engine version of Wardna no Mori was cancelled in the spring of 1993.
Conversions for both the Nintendo Entertainment System and PC Engine were also in development but never released.
In 1988, a version for the PC Engine was announced to be in development by NEC Avenue under the helm of Prototype founder Toshio Tabeta; despite being previewed, the project was then moved on to the PC Engine CD-ROM² and ultimately to the PC Engine Super CD-ROM² before being cancelled after multiple delays, despite work on the port being completed.
In the "Cross Review" feature of the magazine Famitsu, the game scored a total of 24 out of 40.
In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by the magazine Family Computer Magazine,it scored 14.80 out of 25, as shown below.
In the "Cross Review" feature of the magazine Famitsu, the game scored a total of 21 out of 40.
The name of this game's protagonist is entered by the player before the game starts, but in the port the character names are set from the beginning: the protagonist is Prince A la Mode and the heroine is Princess Purin.
In more recent years, the rights to the game and many other IPs from Toaplan are now owned by Tatsujin, a company named after Truxtons Japanese title that was founded in 2017 by Masahiro Yuge, and is part of Embracer Group since 2022.
Wardner was released in arcades by Taito in 1987, while the North American version was distributed under the name Pyros.
On 26 April 1991, a reworked port of the game was developed for the Sega Genesis by Dragnet and first released in Japan by Visco Corporation under the name Wardner no Mori Special, with a North American release by Mentrix Software following in May.
Osamu Ōta served as composer for the game's soundtrack under the alias "Ree", in one of his first video game roles prior to Twin Hawk and Snow Bros..
On 26 April 1991, a reworked port of the game was developed for the Sega Genesis by Dragnet and first released in Japan by Visco Corporation under the name Wardner no Mori Special, with a North American release by Mentrix Software following in May.
Former Toaplan composer Masahiro Yuge stated in a 2012 interview with Japanese publication Shooting Gameside that Ōta joined the company when their staff was small.
Tatsuya Uemura stated in a 2009 interview that the project was created by Etsuhiro Wada and was also influenced by Wizardry.
Mike Pattenden of Commodore User praised the presentation, visuals and challenge.
Although Crashs Steve Jarratt and Julian Rignall noted its lack of originality, they praised the gameplay.
After that the release was postponed again and again, and the medium was changed from HuCARD to CD-ROM and then to Super CD-ROM. In the end the PC Engine version of Wardna no Mori was cancelled in the spring of 1993.
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