It's a pinball game. And also a medal game. And also a bingo game.
Developer Credits (From A Different Game)#
The file 5.a1, in the original Japanese release, contains text segments which, when interleaved, are revealed to be the staff roll credits for the unreleased Famicom game Shounen Majutsushi Indy.
0x7B10 / 0x27B10
SCENARIO
INOUE NAOMI
CHARACTER DESIGN
FUJI HIROSHI
MAP DESIGN
IWASAWA ATSUKO
ART GRAPHIC
MATSUSHITA NORIMASA
MOSTER DESIGN
SHINOZAKI YUUICHIROH
BGM COMPOSE
INOYAMA LAND
ASTROLOGY DATA
MADEMOISELLE TOKI
DIRECTION
NAKATA HIROYUKI 0x7CE0 / 0x27CE0
ORIGINAL
GAME SYSTEM
USAMI MITSUAKI
NAKATA HIROYUKI
GAME SYSTEM
DEVELOPMENT
KANATANI AKIRA
PRODUCE
IKOMA SINICHI
CHIEF PROGRAM
MIZUTANI YASUSHI
PROGRAM
HAMADA YASUYUKI
AKIMOTO YOSHIO
TAMAYAMA FUMIHITO
GRAPHIC DESIGN
SAKAI MAYUMI
OHTSUKA MAYUMI
STAFF
BANANA GROVE STUDIO
NAKAMURA YOSHIROH
KAWAMURA YASUO
MASUDA YUKA
SAITOH KANAE
KOBAYASHI IKUMI
NIIDOME TOSHIKI
KUWABARA MAKOTO
NAKANO MIKA
KAMETANI YASUHIKO
POWERED BY GRC
SPECIAL THANKS
TYRELL TSUJI
STRAWBERRY FARM
FUJITA HITOSHI
FURUKAWA SANAE
KIKUCHI TAKESHI
PRODUCTION
IGS CORPORATION
FUTABASHA
GRAPHIC RESERCH
CORPORATION
RECCA- SHA
TO THE LASTING
BLIND
END(Source: GDRI)
Version Differences#
Five different versions of the game are known to exist:
- witch is the original Japanese release.
- witchb is a revision of the Japanese release.
- witchs is an alternate version of witch, licensed to Vic Tokai and Sega.
- witchstar and pbchmp95 are, respectively, later Korean and Dutch releases under different names and licensees, both of which are based on witch.
- The Japanese releases have an extra animation which is used to form the game's title, which the Korean and Dutch releases do not have.
Japan (Excellent System) |
Japan (Vic Tokai/Sega) |
Korea |
Netherlands |
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- The Japanese revision contains a score table during the attract sequence.
