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Segaiden 86: Montezuma's Revenge & King's Quest (Patreon)

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2025-06-11 11:00:07

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2026-06

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Well, this one takes me back. I covered Montezuma's Revenge a long, long time ago as a primal metroidvania game. And now, here we are again. Covering it as a... well, not primal. I'm not sure what kind of Master System release it is. A weird one, since it wasn't published by Sega. And there weren't a lot of those!

As for King's Quest, I'm afraid I've never really clicked with graphical adventures like this, so its charms are lost on me. Sorry, Roberta Williams. I'm sure you're a very nice person.

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Parker Brothers in arms: Montezuma's Revenge & King's Quest | Segaiden 086

Well, folks, this is it. For a certain value of "it." In this case, "it" specifically means Parker Brothers' run as a Master System publisher. Montezuma's Revenge and King's Quest bring the company's very short time as a Sega partner to a close—not that it really seemed like Parker Brothers' heart was in it. Or maybe I'm just projecting, since Parker Brothers was a division of Tonka, the toy company that took over Master System distribution in the U.S. at the end of 1987 and proceeded to do jack-squat with it. Truth be told, the trio of titles Parker Brothers put on Master System may not have been especially earth-shaking, but they do demonstrate some actual enthusiasm for the medium and what appears to be a genuine desire to translate computer hits into something workable on a limited 8-bit console. And that's not nothing! Please support this channel by buying books—by me! Based on these videos! https://limitedrungames.com/collections/books Production notes: Video Works is funded via Patreon (http://www.patreon.com/gamespite) — support the show and get access to every episode up to two weeks in advance of its YouTube debut! Plus, exclusive podcasts, eBooks, and more! Master System footage captured from MiSTer (thanks to MiSTerAddOns) with a SNAC adapter for Paddle Controller material. Video upscaled to 4K with RetroTink 4K. RGB cables courtesy of StoneAgeGamer.com and Allie Bellrose.