The Neo Geo didn't have much competition for this, but even if it had, Magician Lord would still be a great game.

I can't believe SNK Playmore replaced Magician Lord with Art of Fighting for the North America region of Neo-Geo VC...

I know, considering Magician Lord is way better. :S

I hope that you can save your game each time you finish a level. Does any one know if they will keep this feature in? The reason I ask is on the Neo Geo AES and CD you were able to save this to a memory card.

Seeing as how you've always been able to quicksave whenever you want on the VC, that shouldn't be a problem.

Those monsters look awfully like the Covenant...

Tried this game for a few minutes, the cursed black boarders are there! but the interesting question, the games run in OPTIMIZED 50Hz or UNOPTIMIZED 50hz?

Can't understand why nintendo keeps giving us PAL users the stupid 50Hz, if they brought us 60Hz versions of SMB2 and S&P(well, because they were japaneese, hehe), I am sure that it won't be THAT much problem converting some games to 60Hz, no?

"Seeing as how you've always been able to quicksave whenever you want on the VC, that shouldn't be a problem."
Not for N64 and (last I heared) Neo-Geo titles. Which this is.

The soundtrack on the clip is great!

Not sure about all Neo Geo titles, but I can vouch for Fatal Fury not having quicksave (which sucks, because it's limited credits actually makes going for the high score rather fun, and now the hi score list is nuked every time you exit the game).

Magician Lord is a fine game, well worth a download.

The title screen of Magician Lord does say something about "memory save" on it, if you look at it. Anyway, fun game...always wanted to play this but never did.

I remember watching this game on Nick Arcade back in the early 90's. Man, those where the days... I so wanted to play this game back then.

I think I will pick it up.

The game that "Shadow Of The Beast" could have been. The visuals are similar, the sound is also inspiring, but when it comes to the vital gameplay component, Japanese design once again triumphs.

Magician Lord is full of magical colour, rousing sound, and gripping gameplay. On the surface a simple run&kill action title- it's the passion and skill of the designers that shines through- and makes this one of the best examples of its genre.

A game that takes good advantage of the power of the Neo Geo, and delivers a must-have experience for fans of action titles.

This game rocks as it it challenging as well as fun. Here is how to save your current game as I had to read the manual as it is not straight froward.

1. At the game over screen let it count down or just press B on the wii remote.

2. Bress B to save your game and ignore the memory card is inserted as this was build into the game from back into the day so in the arcade you wouldn't format your game card.

3. That's it next time you load the game it will ask you if resume from save. You can only have one game save at a time.

Is anyone having problems with this title? When I start it up I only get sound, no video... If I hit the home key, I can see the screen on the background, but the moment I go back to the game it goes black again. I already deleted it and re-downloaded it and its a no go. Anyone knows whats up? (no other game does this, only ML). Thanks in advance!

Might be a cable issue - Are you using Wii Component Cables or not? I think the Wii or Nintendo site might have a solution.

found it. I was not aware of the PAL + component cable issue. Thanks for the help =)

I'm having problems but it has more to do with the difficulty. I can't beat the "Beautiful Assassin" boss(es) without dying. There are three targets: the boss and two female warriors.

HELP!!!!

As soon as they appear stand in the middle and fire at the right one like mad. Then walk right and fire at the remaining one like mad. Dodge some of the shots (From the shielded woman) while firing at her and she should go down too. Then fire at the shielded woman (Every 4 hits she drops the shield for a second or so, hit her then and keep shooting till it goes back up).

I'm having trouble beating the black knight boss (7th miniboss) when you meet him again on the final stage. He fell easily the first time I fought him, since I had the shinobi form, and thus more HP, and could simply stand there shooting until he died, but I can't beat him as the magician. Any hints?

man i cant remember when was the last time i played this game.

This is one of those games that I remembered fondly and looked forward to, only to realize that I was seeing it through a cloud of nostalgia. It's not a bad game, it's just nowhere as good as I remember. It was fun for a while, and it was certainly cool having friends play that had never experienced (or heard of) it before. In fact, they seemed to get more out of playing it than I did. I guess it's the mysterious 'cool factor' of playing a game released so long ago on a system most couldn't afford.

This game is criminally difficult ! The arcade must of been designed to steal your coins.I'm on level 6 and I must of continued a hundred times.When you get hit you don't become invincible for a couple of seconds like in fair games,so you find yourself getting hit 2 or more times in a row very often.If your a modern soft gamer ,or become one like me thanks to todays easy games your going to struggle.

This is a really cool game. Not only is the gameplay with transforming into other forms like a dragon great and with a challenging difficulty that makes the game more worthwhile, but this also has a great soundtrack for each of the levels. Highly Recomended

I've played through this game on the SNK Arcade Classics Volume 1 twice so far...i'm now going through it on hard. Awesome Game, I love the music! haha..tough the first time though..

I really couldn't stand the version included on the SNK Arcade Classics collection. The infinite lives and direct respawning where you died, damage inflicted still remaining and all, just ruins the fun of developing strategies to make it through the levels. It's like playing in an infinte cheat mode.

I really love the console/VC version of the game, but I'm really glad I downloaded it when it was released - had I first played it on the collection, I'd have considered it pure trash.

I loved this game back in the day. It is tough (cheap even in certain spots) but still good. Also, the music in the game is excellent.