Madou Monogatari

For the Sega Saturn video game, see Madou Monogatari (Saturn). For the i-Mode game, see Madou Monogatari (i-Mode).

Madou Monogatari
The logo for Madou Monogatari (Saturn).
Developers	Compile D4 Enterprise Compile Heart Sting
Publishers	Compile Sega D4 Enterprise Compile Heart
Platform of Origin	MSX2
First game	Madou Monogatari Episode II: Carbuncle
Latest game	Madou Monogatari: Fia and the Mysterious School

Madou Monogatari (魔導物語, Madō Monogatari, Sorcery Saga) is a series of primarily first-person dungeon crawler RPGs. The series was created by Compile and it is currently owned by D4 Enterprise, with the latest entry having been made by Compile Heart. Its spinoff series, Puyo Puyo, uses characters and settings from the Madou Monogatari games. Set in the fantasy land of the World of Sorcery, it follows the adventures of several characters, mainly Arle Nadja, as they traverse through various labyrinths. In most games, there are no visual stats, and the player must rely on cues such as their character's expressions and quotes to determine their condition. In more recent years, special remastered compilations of games in the series have been released for modern PCs in collaboration with Sega, as part of D4's Project EGG collection.

In October 2023, a brand new entry featuring the original characters, tentatively titled Madou Monogatari 4, was announced in Famitsu. Its name was later changed to Madou Monogatari: Fia and the Mysterious School.

Games

• Madou Monogatari 123 (1990) (PC-98 port released 1991)
  • Madou Monogatari I: Mitsu no Madoukyuu (1993) (Remake of 1)
  • Madou Monogatari II: Arle 16-Sai (1994) (Remake of 2)
  • Madou Monogatari III: Kyukyoku Joou-sama (1994) (Remake of 3)
  • Madou Monogatari: Hanamaru Dai Youchienji (1996) (Remake of 1)
  • Madou Monogatari I (1996) (Remake of 1)
  • Madou Monogatari I Honoo No Sotsuenji (1996) (Remake of 1)
• Madou Monogatari: ARS (1993)
  • Madou Monogatari A: Doki Doki Vacation (1995) (Remake of A)
• Madou Monogatari (Saturn) (1998)
• Madou Monogatari (i-Mode) (2005)
• Sei Madou Monogatari (2013 (Released internationally as Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Great Curry God)
• Madou Monogatari: Fia and the Mysterious School (2024)

Disc Station

• Madou Monogatari Episode II: Carbuncle (1989 (Prototype of Madou Monogatari 2)
• Madou Monogatari: Michikusa Ibun (1994)
• Madou Monogatari: Chaotic Final Exam (1996)
• Madou Monogatari: Tower of the Magician (1997)
• Madou Monogatari: Secret of Elysium (1997) (Korea only)

Print media

For summaries, please see:

Main article: List of Novels

For artwork anthologies and collections, please see:

Main article: List of other media

Title (English)	Title (Japanese)	Title (Romanized)	Author	Artwork	Publisher	Imprint	First release	Last release
Madou Monogatari (Novelization)	魔導物語	Madō Monogatari	山本 剛 (Yamamoto Tsuyoshi)	壱 (Ichi)	Kadokawa Shoten	Sneaker Bunko	April 1994	December 1995
Puyo Puyo RPG Manga Madou Monogatari	ぷよぷよRPGまんが魔導物語	Puyo Puyo RPG Manga Madō Monogatari	押田J・O (Oshida J O)		Tokuma Shoten	Tokuma Intermedia Comics	August 1995
Puyo Puyo RPG Manga Madou Monogatari: Hanamaru Daiyochienji	ぷよぷよRPGまんが魔導物語 はなまる大幼稚園児	Puyo Puyo RPG Manga Madō Monogatari: Hanamaru Daiyōchienji	押田J・O (Oshida J O)		Tokuma Shoten	Tokuma Intermedia Comics	December 1, 1995	April 1996
New Madou Monogatari	新☆魔導物語	Shin Madō Monogatari	山本 剛 (Yamamoto Tsuyoshi)	壱 (Ichi)	Kadokawa Shoten	Sneaker Bunko	July 1996	September 1997
Madou Monogatari '98 - The Terrifying Dimensional Lifeforms!	魔導物語’98―次元生命体の恐怖!の巻	Madō Monogatari '98 ― Jigen Seimeitai no Kyōfu! no Maki	織田 健司 (Kenji Oda)	壱 (Ichi)	ASCII	Famitsu Bunko	August 1998
True Madou Monogatari	真・魔導物語	Shin Madō Monogatari	織田 健司 (Kenji Oda)	壱 (Ichi)	ASCII	Famitsu Bunko	December 1998	March 1, 2001
Puyo Puyo Gaiden: Puyo Wars	ぷよぷよ外伝 ぷよウォーズ		織田 健司 (Kenji Oda)				September 1999
Super Madou Monogatari	超☆魔導物語	Chō Madō Monogatari	山本 剛 (Yamamoto Tsuyoshi)	壱 (Ichi)	Kadokawa Shoten	Sneaker Bunko	March 1999	February 2000

Trivia

• Sometime around 2002, Compile had been planning a Madou Monogatari game for the Game Boy Advance featuring the world and characters seen in Pochi and Nyaa. Concept art for Prim and brand new characters illustrated by the franchise's former character artist Ichi were shared on Twitter by former scenario writer Keiji Uemizu in 2015 and 2021. While not much is known about the game, the official Pochi and Nyaa website reveals that the Tower seen in Pumpkey's stage (PlayStation 2 version only) was planned to be the first dungeon to be explored in the game. The game's development was seemingly never revisited due to the poor sales of Pochi and Nyaa.
  • Additionally, Graber makes an appearance in Madou Monogatari (i-Mode), though due to the small amount of info about the game due to its incredibly short release period, it's unclear what purpose he might have served in the game.