Devil World (FC)

Devil World

Platform: Famicom Year: 1984 Developer: Nintendo R&D1

Devil World is very reminiscent of Pac-Man, only with crosses, bibles, and devils. It has some interesting qualities to it, like a playing field that is always in motion, making it possible for you to get squashed in the walls and you can also breath fire to kill the monsters. Really, when you get down to it though, most people would just rather play Pac-Man.

Devil World functions like an early arcade game, but it was designed specifically for the Famicom, and was never released in the arcade.

This game has the honor of being the only game created by Shigeru Miyamoto (the same guy that created Mario and Zelda) that was never released in the US. This is due to Nintendo of America's censorship of anything overtly religious, and this game is nothing but. It probably wouldn't have been too difficult to adjust the graphics and give it a secular theme, but the game probably wasn't expected to sell well enough to even bother.

Screenshots

The rather bland title screen. Blue devils in red g-strings aren't that scary.

This page needs more screenshots.

Music

The music to Devil World is very basic, like most of the 1984 games released by Nintendo. There are only a few short fanfares to listen to.

Much later, in 2004 the Famicom 20th Anniversary Original Sound Tracks Vol. 1 album was released which contained music from a great deal of Nintendo's early game, Devil World included. The credits of the album list Akito Nakatsuka and Koji Kondo as the composers.

The game's soundtrack was later used in the Wonder Rabbit game for the Dreamgear 75-in-1.

Recording

#	Title	Composer	Length	Listen	Download
01	Title BGM	Akito Nakatsuka, Koji Kondo	0:10		Download
02	Game Start	Akito Nakatsuka, Koji Kondo	0:05		Download
03	Stage Clear A	Akito Nakatsuka, Koji Kondo	0:02		Download
04	Stage Clear B	Akito Nakatsuka, Koji Kondo	0:05		Download
05	Bonus Stage	Akito Nakatsuka, Koji Kondo	0:21		Download
06	Game Over	Akito Nakatsuka, Koji Kondo	0:01		Download

Credits

• Ripper: Izumi
• Recorder: TheAlmightyGuru
• Game Credits:
  • Not Credited Composer: Akito Nakatsuka
  • Not Credited Composer: Koji Kondo
  • Not Credited Programmer: Hirokazu Tanaka

(Source: Famicom 20th Anniversary Original Sound Tracks Vol. 1 liner notes, game lacks credits)

Albums

Famicom 20th Anniversary - Original Sound Tracks, Vol.1 2004-01-07

Game Rip

Format	Download
	Download (Info)

Ripping NES music is a very arduous process that is beyond the scope of this site.

Releases

Japan Title: デビルワールド (Devil World) Platform: Famicom Released: 1984-10-05 Publisher: Nintendo Co., Ltd.     South Korea Title: 데빌 월드 (Devil World) Platform: Famicom Released: 1984-??-?? Publisher: Hyundai Electronics     EU Title: Devil World Platform: NES Released: 1987-07-15 Publisher: Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Links

• mobygames.com/game/nes/devil-world - MobyGames
• gamefaqs.com/nes/578222-devil-world - GameFAQs
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_World - Wikipedia