Magical Chase was developed by most of the same team at Quest that would later go on to work on Ogre Battle and Final Fantasy Tactics. Every stage is presented with the name of the mid-boss encountered, and keeping with the magic theme, is titled as a magical seal. If the player gets trapped behind objects at the left-hand side of the screen, "scrolling damage" will occur. Touching obstacles and the ground does not kill the player but it does impede progress. During each level, a shop appears where power-ups, health, and extra lives can be purchased. As enemies are destroyed, they leave behind different colored gemstones which serve as the game's currency. Only the first three can be played on the easy difficulty setting. There are a total of six levels in the game which can be played on easy, normal or hard difficulty settings. Ripple sets off on her quest with her two elf-star friends known as "Star Maidens": Topsy and Turvy, both of which act as satellite-like options. Unless she can catch all six and get them back inside the book, the witch will turn Ripple into a frog. The game stars a young witch named Ripple, an apprentice who broke a promise she made to her witch teacher by taking a peek inside a forbidden book and freeing six demons. Magical Chase is a horizontal-scrolling shoot 'em up game similar to Cotton and Gradius. Gameplay TurboGrafx-16 version screenshot It was ported to Microsoft Windows in 1998 and Game Boy Color in 2000. Retrospective commentary has been positive, with praise given to the use of parallax scrolling that pushed the TurboGrafx-16 to its limits. Magical Chase was met with positive reception from critics since its initial launch it was praised for its colorful cartoon-like presentation, graphical effects, lack of slowdown, sound and gameplay. It is considered by gaming journalists as one of the rarest, most valuable and sought-after TurboGrafx titles. It was graphically altered for its late 1993 North American release at the end of the TurboGrafx-16's lifecycle. The game was released in Japan in 1991 amid Palsoft's closure, resulting in a low print run before being re-released by Japanese magazine PC Engine Fan via mail order. Magical Chase was created by most of the same team at Quest that would go to work on Ogre Battle and Final Fantasy Tactics. The game stars a young witch apprentice named Ripple, who broke a promise to her teacher by accidentally releasing six demons from a forbidden book, joined by her star companions Topsy and Turvy on a quest to catch and seal the demons back into the book. Magical Chase is a 1991 horizontally scrolling shooter video game developed by Quest and published by Palsoft and Turbo Technologies Inc.
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