Deep Dungeon IV: Kuro no Youjutsushi

Deep Dungeon IV: Kuro no Youjutsushi

Aka: Deep Dungeon 4, Deep Dungeon IV: Kuro no Yōjutsushi, ディープダンジョンIV 黒の妖術師, Deep Dungeon IV: The Black Sorcerer
Console: Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
TV Standard: NTSC
Country: Japan
Developer(s): Humming Bird Soft
Publisher(s): Asmik Ace Entertainment
Release Date: 1990-04-06
Players: 1
Co-op: No
ESRB: Not Rated
Type: Role-Playing
Deep Dungeon IV: Kuro no Youjutsushi fanart

Deep Dungeon IV: Kuro no Yojutsushi (Deep Dungeon IV: The Black Sorcerer) is the Japanese exclusive fourth and final installment in the Deep Dungeon series.

Unfortunately this game has removed the custom character feature of the previous game. Through the game, the player will meet up to two additional playable characters with predetermined class. This game also reverts to the standard practice or randomizing characters' stat growth when gaining an experience level. New to this engine is that the player can eventually learn to summon two monsters to function as a temporary additional party member for a single battle. It also removed the feature that stops random battles when the player is significantly more powerful than the enemies. This isn't as bad as it seems as the maps in this game are also much smaller (whereas the previous games used multi-floor dungeons up to 32x32 tiles, the dungeons in this game are either single floor, or multiple floors that can fit within a single 32x32 map) In this game, the player can accept "requests" from the non-player characters. These are optional tasks that will reward the player with bonus items, experience or money when finished.

Game Player of Deep Dungeon IV: Kuro no Youjutsushi on Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
Controls - How to Play Deep Dungeon IV: Kuro no Youjutsushi on Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)

Generally, you can review the controls (keyboard) setting during each game in the screen before it starts. Use the arrow keys and “Z”, “X”, “A”, “S”, “Q”, “E” buttons to play, or customize yourself with your gamepad or keyboard.

KeyboardControls
← → ↑ ↓Directions for LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN
Enter ↵START
ShiftSELECT
ZA
XB
AX
SY
QL
ER