Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (video game)

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (video game)
Kanji  遊戯王（ユウギオウ）デュエルモンスターズ
Romaji  Yugiō Dyuerumonsutāzu
Developer(s)  Konami
Publisher(s)  Konami
Series  Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters
Platform(s)  Game Boy
Release date(s) Japan December 16, 1998[1]
Genre(s)  Card game
Related Galleries  Card gallery
Promotional Cards  Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters promotional cards

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters is the second Yu-Gi-Oh! video game, following Yu-Gi-Oh! Monster Capsule: Breed and Battle. It is the first game in the Duel Monsters series and the only game released for the Game Boy. It was published in Japan by Konami on December 16, 1998.[1]

Duels

The player must defeat each character in a stage five times to advance to the next stage. A character that has been defeated five times can be Dueled additional times for more cards. Here are the list of characters that a player may duel against:

Opponents Stage image Opponent image
Stage 1
  1. Yugi Muto
  2. Tristan Taylor
  3. Joey Wheeler
  4. Ryou Bakura
 Stage 1 Joey Wheeler
Stage 2
  1. Weevil Underwood
  2. Mai Valentine
  3. Rex Raptor
  4. Mako Tsunami
  5. Seto Kaiba
  6. Mokuba Kaiba
  7. Puppeteer
  8. PaniK
  9. Bandit Keith
 Stage 2 Seto Kaiba
Stage 3
  1. Simon Muran
 Stage 3 Simon Muran
Stage 4
  1. Maximillion Pegasus
 Stage 4 Maximillion Pegasus
Stage 5
  1. Yami Yugi
 Stage 5 Yami Yugi

Starter Deck

Title screen

The player starts the game with a 40-card Starter Deck which includes 33 Monster Cards, selected randomly from a pool of 100 monsters, as well as seven Magic Cards, which are always the same.[2]

Starter Deck

Monster Cards

Magic Cards

Gameplay

See also: List of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters cards and Gallery of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters cards

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters features 365 cards, with the last 15 cards being secret. The basic rules differ greatly from the OCG, and are generally simpler.

  • There are 315 Normal Monsters (from number 001 to 300, and from 351 to 365) and 50 Spell Cards (from number 301 to 350) in the game; these are the only types of cards featured. None of the cards are Forbidden or Limited.
  • While there are no Fusion Monsters (and thus no Fusion Deck), fusions can be performed by trying to summon a monster from the hand on top of a monster on the field (e.g. "Ansatsu" + "Darkfire Dragon" = "Flame Swordsman").
  • "B.eye White Dragon"
    Monsters only have an ATK, DEF, Type, and description. Levels, Attributes, and Alignments are not featured in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, and monsters can be summoned without tributing.
  • There is no Deck Cost and no limit to the number of copies of one card which can be in a Deck, but the Deck must contain exactly 40 cards and the player can only have one Deck at a time. There is no Side Deck.
  • Each Duelist's hand consists of five cards.
  • Each turn has the same layout:
    1. The turn player draws a card.
    2. The turn player must play one card from their hand. If their hand is empty, the Duel ends and the Duelist with higher Life Points wins. Only one card can be played from the hand each turn.
    3. The turn player must attack with or switch to Defense Position each monster on their side of the field.
    4. The turn ends.
  • The player always goes first in a Duel, but does not draw a card and cannot attack on the first turn.
  • Battle screen showing "Sangan" attacking "Ancient Jar".
    Attacking works the same as it does in the OCG and TCG.
    • If the attack target is in Attack Position:
      • If the monsters have different ATK, the monster with the lowest ATK is destroyed and its controller takes battle damage equal to the difference.
      • If the monsters have equal ATK, both monsters are destroyed and neither Duelist takes battle damage.
    • If the attack target is in Defense Position:
      • If the attack target's DEF is greater than the attacker's ATK, neither monster is destroyed and the attacking monster's controller takes battle damage equal to the difference.
      • If the attack target's DEF is lower than the attacker's ATK, the attack target is destroyed and its controller does not take battle damage.
      • If the attack target's DEF equals the attacker's ATK, neither monster is destroyed and neither Duelist takes battle damage.
    • If the opponent has no monsters, the turn player can attack the opponent directly. In this case, the opponent takes battle damage equal to the attacking monster's ATK.
  • The player receives a card after every win or draw. Milestone drops are also awarded after every 10 wins against each opponent, up to 100 wins per opponent.

Passwords

The first screen of the password feature.

Nine cards in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters have passwords. These passwords use kana instead of numbers or letters, and each one is the name of a staff member who worked on the game, or who worked on the manga series at Shueisha at the time. This was probably done because Duel Monsters was released before the first OCG set, Vol.1, though it is not known why so few of the cards in Duel Monsters have passwords, especially since at least nine individuals are listed in the credits, but only six of them had passwords, and since Duel Monsters includes 15 secret monsters, but only nine of them can be unlocked with a password.

# Card Password Rōmaji Notes
351 Yaranzo ヘイシヨシヒサ heishiyoshihisa Heishi Yoshihisa was a long-time editor for Weekly Shōnen Jump.
352 Kanan the Swordmis ハシモトカナコ hashimotokanako Kanako Hashimoto was the Director of Graphics for Duel Monsters.
353 Takriminos チダタクリ chidatakuri Takuri Chida was a programmer for Duel Monsters.
354 Stuffed Animal キタウエカズミ kitauekazumi Kazumi Kitaue was the Executive Producer for Duel Monsters.
355 Megasonic Eye シモムラサトシ shimomurasatoshi Satoshi Shimomura was the Producer for Duel Monsters.
358 Seiyaryu トリシマカズヒコ torishimakazuhiko Kazuhiko Torishima was the editor-in-chief for Weekly Shōnen Jump.
359 Three-legged Zombi タカハシトシマサ takahashitoshimasa Takahashi Toshimasa was an editor for Weekly Shōnen Jump.
361 Flying Penguin ヤマダノブヒロ yamadanobuhiro Yamada Nobuhiro was the Director of Game Design for Duel Monsters.
363 Fairy's Gift タカハシカズキ takahashikazuki Kazuki Takahashi is the creator of Yu-Gi-Oh!, and was credited with Original Monster Design in Duel Monsters.

Unobtainable cards

In the course of normal gameplay, there are a number of ways a card can be permanently or temporarily obtained:

  • In the player's Starter Deck;
  • By entering a password;
  • By random drop after winning or drawing a Duel;
  • By milestone drop after winning a multiple of 10 times against a given opponent, up to 100 wins;
  • By taking part in a number of linked battles, in increments of 10, up to 200;
  • Temporarily by monster fusion;
  • Temporarily by card effect.

However, certain cards cannot be obtained by any of these methods, and therefore must either be traded from a later game, or apparently cannot be obtained at all. Cards which cannot be permanently acquired are listed below, with notes on how they can be temporarily acquired where known.

Promotional cards

Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters promotional cards

Each copy of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters came with three cards randomly selected from the following set of ten cards:[1]

The cards in this promotional set were from Konami's Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, a set of 21 cards that also included the Yu-Gi-Oh! Monster Capsule: Breed and Battle promotional cards and the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters meeting experience card. All of these cards were printed as Holofoil Rares and are Illegal because they predate the OCG and use a completely different card design.

Game guides

Main articles: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Perfect Master BOOK and Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Perfect Master BOOK Volume 2

Two game guides for Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters were published in Japan by Shueisha: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Perfect Master BOOK, published on December 21, 1998,[3][4] and Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Perfect Master BOOK Volume 2, published in January 1999.[5] Neither guide included any bundled promotional cards.

Gallery

  • Back of game box.

External links

References

  1. ↑ a b c http://www.konami.jp/products/yugioh_dm1_gb/
  2. ↑ http://datacrystal.romhacking.net/wiki/Yu-Gi-Oh!_Duel_Monsters:ROM_map#Starter_Deck_-_Random_card_pool
  3. ↑ 遊・戯・王　デュエルモンスターズパーフェクトマスターＢＯＯＫ (in Japanese). Shueisha. December 21, 1998. Back cover. ISBN 4-08-779009-6. Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  4. ↑ "遊☆戯☆王デュエルモンスターズパーフェクトマスターBOOK (上巻) (Vジャンプブックス―ゲームシリーズ) [単行本]" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved June 27, 2013. Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  5. ↑ "遊☆戯☆王デュエルモンスターズパーフェクトマスターBOOK (下巻) (Vジャンプブックス―ゲームシリーズ) [単行本]" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved June 27, 2013. Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
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