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The Key of Avalon
Developer(s)Hitmaker
Publisher(s)Sega
Composer(s)Chiho Kobayashi
Taihei Sato
ReleaseArcade
Avalon no Kagi: Eutaxy Commandment
Microsoft Windows
Genre(s)Board game, Digital collectible card game
Mode(s)Multi-player
Arcade systemTriforce
Microsoft Windows

Avalon no Kagi[1] is an arcade game developed by Hitmaker and published by Sega on the Triforce arcade board. It is the third card arcade game by Sega, following World Club Champion Football and Mushiking: The King of Beetles. It is a combination of sugoroku style board game and combat trading card game. It was followed by a sequel called The Key of Avalon 2: Eutaxy Commandment which was updated as The Key of Avalon 2.5: War of the Key.[2][3]

It was often compared to Culdcept,[4] and is able to be played by multiple players at once, using a free in and free out method where other players can drop in and drop out of a match at any time. The cabinet reads a deck of up to 30 cards.[5]

Gameplay

At first, the game asks you to buy a starter deck from a vending machine that costs JP¥1000. Four touchscreen cabinets are connected to a big screen, which is used when the players get into battles. Each game costs JP¥300 which lasts about 20 minutes. After inserting the IC card that has personalized info, the deck is inserted into a card reader that reads it in a few seconds.

On the board, two roles are assigned to the players, the Holder who has the key and up to three Chasers. The Holders goal is to visit 3 out of 4 towers, which opens the gate to the main castle. Stopping the holder, transferres the key to the chaser and the roles are reversed. The deck consists of monster cards, monster support cards and character support cards. Each monster belongs to one of four color categories (green, yellow, blue, and red) and has different values in movement, attack, and defense. All cards have a rarity value (common, uncommon, rare, very rare, and super rare). The deck can consist of any combination of cards, but can't have more than three of the same card.

The character moves on the board by using a monster card. The distance of movement for a single card depends on the monster card's movement value, monster's color, and the character's position on the map.

There are two phases, Holder and Chaser. During the Holder phase only the Holder is able to move and attack. The Chaser phase is in real time with other players, racing on whoever get's to Holder first to initiate a battle.

During a phase the player is able to move, attack, or defend using the cards. Six cards are allowed to be used. It is recommended to use a sixth card to protect the character with a monster card. To win the battle the monster's attack value has to be greater than the defending monster's defense value.If there is no monster, the players win automatically. Defeating a Holder makes you receive the key, and become the new Holder. Players have a limited amount of life, which decreases after each turn, but will be increased after winning battles and passing certain checkpoints.[6]

After the match, the machine rewards the player with a single card for each game played. If you played with the maximum credits of nine you'll receive three cards.[7]

In total, after all the updates, the game had 295 different cards.[4]

Development

Initially the development team had a hard time conveying the game to arcade owners, as in initial showing at trade shows focused on purely on the cards. Focusing on the board game aspect made it more appealing to arcade owners.The games costumer base was different than that you find usually on arcades, as the art on the cards appealed to females and doujinshi artists.[8]

Merchandise

Books

  • Avalon no Kagi Madou Academy Nyuumonsho & Card Complete Guide[9]
  • Avalon no Kagi 弐: Madou Academy Nyuumonsho[10]
  • Avalon no Kagi Madou Academy Settei Shiryou Visual Fan Book[11]
  • Avalon no Kagi 弐 Kagi Seisen Madou no Yoake[12]
  • Shousetsu Avalon no Kagi Kusarisa Reta Rakuen[13]

Board game

  • Avalon no Kagi Entaku no Shōkan Fu[14]

Soundtrack

  • Avalon no Kagi Original Soundtrack: Madou no Symphony[15]

Reception

It was one of Sega's most successful arcade games in 2003, mentioned alongside Dragon Treasure as a "new product" securing high sales in their financial report.[16] At first the game balance was bad which was fixed in later versions. However the game's popularity decreased after Quest of D and Sangokushi Taisen appeared, which had online features which Avalon no Kagi lacked.[17] Instead of adding online it was ported to PC through licensing out the game to Gamepot[18], however it was negatively received[19] and shut down after two years after the release in 2010.[4]

References

  1. ^ アヴァロンの鍵, Avu~aron'nokagi
  2. ^ "セガ、AC「アヴァロンの鍵 弐 -鍵聖戦-」稼動開始。ボードゲーム「アヴァロンの鍵 -円卓の召還符-」も発売". game.watch.impress.co.jp. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  3. ^ "アヴァロンの鍵 – 株式会社セガ". セガ・アーケードゲームヒストリー｜株式会社セガ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  4. ^ a b c "アヴァロンの鍵とは (アヴァロンノカギとは) [単語記事]". ニコニコ大百科 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  5. ^ 「セガい共通テスト」公式対策オンライン講座「セガゼミ」 第３回 アーケード 西村先生, retrieved 2021-07-04
  6. ^ "Sega to begin beta test on card-based arcade game". GameSpot. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  7. ^ "Ore no Buloggu". radio-weblogs.com. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  8. ^ "THE KEY OF AVALON". web.archive.org. 2004-10-15. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  9. ^ アヴァロンの鍵魔導アカデミー入門書&カードコンプリートガイド. 2003-10-01.
  10. ^ アヴァロンの鍵 弐 -魔導アカデミー入門書-. 2004-12-24.
  11. ^ アヴァロンの鍵 魔導アカデミー 設定資料ビジュアルファンブック. 2005-03-01.
  12. ^ アヴァロンの鍵 弐 鍵聖戦 魔導の夜明け. 2005-08-26.
  13. ^ 青木, 摩周 (2006-06-30). 小説 アヴァロンの鍵 鎖された楽園.
  14. ^ https://bodoge.hoobby.net. "アヴァロンの鍵 - 円卓の召喚符 - / The Key of Avalon". ボドゲーマ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-07-04. {{cite web}}: External link in |last= (help)
  15. ^ ゲーム・ミュージック, アヴァロンの鍵 オリジナル・サウンドトラック, retrieved 2021-07-04
  16. ^ "Sega Corporation Annual Report 2003" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-07-09.
  17. ^ "アヴァロンの鍵 - ゲームカタログ@Wiki ～名作からクソゲーまで～". アヴァロンの鍵 - ゲームカタログ@Wiki ～名作からクソゲーまで～ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-08-15.
  18. ^ 電撃オンライン. "あの『アヴァロンの鍵』がオンラインゲームに！ ゲームポットフェスタで発表". 電撃オンライン (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  19. ^ OnlineGamer. "アヴァロンの鍵オンライン、AC版元廃人からみた不満点だらけのオンラインの現状 OnlineGamer". www.onlinegamer.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-07-04.
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