Aidyn Chronicles: The First Mage
Aidyn Chronicles: The First Mage — frequently asked questions
- What platforms is Aidyn Chronicles: The First Mage on?
- Aidyn Chronicles: The First Mage was released on Nintendo 64.
- When did Aidyn Chronicles: The First Mage release?
- Aidyn Chronicles: The First Mage was first released on March 14, 2001.
About Aidyn Chronicles: The First Mage
The king took him in at a very young age, but Alaron is now old enough to realize that he was adopted deciding to set out on a quest to track his own heritage. Along his journey, Alaron has had the fortune of meeting up with a party of others that are looking for adventure. You can choose to play as any of 13 characters. A more or less traditional role-playing game, AIDYN CHRONICLES: The First Mage is a brilliant mix of interaction, fighting, and extensive exploration. All of the battles take place in an innovative turn-based system, challenging you to handle both combat and real-time strategy. All of the characters and environments in the game are rendered in full 3D, and the characters have complete freedom in their ranges of movement. There's more territory in the game's expanses than you'll ever get a chance to see, and the sheer diversity of the character types is really impressive. If you like role-playing games, you'll want to check out this installment of Aidyn Chronicles.
Summary via IGDB.
Aidyn Chronicles: The First Mage on Wikipedia
Aidyn Chronicles: The First Mage is a 2001 role-playing video game developed by Canadian studio H2O Entertainment and published by THQ for the Nintendo 64 video game console. It was released in North America on March 20, 2001, and in Europe on August 3, 2001. The player controls Alaron, a young squire who has been poisoned and seeks a cure. The game takes place in a 3D environment and features a party system, turn-based combat, abilities, items, and skill levels.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).
Game details
- Platforms
- Nintendo 64
- Developer
- H2O Interactive
- Publisher
- THQ
- Game modes
- Single player
- Themes
- Fantasy, Stealth, Open world
Details via IGDB.
Reception
Collector value & authenticity
Nintendo 64 · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-22
Other releases and variants
| Release | Loose | Complete | Sealed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gray cartridge | $120 | $120 | — |
| PAL release | $125 | $319 | — |
What it needs to play
- RequiredController Pak — to save your progress: the game saves to a Controller Pak, not to the cartridge (game manual).
- OptionalExpansion Pak — Nintendo listed it among the games enhanced by the Expansion Pak.
How often it sells
- Loose: about 2 times a week
- Complete: about once a week
- Sealed: about once a month
Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-22.
Price over time
- Loose
- Complete
A loose copy sold for about $7.20 in Jan 2007, $29 five years ago, and $50 as of Oct 2026.
Show as table
| Month | Loose | Complete |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2007 | $7.20 | — |
| Jan 2008 | $11.99 | — |
| Jan 2009 | $8.39 | — |
| Jan 2010 | $8.84 | — |
| Jan 2011 | $7.00 | — |
| Jan 2012 | $6.45 | — |
| Jan 2013 | $7.44 | — |
| Jan 2014 | $11.37 | $32 |
| Jan 2015 | $10.49 | $27 |
| Jan 2016 | $10.99 | $27 |
| Jan 2017 | $18.50 | $40 |
| Jan 2018 | $15.97 | $31 |
| Jan 2019 | $17.99 | $44 |
| Jan 2020 | $19.99 | $45 |
| Jan 2021 | $21 | $52 |
| Jan 2022 | $27 | $92 |
| Jan 2023 | $31 | $76 |
| Jan 2024 | $26 | $70 |
| Jan 2025 | $34 | $76 |
| Jan 2026 | $37 | $117 |
| Oct 2026 | $50 | $92 |
Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.
Release record
| Territory | Date | Cartridge serial | Known board |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America | 20 March 2001 | NUS-NAYE-USA | NUS-01A-03 |
| Europe / PAL | 3 August 2001 | NUS-NAYP-EUR | — |
- Region
- NA+EU
- Released
- 2001
- Authenticity
- Med
A role-playing game on the N64 whose own period reviewers found more good intentions than good play.
Aidyn Chronicles: The First Mage is a role-playing game developed by H2O Entertainment and published by THQ. It reached North America in March 2001 and the PAL regions in August of that year. You play Alaron, a young squire who has been poisoned and goes looking for a cure, in a 3D world with a party system and turn-based combat.
Electronic Gaming Monthly's June 2001 review called it a well-intentioned role-playing game that leans on the familiar trappings of every sword-and-sorcery epic, and the magazine's staff had joked a month earlier about finding an RPG on the N64 at all. It is a game for players who want a role-playing game on the system, not one that competes with the best of the library.
How it was made
Developed by H2O Entertainment for THQ. Christoph Klug is credited as designer and Christopher Bailey as programmer.
What the press said at the time
| GameRankings (aggregate) | 47.36% | |
| Metacritic (aggregate) | 53/100 | |
| The Electric Playground | 5.5/10 | |
| GamePro | 3.125/5 | |
| GameSpot | 5.9/10 | |
| Hyper | 60/100 | |
| IGN | 4.2/10 | |
| N64 Magazine | 60% | |
| Nintendo Power | 3/5 | |
| Official Nintendo Magazine | 70% | |
| 64 Magazine | 73% |
“What was to be the first true RPG on Nintendo 64 has turned out to be the biggest waste of shelf space in video game history.”
“Another game that leads you on, promising to be great, but which disappoints when you actually play it. It’s a cliché, but this is for RPG nuts only.”
“The battle system is the game’s only high point, and even there, it’s little more than a lift of the Shining Force engine.”
“Though promising an enthralling story, Aidyn Chronicles instead features less than stellar visuals and a bland soundtrack. If THQ can fix Aidyn’s preliminary maladies, it could have an interesting game and a much-needed N64 RPG.”
Undated scores are from the review table in the game's Wikipedia article, limited to reviews of the Nintendo 64 version.
Before you buy
The US cartridge sits well above the middle of the library, in line with other 2001 releases, and the PAL release costs considerably more than the US one, loose and complete. A gray-cartridge variant is also listed, so check which one a listing is selling. Fakes are a risk at this price, so ask for a photo of the board: a cart that boots proves nothing. The game saves to a Controller Pak, not to the cartridge, so budget for one. The Expansion Pak is optional; Nintendo listed the game among those it enhances.
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