When did The Immortal release?

The Immortal was first released on November 1, 1990.

The Immortal

Nov 1, 1990Role-playing (RPG)AdventureApple IIGSSega Mega Drive/GenesisAtari ST/STEDOSAmiga

The Immortal — frequently asked questions

What platforms is The Immortal on?: The Immortal was released on Apple IIGS, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Atari ST/STE, DOS, Amiga, Nintendo Entertainment System.
When did The Immortal release?: The Immortal was first released on November 1, 1990.

About The Immortal

When nightmares come to life... You discover you're not immortal! You're a mighty wizard in search of your lost master, Mordamir. Venture into the dungeon and slove the mysteries of each level. Unravel the secrets of The Immortal! The Immortal is an isometric action-adventure game. Your old mentor Mordamir has disappeared. Probably kidnapped. You're not too sure where he might be, but a dungeon is always a good place to look, so you seek out the nearest one and plunge into its depths. Beware: 8 levels of isometric death await. The Immortal is the prototype of a trial-and-error game. Progress is made by encountering a hazard, dying, solving the problem, encountering the next hazard. To solve a level, you have to know its traps and their patterns by heart. As frustrating as this may sound (it is), The Immortal quite cleverly balances annoyance with curiosity and graphical rewards.

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms: Apple IIGS, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Atari ST/STE, DOS, Amiga, Nintendo Entertainment System
Developer: Sandcastle Productions
Publisher: Electronic Arts Victor
Game modes: Single player
Themes: Action, Fantasy

Details via IGDB.

Reception

IGDB rating

75/100

from 16 ratings

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed	Period reviews	Fake risk
Sega Genesis	1991	$21	$65	$258	90%	Low

Also released on: Apple IIGS · Sega Mega Drive/Genesis · Atari ST/STE · DOS · Amiga · Nintendo Entertainment System. We haven’t priced or authenticated those versions yet.

Collector value & authenticity

Sega Genesis · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-29

Loose

$21

Complete

$65

Sealed

$258

few sales

Other releases and variants

Release	Loose	Complete	Sealed
European (PAL) release	$16	$36	$80

How often it sells

Loose: about 2 times a month
Complete: about once a week
Sealed: about once a year

Prices marked “few sales” rest on about one recorded sale a year, so treat them as a rough guide: the next copy could sell well above or below. Expect to wait for one to come up.

Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-29.

Price over time

Loose
Complete

A loose copy sold for about $4.08 in Jul 2008, $17.48 five years ago, and $21 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2009	$4.99	—
Jan 2010	$5.67	—
Jan 2011	$3.75	—
Jan 2012	$7.49	—
Jan 2013	$8.93	—
Jan 2014	$8.98	$17.99
Jan 2015	$13.74	$13.49
Jan 2016	$13.40	$26
Jan 2017	$15.65	$30
Jan 2018	$14.99	$27
Jan 2019	$13.62	$30
Jan 2020	$21	$37
Jan 2021	$22	$42
Jan 2022	$21	$40
Jan 2023	$22	$61
Jan 2024	$22	$45
Jan 2025	$19.00	$48
Jan 2026	$24	$56
Oct 2026	$21	$65

Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.

Release record

Territory	Date	Barcode
North America	November 1991	014633070804
Europe / PAL	April 1992	—
Japan	10 August 1993	—

Source: Product numbers: MAME's Mega Drive software list and the No-Intro serial records in the libretro database, published where both agree on the same cartridge dump, or from the libretro records alone where MAME lists no number for that dump. Board and ROM numbers: MAME's software list

Region: NA+EU+JP
Released: 1991
Authenticity: Low

Modern re-releases, such as Sega Ages, the Genesis Mini and Nintendo Switch Online, are not tracked hereLow counterfeit risk

Sega Genesis prices, all games & how to spot a fake

A violent dungeon crawler that is grim, and a moderately priced cart.

The Immortal began as an Apple IIGS game by Will Harvey, and Electronic Arts brought it to the Genesis. A wizard enters a large, dangerous labyrinth to find his mentor, and the game has a high degree of graphic violence. The Genesis version came out in North America in November 1991, in Europe in April 1992 and in Japan on 10 August 1993.

What the press said at the time

Mean Machines Issue 14

November 1991

90%

“The greatest arcade adventure yet seen on the Megadrive • and yet another classic game from Electronic Arts!”
— Mean Machines, November 1991

“Will Harvey has emerged as an especially versatile and clever game designer. … makes the leap from computer to Genesis, and it's a game to be savored.”
— VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, January 1992

How the Sega Genesis version differs

The Genesis port was later re-released on the Piko Collection Collection 1 cartridge for the Evercade.

Also on other platforms

Apple IIGS · Amiga · Atari ST · MS-DOS · NES

Apple IIGS. The game first appeared on the Apple IIGS in 1990 from Electronic Arts, with music composed by Douglas Fulton.
NES. The NES port was re-released on the Nintendo Classics service in 2020.

Before you buy

Among US carts it sits above the middle. The European cart usually costs less than the US one. Check that a Japanese listing really is the Japanese cartridge, which has a different shape and does not fit a Western console without an adapter or removing two plastic tabs in its slot.