ActRaiser (Japan) - MAME software

Nintendo Super Famicom cart. published 35 years ago:

アクトレイザー © 1990 Enix, Limited.
(ActRaiser)

Actraiser is an action/simulation game. Satan is back and has amassed a new army of monsters and demons. After conquering the gods in war, Satan divided the world into six demonic provinces, each one ruled by a demon lord. The game starts as a cute winged cherub flies down from the sky and calls for help - he sends the player on a quest to save the six fallen regions and their lost cities, and to finally overthrow Satan and his minions. The core of Actraiser is partly inspired by Bullfrog's "god wannabe" Populous, but Quintet managed here to pull off a really effective marriage of action and simulation. Each one of the visited provinces begins with a side-scrolling action stage (called 'Act') where the player controls an armored knight avatar. The objective of this phase is to defeat the local beasts so humans can start to inhabit the region. The simulation phase then kicks in and our deity's mission is to guide the development of a small human settlement, by telling them where to expend their town or by removing obstacles from the land (such as trees or rocks). Although creepy monster lairs are dotted around the surrounding hills and keep generating all kind of foes, the cute cherub can assist the player and strike them with his bow and arrows. As the population grows, the villagers find special items, magic artifacts and even make discoveries - the first being the invaluable ability to build bridges. Soon, they become strong enough to seal all the monsters' lairs and peacefully live out their lives... consequently leaving the player free to explore and rescue another province.

TECHNICAL
Game ID: SHVC-AR

TRIVIA
ActRaiser was released on December 16, 1990 in Japan. Retail price: 8000 Yen.

The game sold 400,000 copies sold in Japan.

Export releases:
[US] "ActRaiser [Model SNS-AR-USA]"
[EU] "ActRaiser [Model SNSP-AR-EUR]"
[FR] "ActRaiser [Model SNSP-AR-FRA/SFRA]"
[GE] "ActRaiser [Model SNSP-AR-NOE/SFRG]"

Reviews:
[FR] 1990 - Consoles + HS N.2: 85/100

Soundtrack album releases:
[JP] Actraiser (ALCA-105) (1/25/1991) [Alfa Record]
[JP] Actraiser Synphonic Suite (originally mispelled) [Arrange] (ALCA-182) [Alfa Record]

TIPS AND TRICKS
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Special mode
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Successfully complete the game once. Press Down at the title screen. The words "Special Mode" will appear. Press Start to play the game with only the action scenes without having to use creation mode.

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Professional mode
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Complete the game, then press Up or Down(2) at the title screen. An option for professional mode will appear below the New Game selection. In this mode, your character has no magic and regular monsters are twice as hard to kill.

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Extra lives
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Creating a rainstorm over the lake east of Bloodpool.
Discover that the pyramid causes an earthquake in Kasandora.
Strike the Northwood temple with lightning.

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Level Password
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Easy
1 XZKC XBZN XXZD JCLD XYTY SLCS
2 MWWX YJKP BCCH MFLT CMSP TPTF
3 JYWT TSTP MBXX JSLY MSDD HFDP
4 MFLH MFDS LTYP MFMJ PLBW YYJP
5 MFMS TTLK WSFP MFMJ TWSY FYPX
6 MFXT SHJT BDLY MFCY BDXF CXBY

Normal
1 XZKC XBZM WTHC JCLD XYTX TMCT
2 MLWK BPZW YJCW MMFH MBKC FFTZ
3 MSCY HKHD ZFHC MFLT CMSP XWFZ
4 MFLH MFDS HXPS MFMJ PLBW LPCX
5 MFMJ TTLK FPTP MFMJ TWSY HMTF
6 MFXT SHJT CTYP MFCY BPXF DWKL
7 MFCL SYMC MCXF MFCL SYMX WKTD

Hard
1 XZKC XBZM FSFC FCLD XYTX XXXJ
2 MLWK BPZW LBPJ MMFH MBKC HJWP
3 MSCY HKHD BYMF MFLT CMSP WXJK
4 MFLH MFDS PHYX MFMJ TWSX JSHJ
5 MFMJ TTLK HTWT MFMJ TWSX JSHJ
6 MFZT SHJT DLWP MFCY BPXF YZJT
7 MFCL SYMC PWWK MFCL SYMX FJSD

SERIES

• ActRaiser [Model SHVC-AR] (1992)
• ActRaiser 2 - Chinmoku e no Seisen [Model SHVC-A8] (1993)

STAFF
Developed by Quintet.

Scenario: Tomoyoshi Miyazaki
Programmer: Masaya Hashimoto, Yuki Imai
Graphic designers: Ayano Koshiro, Masahiko Takai, Koji Yokota, Takashi Shichijyo
Music composer: Yuzo Koshiro
Assistant Producer: Shigeki Maruyama
Director: Masaya Hashimoto
Producer: Yasuyuki Sone
Publisher: Yasuhiro Fukushima

Published by Enix.

Enix Staff: Takao Kawaguchi, Keizo Mochizuki, Takashi Yoneda, Yuchi Kikumoto, Kouji Mitsumori, Kenjiro Kano, Tetsuro Shimoda, Yoshie Fujimori, Jyunji Yagi, Keiko Ito, Hideki Yamamoto, Miwako Matsumoto, Keiko Taga, Yasuko Sekiguchi, Shigeki Maruyama, Eiichi Hirasawa, Mitsuhiko Endo, Shinji Futami

Special Thanks: Hirotomo Morisada, Nobuyoshi Yoshii, Hironobu Teshima, Katsuhiko Shibata, Mitsuru Ishizaki, Masaya Nomoto, Souichi Tazawa, Makoto Goya, Reiko Takebayashi, Tatsuo Hashimoto

PORTS

• CONSOLES:

NIntendo Super Famicom BS pack. (199?)
Nintendo Wii [Virtual Console] (2007)

• OTHERS:

Arcade "ActRaiser [Super System]"
Mobile Phones (2003). Only in Japan, contains the first three levels of the original game.

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