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[[Image:ActRaiser - SNES - USA.jpg|thumb|256x256px|North American box art.]]
 
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'''''ActRaiser''''' is game developed by [[Quintet]] and published by [[Enix]] in 1990. The game has two modes, one section plays as a real-time strategy where you build a city while fighting monsters, the other mode is an action platformer hack-and-slash.
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'''''ActRaiser''''', known in Japan as '''''アクトレイザー [Akutoreiza]''''', is multi-genre game with a fantasy theme developed by [[Quintet]] and published by [[Enix]] on 1990-12-16. The game has two modes, one section plays as a real-time strategy where you build a city while fighting monsters, the other mode is an action platformer hack-and-slash.
  
 
I never played the game when it came out, but I saw it highly ranked online and decided to try it out. I took awhile to get down the boss battles, but I eventually beat the game, and enjoyed it.
 
I never played the game when it came out, but I saw it highly ranked online and decided to try it out. I took awhile to get down the boss battles, but I eventually beat the game, and enjoyed it.
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==Box Art==
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==Media==
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===Box Art===
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
 
ActRaiser - SNES - Japan.jpg|The original Japanese box art has a nice collage layout, and a good logo, but the art is pretty bad. The faces look pretty ugly, and the color palette jumps all over the place.
 
ActRaiser - SNES - Japan.jpg|The original Japanese box art has a nice collage layout, and a good logo, but the art is pretty bad. The faces look pretty ugly, and the color palette jumps all over the place.
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</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  
==Documentation==
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===Documentation===
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
 
ActRaiser - SNES - Manual.pdf|Game manual.
 
ActRaiser - SNES - Manual.pdf|Game manual.
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  
==Maps==
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===Maps===
 
<gallery>
 
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ActRaiser - SNES - Map - World - Unpopulated.png|World map, unpopulated.
 
ActRaiser - SNES - Map - World - Unpopulated.png|World map, unpopulated.
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[[Category: Games]]
 
[[Category: Games]]
 
[[Category: Video Games]]
 
[[Category: Video Games]]
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[[Category: SNES Games]]
 
[[Category: Action]]
 
[[Category: Action]]
 
[[Category: Platformer]]
 
[[Category: Platformer]]
 
[[Category: Real-Time Strategy]]
 
[[Category: Real-Time Strategy]]
 
[[Category: Fantasy]]
 
[[Category: Fantasy]]
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[[Category: Beat-Em-Up]]
 
[[Category: Games I've Beaten]]
 
[[Category: Games I've Beaten]]

Revision as of 13:05, 7 May 2018

North American box art.

ActRaiser, known in Japan as アクトレイザー [Akutoreiza], is multi-genre game with a fantasy theme developed by Quintet and published by Enix on 1990-12-16. The game has two modes, one section plays as a real-time strategy where you build a city while fighting monsters, the other mode is an action platformer hack-and-slash.

I never played the game when it came out, but I saw it highly ranked online and decided to try it out. I took awhile to get down the boss battles, but I eventually beat the game, and enjoyed it.

Status

I own this game, have beaten it on standard difficulty.

Review

  • Overall: 7/10
  • Best Version: SNES

Good

  • Over all, the game has good graphics, nice music, and is fun to play.
  • It's always a gamble making a multi-genre game, but I enjoyed both modes in ActRaiser. The strategy portion was a bit too easy for my tastes, but fun, and the platformer portion was more interesting and challenging.
  • The use of very large sprites really helps remind you that you're no longer playing and 8-bit game.

Bad

  • The game is painfully scripted. For a fantasy game, there is very little adventure.

Ugly

  • Nothing.

Media

Box Art

Documentation

Maps

Links