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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''''' 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.
  
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I never player 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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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==
 
==Status==
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* Nothing.
 
* Nothing.
  
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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>
  
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==Documentation==
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===Documentation===
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
 
ActRaiser - SNES - Manual.pdf|Game manual.
 
ActRaiser - SNES - Manual.pdf|Game manual.
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
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===Maps===
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<gallery>
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ActRaiser - SNES - Map - World - Unpopulated.png|World map, unpopulated.
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ActRaiser - SNES - Map - Fillmore City - Unpopulated.png|Fillmore, unpopulated.
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ActRaiser - SNES - Map - Fillmore City - Populated.png|Fillmore, populated.
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ActRaiser - SNES - Map - Fillmore 1.png|Fillmore, act 1.
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ActRaiser - SNES - Map - Fillmore 2.png|Fillmore, act 2.
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ActRaiser - SNES - Map - Bloodpool City - Unpopulated.png|Bloodpool, unpopulated.
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ActRaiser - SNES - Map - Bloodpool City - Populated.png|Bloodpool, populated.
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ActRaiser - SNES - Map - Bloodpool 1.png|Bloodpool, act 1.
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ActRaiser - SNES - Map - Bloodpool 2.png|Bloodpool, act 2.
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ActRaiser - SNES - Map - Kasandora City - Unpopulated.png|Kasandora, unpopulated.
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ActRaiser - SNES - Map - Kasandora City - Populated.png|Kasandora, populated.
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ActRaiser - SNES - Map - Kasandora 1.png|Kasandora, act 1.
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ActRaiser - SNES - Map - Kasandora 2.png|Kasandora, act 2.
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ActRaiser - SNES - Map - Aitos City - Unpopulated.png|Aitos, unpopulated.
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ActRaiser - SNES - Map - Aitos City - Populated.png|Aitos, populated.
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ActRaiser - SNES - Map - Aitos 1.png|Aitos, act 1.
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ActRaiser - SNES - Map - Aitos 2.png|Aitos, act 2.
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ActRaiser - SNES - Map - Marahna City - Unpopulated.png|Marahna, unpopulated.
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ActRaiser - SNES - Map - Marahna City - Populated.png|Marahna, populated.
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ActRaiser - SNES - Map - Marahna 1.png|Marahna, act 1.
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ActRaiser - SNES - Map - Marahna 2.png|Marahna, act 2.
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ActRaiser - SNES - Map - Northwall City - Unpopulated.png|Northwall, unpopulated.
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ActRaiser - SNES - Map - Northwall City - Populated.png|Northwall, populated.
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ActRaiser - SNES - Map - Northwall 1.png|Northwall, act 1.
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ActRaiser - SNES - Map - Northwall 2.png|Northwall, act 2.
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ActRaiser - SNES - Map - World - Populated.png|World map, populated.
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</gallery>
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===Videos===
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK1_-CraiRo youtube.com/watch?v=ZK1_-CraiRo] - Longplay.
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==Titles==
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Language !! Native !! Transliteration !! Translation
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|-
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| English || ActRaiser || ||
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| Japanese || アクトレイザー || Akutoreiza || ActRaiser
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|}
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
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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]]
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[[Category: Real-Time Strategy]]
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[[Category: Fantasy]]
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[[Category: Beat-Em-Up]]
 
[[Category: Games I've Beaten]]
 
[[Category: Games I've Beaten]]

Revision as of 10:32, 24 September 2018

North American box art.

ActRaiser 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

  • 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.

  • The North American box art isn't great either. The logo is good, and the colors are better, but it just shows lightning over the pyramids, not exactly a portent of the game.

Documentation

  • ActRaiser - SNES - Manual.pdf

    Game manual.

Maps

  • World map, unpopulated.

  • Fillmore, unpopulated.

  • Fillmore, populated.

  • Fillmore, act 1.

  • Fillmore, act 2.

  • Bloodpool, unpopulated.

  • Bloodpool, populated.

  • Bloodpool, act 1.

  • Bloodpool, act 2.

  • Kasandora, unpopulated.

  • Kasandora, populated.

  • Kasandora, act 1.

  • Kasandora, act 2.

  • Aitos, unpopulated.

  • Aitos, populated.

  • Aitos, act 1.

  • Aitos, act 2.

  • Marahna, unpopulated.

  • Marahna, populated.

  • Marahna, act 1.

  • Marahna, act 2.

  • Northwall, unpopulated.

  • Northwall, populated.

  • Northwall, act 1.

  • Northwall, act 2.

  • World map, populated.

Videos

Titles

Language Native Transliteration Translation
English ActRaiser
Japanese アクトレイザー Akutoreiza ActRaiser

Links

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