This is a list of video games developed by Quintet.
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The first game that the company was credited for was Nihon Falcom's Dragon Slayer action role-playing game title Legacy of the Wizard (Dragon Slayer IV: Drasle Family), released in July 1987, despite the company's official founding in 1989.[1]
Actraiser is a combo Side Scrolling Action/Civilization Creator game. The Player takes on the role of "The Master" and is sent down to liberate the people from the evil monsters of a particular area, once this is done the player then takes on the role of "The Angel" who (guided by the player) helps in the advancement of the local civilization, the working of miracles and the riddance of evil monsters. The game's main goal is to build up a population to its maximum and rid the area of the evil minions of Tanzra (The game's main antagonist).
Soul Blazer's history concerns the Freil Empire, a kingdom ruled by King Magridd. Magridd learned of an inventor named Dr. Leo in his kingdom who could invent virtually anything. He had Dr. Leo imprisoned and forced him to create a machine that could be used to contact the evil spirit Deathtoll. Deathtoll offered the king one gold piece for each soul from his kingdom, and under the counsel of his wife, Magridd agrees. As a result, the villages were destroyed, all living creatures became incarcerated souls in Deathtoll's monster lairs, and the world became empty. The Master of the world sees this devastation and sends one of his heavenly servants to the kingdom in the form of a human warrior to defeat the monsters and liberate the inhabitants.
Act Raiser 2 is a continuation of the Act Raiser story line which has progressed with the resurrection of the Demon Tanzra to bring chaos to the World. The player again takes the role of "The Master" and instructs a floating palace to inspect the people of the world below. The town simulation has been removed in this offering and the master's chief involvement is to descend to the world below and fight the monsters released with the resurrection of the Demon Tanzra and rid the world of evil.
Illusion of Gaia is the story of a young boy named Will, a survivor of an expedition that was struck with mysterious disaster. Somehow he was able to return to his hometown, but he's not sure how. When the game begins, Will stumbles into a Dark Space, where he meets a being called Gaia. Gaia tells Will that he must leave home and save the world from an approaching evil, which is a comet. Will sets off to stop the comet from evolving everything on Earth.
On the planet of Quintenix, where the situation has long been peaceful, a group calling themselves "The Hackers", headed by Blackmore, suddenly starts an uprising against the population by disrupting the peace of the town of Rococo (and elsewhere). The main character (who appears to be nameless) is the son of a famous inventor, Dr. Akihabara, who decides to move to Rococo. The main character soon sets off to find out that The Hackers want Dr. Akihabara for a sinister purpose, as Akihabara refuses an offer to join them. The story unfolds to the point where The Hackers' ultimate goal is the Tetron, a mysterious stone that allows viewers to observe events past and future and travel through time.
The story of Terranigma focuses on an arrogant boy named Ark, who lives in the town of Crysta. After entering the forbidden door in the Elder's house, he finds out that the entire town- except him and the elder- are frozen. The elder guides him on a journey to resurrect the continents of the world in order to unfreeze the people, but his quest doesn't end there...
Planet Laika was co-developed with Zeque. The game follows the main character, Laika, through a mission to Mars which forces the player to manipulate Laika's multiple-personality disorder in order to solve puzzles. All the characters in the game have dog heads, a possible reference to the Russian space dog Laika.
While the games developed by Quintet are not officially related to one another, the online magazine Hardcore Gaming 101 (published by GameSpy) has referred to Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia and Terranigma as the Soul Blazer/Gaia series, pointing out a few common themes between the different titles.[2]
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