Quest Corporation
Formerly called | Bothtec |
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Division | |
Industry | Video games industry |
Fate | Dissolved |
Successor | Square Co. |
Founded | July 1988 |
Defunct | June 19, 2002 |
Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
Key people | |
Products | Ogre Battle series |
Owner | Square Enix |
Website |
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Quest Corporation (クエスト) was a Japanese video game company founded in 1988. They were originally known as Bothtec, which had developed The Scheme, a Metroidvania-style open world action role-playing game featuring music by Yuzo Koshiro, that same year.[1] Quest is best known for its critically acclaimed tactical role-playing game series Ogre Battle.
In 1995, key members Yasumi Matsuno, Hiroshi Minagawa, and Akihiko Yoshida left Quest to join Square,[2] where they developed Final Fantasy Tactics and Vagrant Story, and have worked on Final Fantasy XII as part of Square Enix. In 2002, Quest was purchased by Square;[2] and the acquisition reunited some of Quest's developers with their former colleagues. These former Quest staff continued to work on the Final Fantasy Tactics sequels Final Fantasy Tactics Advance and Final Fantasy Tactics A2, while the Ogre Saga creator Yasumi Matsuno left the company in 2005. Matsuno later reunited with his former team to help design and direct the PSP remake of Tactics Ogre on a freelance basis.
List of games
NEC PC-8801
- 1988
- The Scheme
Nintendo Entertainment System
- 1988
- 1989
- Maharaja
- 1990
- Conquest of the Crystal Palace
- Dungeon Kid
- Musashi no Bouken
Game Boy
- 1990
- 1991
- Legend: Ashita e no Tsubasa
- 1994
- Taiyou no Tenshi Maro: O Hanabatake wa Dai-Panic
PC Engine / TurboGrafx
- 1991
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Sega Saturn
- 1996
- Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen (published by Riverhillsoft)
- Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (published by Riverhillsoft)
PlayStation
- 1997
- Ogre Battle: Limited Edition (published by Artdink)
- Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (published by Artdink)
Nintendo 64
Game Boy Color
- 2000
- Magical Chase (published by Micro Cabin)
Neo-Geo Pocket Color
- 2000
- Ogre Battle: Legend of the Zenobia Prince (published by SNK)
Game Boy Advance
See also
References
- ↑ Kurt Kalata. "The Scheme". Hardcore Gaming 101. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
Released in 1988 for the PC-88 by a company called Bothtec (which would later become the studio known as Quest, who eventually went on to create Ogre Battle), The Scheme is a side-scrolling action-RPG vaguely similar to Castlevania II: Simon's Quest and Metroid.
- 1 2 IGN Staff (19 June 2002). "Square Completes Acquisition of Quest". www.ign.com. Retrieved 2006-05-20.