Game Information
Overall Rank: 153
Average Rating: 4.3/5
# of Ratings: 6
US Release Date: 11/01/1991
JP Release Date: 12/16/1990
Platform: Super Nintendo (SNES)
Genres: Action (2D Platformer), Strategy (Simulation)
Developer: Quintet
Publisher: Enix
Synopsis: A combination platformer and world-building game you play as "The Master" who has been asleep for centuries after losing a battle with "The Evil One" Tanzra who has turned the people of the land to evil. In order to restore his power, The Master will have to defeat Tanzra's six lieutenants, win back the people of the land and finally face Tanzra at his stronghold Death Heim.
Quick Game Reviews
Rating of
3/5
Megadrive - wrote on 04/04/2018
RPG elements bolted onto what is essentially just a Rastan-style platform hack & slasher, but it's a playable enough arcade adventure.
Rating of
4/5
Chris Kavan - wrote on 04/07/2011
Such an interesting combination of a platformer with strategy elements. One of the more unique and fun games for the SNES and even today I would gladly play again.
Full Game Reviews
Rating of
4.5/5
Theology 101
Nelson Schneider - wrote on 07/20/2022
“ActRaiser” was the inaugural game released in 1991, during the SNES’ launch window, even earning a coveted spot of product placement on the back of the console’s box. The developer, Quintet, was a small Japanese studio that started up in 1989, produced a small handful of memorable and unique Enix-published SNES titles in the ‘90s, before backing the wrong horse – the Saturn – in the subsequent hardware Generation, and ultimately fading away into obscurity. While not officially declared ‘defunct’ nor officially a part of Enix, Quintet just stopped making games around the turn of the millennium, though their IP clearly did belong to Enix, as is has been subsumed into the hybrid abomination of Square-Enix, allowing them to release an “ActRaiser” remake in …
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