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Magical Chase
is a 1991 horizontally scrolling shooter video game developed by Quest and published by Palsoft and Turbo Technologies Inc. for the TurboGrafx-16. The game stars a young witch apprentice named Ripple, who broke a promise to her teacher by accidentally releasing six demons from a forbidden book, joined by her star companions Topsy and Turvy on a quest to catch and seal the demons back into the book. ''Magical Chase'' was created by most of the same team at Quest that would go to work on ''Ogre Battle'' and ''Final Fantasy Tactics''. The game was released in Japan in 1991 amid Palsoft's closure, resulting in a low print run before being re-released by Japanese magazine ''PC Engine Fan'' via mail order. It was graphically altered for its late 1993 North American release at the end of the TurboGrafx-16's lifecycle. It is considered by gaming journalists as one of the rarest, most valuable and sought-after TurboGrafx titles. ''Magical Chase'' was met with positive reception from crit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quest Corporation
was a Japanese video game company founded in 1988. Quest is best known for its critically acclaimed tactical role-playing game series ''Ogre Battle''. In 1990 Quest was merged with the company Bothtec, the latter focusing on the development of personal computer software. Bothtec was best known for the 1986 action-adventure video game ''Relics'', and the licensed games based on the ''Legend of the Galactic Heroes'' series. The companies were separated in 1997; as an independent company Bothtec Inc. remained a development partner of Quest and continued operation until being dissolved in 2009. In 1995, key members Yasumi Matsuno, Hiroshi Minagawa, and Akihiko Yoshida left Quest to join Square, 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; and the acquisition reunited some of Quest's developers with their former colleagues. These former Quest staff conti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |