NCS63001

Title: ガイアの紋章

Price: 5,200円

Publisher: NCS

Players: 2

Medium: 2Mbit cart

Released: 1988.09.23

Crest of Gaia (NEC PC-Engine)

Contents:

Story

The Crest of Gaia retells the story of Elthlead's crusade against the demons, first told in the game Elthlead. It begins with the demons laying siege to Diehl, a remote border town in Elthlead's kingdom.

In this chapter of the story, Elthlead's crusades lead him and his armies across the land between his castle and Velzeria, as well as to some towns on the northern side of the Rall river. His armies advance and get driven back to counter other attacks across the game's thirty scenarios. Eventually Elthlead amasses his armies for a great march to Velzeria where he finally confronts Böser himself.

The final battle at Velzeria Castle is the first time Elthlead and Böser meet on the battlefield (in this series at least) and ends the threat of the demons by sealing them in Velzeria with the Holy Sword. The sword is entrusted to the Baldea line to defend for all time (or at least till Langrisser I...).

Masayan Reflection

Text taken from Masaya's official Web site circa 2000.

記念すべきメサイヤの第一弾である。このゲームが元々はＰＣ−８８０１用の同名ソフトの移植版であることは皆の知るところではある。さらに、８８版「ガイアの紋章」が元々９８用ソフト「エルスリード」の特別版として開発された物であり、「エルスリード」「ガイアの紋章」共に、後のラングリッサーの原点であることは、もはや世界の常識といっても過言ではない。さらに、世界初（？）の面クリア型ＳＲＰＧなのだ！このゲームは知ることは、歴史の生き証人であり、我々はそれを誇るべきである。
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This is Masaya's first memorable work. The game was selected to be ported from the already well-known PC-8801 Crest of Gaia. Actually, the PC-88 Gaia was designed as part of a special edition of Elthlead for the PC-98. Together, Elthlead and Gaia provided the foundation on which the Langrisser series was built. It is also the world's first SRPG! We are proud to have created this living witness to video game history.

Downloads

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Staff Names: Press Up+Select+I+II at the hire unit screen to change all unit names to the developers' names.

Hire Any Unit: Press Down+Select+I+II at the hire units screen, then move over blank squares to hire units absent from a given scenario.

Attack Pose: Press Left+Select+I+II at the hire unit screen to change all unit images to their attack pose.

Animate Units: Press Right+Select+I+II at the hire unit screen to make all units begin their attack animations.

Elthlead Music: Press Left+Select+II to change the battle theme to the music used in the original Elthlead.

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