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  • The Brilliant 16-Bit JRPG About The Death And Rebirth Of The World

    The Brilliant 16-Bit JRPG About The Death And Rebirth Of The World

    Considered part of the Quintet Creation Trilogy, Terranigma was the culminating tour de force from the Japanese studio behind 16-bit games like Actraiser, Illusion of Gaia, and Robotrek. It was never released in North America (though it received a translated version in PAL), explaining why most of us here in the States, including myself, never…


  • Happy 20th Birthday To SNES RPG Terranigma

    Happy 20th Birthday To SNES RPG Terranigma

    Dayshot: On 20 October 1995, Enix released Quintet’s Tenchi Sōzō, a spiritual followup to their earlier ARPG Gaia Gensōki, or Illusion of Gaia, in Japan. Nintendo localised and published the game as Terranigma in Europe and Australia — lucky for us, because Terranigma never officially made it to North America.