Tengai Makyō: Ziria
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Developer(s) | Hudson Soft, Red Company |
Publisher(s) | Hudson Soft |
Designer(s) | Shōji Masuda |
Composer(s) | Ryuichi Sakamoto Tomotsune Maeno |
Series | Tengai Makyo |
Platform(s) | PC Engine CD-ROM², cellphones, Xbox 360, PlayStation Network |
Release | PC Engine Cellphone Xbox 360
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Genre(s) | Role-playing |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Tengai Makyou: Ziria (天外魔境 ZIRIA, Tengai Makyō Jiraia), also known as Far East of Eden: Ziria, is a 1989 role-playing video game, which published by Hudson Soft on PC Engine CD-ROM². It is the first game in the Tengai Makyo (Far East of Eden) series, and follows a plot based on the legend of Jiraiya. The game was popular in Japan because its release on the CD-ROM format, which made it a large game for its time filled with voiced cutscenes and CD audio music.
Gameplay
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Tengai Makyou: Ziria is a 1989 role-playing game.
Development
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Tengai Makyou: Ziria was co-developed by Hudson Soft and Red Company.
Release
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The game was re-released for Japanese cellphones in the 2000s.[1]
An Xbox 360 remake Tengai Makyou: Ziria – Haruka naru Jipang (天外魔境 ZIRIA~遥かなるジパング~, lit. "Far East of Eden Ziria: Tales from Distant Jipang"[citation needed]) was released in 2006. Gaijinworks was working on an English localization of the remake at some point, but had to cancel the project due to being unable to get past Microsoft's publishing minimums.[2]
In 2023, an English-language fan translation of the game was released.[3]
Reception
The game received a positive review from PC Engine Fan magazine, which rated it 25.67 out of 30.[4]
References
- ^ "ハドソン、FOMAのPCエンジンコーナーに「天外魔境ZIRIA」". k-tai.watch.impress.co.jp. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
- ^ "Screenshots of Gaijinworks' cancelled Far East of Eden: Ziria localization". 2015-05-25.
- ^ Handley, Zoey (7 December 2023). "PC-Engine CD RPG Tengai Makyou: Ziria get fan translated". Destructoid. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "ROLEPLAYING GAME". PC Engine Fan (in Japanese) (PC Engine All Catalog '92: PC Engine Fan Appendix): 33-48 (40-1). August 1992.
External links
- official website (archived) (in Japanese)
- Tengai Makyou Ziria: Haruka naru Jipang at MobyGames
- Video game articles needing translation from Japanese Wikipedia
- 1989 video games
- Hudson Soft games
- Japan-exclusive video games
- Japanese role-playing video games
- Mobile games
- PlayStation Network games
- Single-player video games
- Tengai Makyo
- TurboGrafx-CD games
- Video game remakes
- Video games about ninja
- Video games developed in Japan
- Video games featuring female protagonists
- Video games scored by Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Xbox 360 games
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