The History of ActRaiser | Full Series Retrospective | Rewind Arcade

Learn the history behind the cult classic that combined two unlikely genres and put fan-favorite developer Quintet on the map.

0:00 - Introduction
0:45 - Part 1: Quintet is Born
4:47 - Part 2: Creating ActRaiser
17:07 - Part 3: A Divergent Sequel
24:46 - Part 4: A New Renaissance
33:13 - Credits & Outro

Credits:

Script Revisions:

Matt Baros

Special Thanks:

Azita Marie (KittyMecha)
Life Begins At 8-Bit
Marv Solberg
shmuplations.com

ActRaiser Gameplay:

xRavenXP - https://www.youtube.com/user/xRavenXP
Chris Baines
JAVA Mobile Games - https://www.youtube.com/c/JavaGamesHD

Additional Gameplay:

therealbluedragon - https://www.youtube.com/user/therealbluedragon
Кейти Тамир - https://www.youtube.com/user/KeyleeTamirian
aulddragon - https://www.youtube.com/c/aulddragon
kilouZ - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnzpDpLjGrZ2G8SthgJIQjg

Sprite Rips:

Guy
SmithyGCN
Akuri
Kuro-Chan
Obreck2

Graphics & Visuals:

The Cutting Room Floor - https://tcrf.net/The_Cutting_Room_Floor
New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra
Josu Relax - https://www.youtube.com/c/JosuRelax
Kevgordon - https://www.youtube.com/user/kevgordon
Green Screen Magic - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWNHYUT-f5urtu1lppPBXvA
SE & M Studio


Sources:

The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers (Books) Vol. 1-3
https://shmuplations.com/quintet/
https://shmuplations.com/ys/
https://shmuplations.com/success1989/
https://www.saindodamatrix.com.br/yuzo/interview-act2.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3lvzsbioUI&t=21s
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/11/actraiser-renaissance-almost-included-a-morality-system
https://www.resetera.com/threads/terranigma-1995-interviews-released.61785/#post-11437788
http://blog.hardcoregaming101.net/2011/07/history-of-ys-interviews-by-john.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20071021034745/http://www.quintet.co.jp/quintet.html
https://www.famitsu.com/news/amp/202012/16210961.php?__twitter_impression=true
https://www.onemillionpower.com/sound-creators-that-pushed-hardware-limits-yuzo-koshiro-and-yasunori-mitsuda/
https://opcfg.kontek.net/archive/yuzointerview.html
https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/actraiser-review/1900-6104229/
https://www.retrogames.cz/manualy/SNES/ActRaiser_-_SNES_-_Manual.pdf
https://www.retrogames.cz/manualy/SNES/ActRaiser_2_-_SNES_-_Manual.pdf
https://nlab.itmedia.co.jp/nl/articles/1606/30/news163.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2021/11/20/keisuke-nakashima-and-yuzo-koshiro-on-how-actraiser-renaissance-got-made/?sh=517f17544494
https://www.itmedia.co.jp/mobile/articles/0402/18/news069.html
https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20031112/sepoc.htm
https://square-enix-games.com/en_US/news/actraiser-renaissance-hideo-iwasaki

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