Tengai Makyou: Ziria
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| 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.
Reception
The game received a positive review from PC Engine Fan magazine, which rated it 25.67 out of 30.[1]
Retrospectively, Kurt Kalata of Hardcore Gaming 101 said the game was popular in Japan because "it was the first game of its kind on CD." He noted that, breaking "free of the memory constraints of cartridges, Tengai Makyō was able to deliver" an "even bigger" game "filled with animated, fully voiced cutscenes and CD music" and that "back in 1989, when the Famicom was still at the height of its populaity, characters that could talk were a really big deal."[2]
Ports and remakes
The game was re-released for Japanese cellphones in the 2000s.
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.[3]
References
- ^ "ROLEPLAYING GAME". PC Engine Fan (in Japanese) (PC Engine All Catalog '92: PC Engine Fan Appendix): 33-48 (40-1). August 1992.
- ^ Kalate, Kurt (2005). "Tengai Makyō - Far East of Eden". Hardcore Gaming 101. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
- ^ "Screenshots of Gaijinworks' cancelled Far East of Eden: Ziria localization". 2015-05-25.
External links
- official website (archived) (in Japanese)
- Tengai Makyou Ziria: Haruka naru Jipang at MobyGames
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