Underplayed Gems

ActRaiser (1990)

ActRaiser cover
Developer
Quintet
Publisher
Enix Corporation, Enix America Corporation, St. GIGA, Square Enix, Nintendo
Platforms
Arcade, Satellaview, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Wii, Wii U, Super Famicom
Genres
Platform, Simulator, Strategy
Rating
4.0 of 5, 70 player ratings
Main story
about 8.0 hours
Completionist
about 12 hours
Where to get it
Nintendo eShop

How it feels

A rare SNES hybrid blending side-scrolling action combat with top-down city-building god game sections in a mythic setting.

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About

ActRaiser is a 1990 platform and city-building simulation game for the Super Nintendo, combining traditional side-scrolling platforming with urban planning god game sections. In 2007, ActRaiser became available on the Wii's Virtual Console download service. A version of the game was also released for European mobile phones in 2004.

Screenshots

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