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Langrisser | |
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![]() The series logo used in all games from Langrisser III onward, including remakes | |
Genre(s) | Tactical role-playing |
Developer(s) | Masaya Games (1991–1996) Career Soft (1996–1998) Zlongame (2017–present) |
Publisher(s) | Nippon Computer Systems (1991–2014) Extreme Games (2014–present) |
Artist(s) | Satoshi Urushihara |
Composer(s) | Noriyuki Iwadare |
Platform(s) | Mega Drive, Sega Saturn, Dreamcast, PC-FX, Super Famicom, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, WonderSwan, iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch |
First release | Langrisser: The Descendants of Light April 26, 1991 |
Latest release | Langrisser I & II Remake April 18, 2019 |
Langrisser (ラングリッサー, Rangurissā, originally spelled Lungrisser prior to the third game) is a fantasy tactical role-playing video game series created by Masaya Games. The main development team is Career Soft, first as Team Career within Masaya Games for the first three games and then as an independent studio for Langrisser IV and V. The series has a fantasy-Germanic setting, but draws on religious concepts like ditheism and sword worship for historical context. The series was originally released for Sega platforms during the 1990s, with the first two installments originally made for the Mega Drive, followed by third through fifth installments (along with a remake compilation of the first two games) for the Sega Saturn. Ports and remakes were also made for other platforms such as PC Engine, Super Famicom, PC-FX and PlayStation during the same period.
After separating from Masaya following the release of Langrisser V, Career Soft would produce an unofficial successor in the form of the Growlanser series, published and owned by Atlus, while Masaya would go on to produce Langrisser Millenium with a different development team (Santa Entertainment).[1]