Lufia & the Fortress of Doom

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27K plays 1993 #RPG

Lufia & the Fortress of Doom, known as Estpolis Denki (エストポリス伝記, Esutoporisu Denki; Biography of Estpolis) in Japan, is a role-playing video game developed by Neverland and published by Taito in 1993, for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the first title in the Lufia series of video games and the only game from the series released under the Taito label in North America.

The game's plot follows The Hero, Lufia, Aguro, and Jerin on a quest to prevent the resurrection of four superpowered beings called Sinistrals, and frequently delves into the political and personal lives of the subjects of kingdoms all around the world. Top-down exploration is mixed with traditional turn-based combat using 2D sprites. The game was generally well-received, and has spawned multiple sequels on the Super Nintendo as well as the Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance and the Nintendo DS.

From Wikipedia's article Lufia & the Fortress of Doom, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

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SNESPlayer 1Player 2
D-pad↑↓←→IKJL
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XAU
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  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

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Keyboard controls

SNESPlayer 1Player 2
D-pad↑↓←→IKJL
AZM
BXN
XAU
YSH
LQY
REO
SelectShiftB
StartEnterSpace

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).

Online, both players use the Player 1 keys (or a gamepad) on their own computer. Saving, loading and pausing are off while you play online.

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Lufia & the Fortress of DoomSNES

4.0 Great job!

Critics 80 · 9 reviews

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What the critics said

  • Upon release, Electronic Games scored it 93%, calling it "the best RPG so far this year".

    — Electronic Games

From the Reception section of Wikipedia's Lufia & the Fortress of Doom article, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The words are the critics'; their full reviews are on the publishers' pages.

Scores

  • Dragon 3 of 5
  • Electronic Gaming Monthly 7.8 of 10
  • Famitsu 28 of 40
  • Game Players 9 of 10
  • GamePro 4.5 of 5
  • Hyper 1994 79%
  • Nintendo Power 3.5 of 5
  • RPGFan 86%
  • Electronic Games 93%

From the review table of Wikipedia's article. The face takes, first that applies: the Metascore for this platform, GameRankings' archived average, our average of the critics (one number per publication, a panel averaged), one review alone, the players' rating. Critics and players are never mixed.

Players' rating: 73/100 · 37 votes

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  1. 1.00+
  2. 1.540+
  3. 2.050+
  4. 2.560+
  5. 3.068+
  6. 3.575+
  7. 4.080+
  8. 4.585+
  9. 5.090+

5.0 Outstanding! · 4.0 Great job! · 3.0 Good job · 2.0 Could be better · 1.0 Wake me up when it's over · A thumbs-up adds half a point. Our own drawings, in the spirit of the faces GamePro magazine used in the '90s.

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