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Front Mission

Front Mission is the first main entry and the first entry overall in the Front Mission series. Front Mission is part of a serialized storyline that follows the stories of various characters and their struggles…

70 24 February 1995

Front Mission is a strategy developed by G-Craft, released 24 February 1995 on WonderSwan Color and Super Famicom.

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What Front Mission is

Front Mission is a strategy game developed by G-Craft and released in 1995. It was published by Square. It is available on WonderSwan Color and Super Famicom.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Front Mission is a tactical role-playing game developed by G-Craft and published by Square for the Super Famicom. It was originally released only in Japan on February 24, 1995. Front Mission is the first main entry and the first entry overall in the Front Mission series. Front Mission is part of a serialized storyline that follows the stories of various characters and their struggles involving mecha known as wanzers. A direct port of the game was released for the WonderSwan Color in Japan on July 12, 2002.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy, historical and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Front Mission series

Front Mission is the first of 18 entries we hold in the Front Mission series. The next entry was Front Mission: Gun Hazard in 1996. Its critic score of 70 is almost exactly the series average of 68. The highest-rated entry is Front Mission 2: Remake at 81.

See all 18 Front Mission games in release order →

How it was received

Front Mission holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 3,249 rated strategy games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1995 averaged 66, so it scored 4 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

A full completion run takes around 45.3 hrs.

What it launched against

Front Mission launched on 24 February 1995, within three weeks of Chrono Trigger, Star Wars: Dark Forces, Descent and Discworld. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Chrono Trigger, Star Wars: Dark Forces, Descent, Discworld.

Cheats and codes

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When did Front Mission come out?
Front Mission was released on 24 February 1995 for WonderSwan Color and Super Famicom.

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