Ristar
Ristar is a platform game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis in 1995. A Sega Game Gear game, of the same name and genre, Ristar, was also released, which shared similar themes while…
Ristar is an adventure developed by Sega Enterprises, Ltd., released 16 February 1995 on Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Android and iOS.
What Ristar is
Ristar is an adventure game developed by Sega Enterprises, Ltd. and released in 1995. It was published by Sega. It is available on Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Much like other games from the same timeframe, such as Gunstar Heroes, the game's story varied between the Japanese language release and its English language counterpart. In all versions of the game, the events take place in the Valdi System, where an evil space pirate, Kaiser Greedy, has used mind control to make the planets' leaders obey him. In the Japanese version, the inhabitants of Planet Neer (Flora in the English-language version) pray for a hero before Greedy's mind control minion, Rhio, snatches the planet elder. The desperate prayers reach the nebula of the Star Goddess, Oruto. She awakens one of her children, Ristar, with the sole purpose of granting the wishes of the innocent…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Ristar launched on 16 February 1995, within three weeks of Star Wars: Dark Forces, Descent, Front Mission and Tetris Plus.
Released around the same time: Star Wars: Dark Forces, Descent, Front Mission, Tetris Plus.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Quick answers
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