Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10926 in Video Games
• Platform: Nintendo Super NES

Customer Reviews

Best of Two Worlds
I love this game so much, and have for years. It has two modes which are just so awesome. First, you have the side-scroller/action stages. These are awesome and a good deal of them require a decent amount of skills. Then there is the city-building/sim mode. It's so fun to play, but I've been told the sim part is boring to watch.
However, you're out on a mission to save the people and your world from demons and evil Gods. You encounter all kinds of neat scenarios in the world you preside over. People turn their backs because the other gods promise happiness, favored citizens are up for sacrifice, plauges, and family feuds.
This is one of the best and most original games I've ever played.

I like Actraiser, a lot.
I've always thought Actraiser was one of the better games released on the SNES. The building portion of the game is a lot like SimCity (if I remember correctly), which I always enjoyed so if you don't like that you might not like this game. The action part was kind of like Castlevania. First you do an action level, then you build, then boss-action, then action, then build, etc. Once you beat it the first time you can play just the action levels again. I thought it was pretty impressive graphically and it had a pretty good soundtrack (especially the second level, Blood Lake or something).

I always felt this was a very solid game, and if I weren't so poor I'd probably buy a copy of it to play again.

Original fun.
I enjoyed this game when it was initially released with three other people, they just watched, as if the game was a fantasy movie unfolding. Challenging and satisfyingly graphical for its time, Actraiser is better than its sequel. It is simple fun and diverse, with several levels and great background music. Worth having.