Ludography
Artelius cover

1987 · Nichibutsu · Action role-playing · Role-playing

Artelius

Nintendo exclusive

A sci-fi themed RPG from Nihon Bussan for the Famicom, released in late 1987. It was never released outside of Japan.

Released
13 November 1987
Platforms
NES
Genres
Action role-playingRole-playingScienceShooter
Developers
Nichibutsu
Publishers
Nichibutsu
Modes
Single-player
Themes
ActionScience fiction
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

About

Artelius (アルテリオス) is an action role-playing video game developed and published by Nichibutsu for the Family Computer exclusively in Japan on November 13, 1987.

Keywords

  • mech
  • 2.5d
  • spaceship
  • flight
  • space battle
  • cyborg
  • overworld
  • attributes
  • real-time combat
  • rpg elements
  • battle screen

Media

Artelius screenshot 1

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Players begin the game by customizing and modifying the traits of their characters. Warp points allow players to travel across the universe. On the map, the red dots are always bad guys while the blue dots indicate space colonies, where players can rest and stock up on supplies. Each resting spot has at least two doors or a warp point.

Battles are done randomly and from a first-person perspective. Winning will earn the player valuable experience points that will make the player stronger and advance in levels.

Story

An advanced civilization once flourished in a fictional solar system. One day, a black hole appeared and sucked everyone who lived there into another dimension. This parallel universe came to be known as Artelius. Ruled by the diabolical king Sarbelor, he controls a machine that has split the universe into spaces filled with asteroid belts.

A cyborg has been built by a scientist named Dr. Rado in order to defeat Sarbelor; only he has been entrusted with this mission to save Artelius from the evil king's reign.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
NES13 November 1987Japan

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