God Slayer
God Slayer is the Japanese counterpart to Crystalis, released on the Famicon (the Japanese couterpart to the NES) also in 1990. Not surprisingly, some clever marketing guy thought 'God Slayer' might not be the best name for an American video game, hence we have Crystalis. The artwork below comes from the box and manual, and is courtesy of an awesome fan, Ninja Guy Dan. Alas, my Japanese skills are lacking (non-existant) but if anyone has any translating skills and can describe any of the box artwork, that'd be pretty sweet UPDATE (03/16/2011): Many thanks to José Yoshitake for the following translation of the box back. Click on the pictures for full size.
[Text in blue]:
To all RPG fans... a majestic story starts up.
[Text in black]:
The lost woods of evergrowing gigantic mushrooms, the never solved Saber Mountain's water-walled labyrinth...... It is through a magnificent territory filled with hostilities that boys become mature.
[Text in red]:
A young messiah lady
meeting and parting...
One by one, the monsters rush on...
[Text in white and red]:
To seize the legend's key
The 4 sages...
Box Back |
Box Front |
Buying A Shield |
Hero & Asina |
Hero Casting Magic |
Hero Fighting The Insect |
Hero With A Slime |
Kensu & Asina |
Leaf |
Manual Cover |
Mesia & An Octopus |
Mt. Saber |
Nadare's |
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