Quest Corporation
Native name
株式会社クエスト
Kabushiki gaisha Kuesuto
TypeDivision
IndustryVideo games
FoundedJuly 1988 (1988-07)
DefunctApril 1, 2003 (2003-04-01)
FateDissolved into Square Enix
HeadquartersTokyo, Japan
Key people
ProductsOgre Battle series
ParentSquare (2002)
SubsidiariesBothtec Inc. (1990 – 1997)

Quest Corporation (株式会社クエスト, Kabushiki gaisha Kuesuto) was a Japanese video game company founded in 1988. Quest is best known for its critically acclaimed tactical role-playing game series Ogre Battle.

In 1990 Quest was merged with the company Bothtec, the latter focusing on the development of personal computer software.[1] Bothtec was best known for the 1986 action-adventure video game Relics, and the licensed games based on the Legend of the Galactic Heroes series.[2][3] The companies were separated in 1997; as an independent company Bothtec Inc. remained a development partner of Quest and continued operation until being dissolved in 2009.[4]

In 1995, key members Yasumi Matsuno, Hiroshi Minagawa, and Akihiko Yoshida left Quest to join Square,[5] where they developed Final Fantasy Tactics and Vagrant Story, and have worked on Final Fantasy XII as part of Square Enix. In 2002, Quest was purchased by Square; and the acquisition reunited some of Quest's developers with their former colleagues. These former Quest staff continued to work on the Final Fantasy Tactics sequels Final Fantasy Tactics Advance and Final Fantasy Tactics A2, while the Ogre series creator Yasumi Matsuno left the company in 2005. Matsuno later reunited with his former team to write and design for the 2010 remake of Tactics Ogre on a freelance basis.

List of games

Year Title Platform(s)
1988 Daisenryaku Nintendo Entertainment System
1989 Maharaja
1990 Conquest of the Crystal Palace
Dungeon Kid
Musashi no Bouken
Battle Ping Pong Game Boy
Musashi no Bōken
1991 Legend: Ashita e no Tsubasa
Magical Chase TurboGrafx-16
1993 Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen Super Nintendo Entertainment System
1994 Philip & Marlowe in Bloomland[lower-alpha 1] Game Boy
1995 Tactics Ogre Super Nintendo Entertainment System
1998 Puyo Puyo 2 Classic Mac OS
1999 Ogre Battle 64 Nintendo 64
2002 Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis Game Boy Advance

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Released as Taiyou no Tenshi Marlow: Ohanabatake wa Dai-Panic, the English name comes from a unreleased 1991 prototype.

References

  1. ↑ "Quest Company history". Archived from the original on March 31, 2001. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  2. ↑ Venter, Jason (April 23, 2015). "Here's a fascinating Gurumin Q&A with Nihon Falcom's president, Toshihiro Kondo". honestgamers.com. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Bothtec Inc. Company profile". Archived from the original on June 18, 2004. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
  4. ↑ "bbmf Company history". Archived from the original on March 29, 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
  5. ↑ IGN Staff (19 June 2002). "Square Completes Acquisition of Quest". www.ign.com. Archived from the original on 8 May 2006. Retrieved 2006-05-20.
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