was a Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese video game company founded in 1988. They were originally known as Bothtec, which had developed The Scheme, a Metroidvania-style open world

Open world

An open world is a type of video game level design where a player can roam freely through a virtual world and is given considerable freedom in choosing how to approach objectives...

 action role-playing game

Action role-playing game

Action role-playing games form a loosely defined sub-genre of role-playing video games that incorporate elements of action or action-adventure games, emphasizing real-time action where the player has direct control over characters, instead of turn-based or menu-based combat...

 featuring music by Yuzo Koshiro

Yuzo Koshiro

is a Japanese video game music composer and audio programmer. He is regarded as one of the most influential innovators in chiptune music and video game sound design...

, that same year.

Quest is best known for its critically acclaimed tactical role-playing game

Tactical role-playing game

A tactical role-playing game is a type of video game which incorporates elements of traditional role-playing video games and strategy games. In Japan these games are known as , a designation which might seem peculiar to native English speakers...

 series Ogre Battle

Ogre Battle

"Ogre Battle" may refer to:*Ogre Battle , a song by English rock band Queen from their album Queen II.* The Ogre Battle series of tactical role-playing games, which include:**Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen...

. In 1995, key members Yasumi Matsuno

Yasumi Matsuno

is a video game designer. He is one of a few designers to have two games receive a perfect score by Famitsu magazine. Vagrant Story and Final Fantasy XII were critically acclaimed by the magazine with a 40/40 score.-Early projects:...

, Hiroshi Minagawa

Hiroshi Minagawa

is a Japanese game director and game artist who has been working for Square Enix since 1995. Prior to working for Square Enix, he worked for Quest Corporation.-Biography:...

, and Akihiko Yoshida

Akihiko Yoshida

is a Japanese video game designer working for Square Enix. Yoshida was born in 1967 and joined Square Co. in 1995, before the company merged with Enix. He is well known for his work on the Final Fantasy series...

 left Quest to join Square

Square Co.

was a Japanese video game company founded in September 1983 by Masafumi Miyamoto. It merged with Enix in 2003 and became part of Square Enix...

, where they developed Final Fantasy Tactics

Final Fantasy Tactics

is a tactical role-playing game developed and published by Square for the Sony PlayStation video game console. It is the first game of the Final Fantasy Tactics series and was released in Japan in June 1997 and in the United States in January 1998...

and Vagrant Story

Vagrant Story

is a Japanese-developed console role-playing game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation video game console. The game was released in 2000, and has been re-released through the PlayStation Network for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable consoles eleven years later...

, and have worked on Final Fantasy XII

Final Fantasy XII

is a console role-playing video game developed and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 2. Released in 2006, it is the twelfth title in the Final Fantasy series and the last in the series to be released exclusively on the PlayStation platform...

as part of Square Enix

Square Enix

is a Japanese video game and publishing company best known for its console role-playing game franchises, which include the Final Fantasy series, the Dragon Quest series, and the action-RPG Kingdom Hearts series...

. In 2002, Quest was purchased by Square; although the purchase reunited some of Quest's developers with their former colleagues, it likely signaled the end of the Ogre Saga franchise as at Square Enix the former Quest staff continued to work on the Final Fantasy Tactics sequels Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

is a tactical role-playing game developed and published by Square for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. A spin-off of the popular Final Fantasy series, the game shares several traits with 1997's Final Fantasy Tactics, although it is not a direct sequel. The player assembles a clan of characters, and...

 (2003) and Final Fantasy Tactics A2 (2007) while the Ogre Saga creator Yasumi Matsuno left the company in 2005. Matsuno later reunited with his former team to help design and direct the PSP remake of Tactics Ogre

Tactics Ogre

is a Japanese tactical role-playing game created by Quest. The game was originally released in 1995 on the Super Famicom in Japan and then re-released on the Sega Saturn in 1996 and the PlayStation in 1997...

 on a freelance basis. It is unknown whether Matsuno will rejoin with his friends and colleagues for another title at Square-Enix.

Nintendo Entertainment System

• 1988
  • Daisenryaku
    Daisenryaku
    is a long-running series of strategy games by SystemSoft and SystemSoft Alpha in Japan. SystemSoft Alpha performs development for all console Daisenryaku games while the parent SystemSoft writes Windows and Macintosh editions.-Main series:*Gendai Daisenryaku...
    
    

• 1989
  • Maharaja

• 1990
  • Conquest of the Crystal Palace
    Conquest of the Crystal Palace
    Conquest of the Crystal Palace is a 1990 Nintendo Entertainment System platformer by Quest and the Asmik Corporation of America. It was released as Matendouji in Japan....
    
    
  • Dungeon Kid
  • Musashi no Bouken
    Musashi no Bouken
    Musashi no Bōken was an RPG for the Nintendo Family Computer system created by Sigma Ent. Inc., and released in Japan on December 22, 1990....
    
    

Game Boy

• 1990
  • Battle Ping Pong
• 1991
  • Legend: Ashita heno Tsubasa
• 1994
  • Taiyou no Tenshi Maro: O Hanabatake wa Dai-Panic

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

• 1993
  • Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen
    Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen
    is a 1993 real-time strategy role-playing video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, directed by Yasumi Matsuno with artwork by Akihiko Yoshida...
    
    
• 1995
  • Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together

Sega Saturn

• 1996
  • Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen
    Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen
    is a 1993 real-time strategy role-playing video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, directed by Yasumi Matsuno with artwork by Akihiko Yoshida...
    
    (developed and published by Riverhillsoft)
  • Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together
    Tactics Ogre
    is a Japanese tactical role-playing game created by Quest. The game was originally released in 1995 on the Super Famicom in Japan and then re-released on the Sega Saturn in 1996 and the PlayStation in 1997...
    
    (developed and published by Riverhillsoft)

PlayStation

• 1997
  • Ogre Battle: Limited Edition
    Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen
    is a 1993 real-time strategy role-playing video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, directed by Yasumi Matsuno with artwork by Akihiko Yoshida...
    
    (developed and published by Artdink
    Artdink
    is a Japanese developer of console and computer games, currently based in Tsukishima, Tokyo.By far Artdink's biggest international success was the award-winning A-Train strategy game released for the PC and Amiga, which was published by SimCity creators Maxis...
    
    )
  • Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together
    Tactics Ogre
    is a Japanese tactical role-playing game created by Quest. The game was originally released in 1995 on the Super Famicom in Japan and then re-released on the Sega Saturn in 1996 and the PlayStation in 1997...
    
    (developed and published by Artdink
    Artdink
    is a Japanese developer of console and computer games, currently based in Tsukishima, Tokyo.By far Artdink's biggest international success was the award-winning A-Train strategy game released for the PC and Amiga, which was published by SimCity creators Maxis...
    
    )

Game Boy Color

• 2000
  • Magical Chase
    Magical Chase
    is a scrolling shooter video game developed by Palsoft and released by Quest on the TurboGrafx-16 platform in 1991 in Japan, and 1993 in the U.S....
    
    (developed and published by Micro Cabin
    Micro Cabin
    Micro Cabin Corporation was a Japan-based video game developer and publisher incorporated in 1982, who grew from the Ōyachi Electrics Microcomputer Club. Micro Cabin has developed/released games for the: 3D0, Dreamcast, Game Boy Color, MSX2, PC, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Saturn,...
    
    )

Neo-Geo Pocket Color

• 2000
  • Ogre Battle: Legend of the Zenobia Prince
    Ogre Battle: Legend of the Zenobia Prince
    is a strategy video game developed by Quest for the Neo Geo Pocket Color, and is currently the only Ogre Battle title to not be released in English due to the system being discontinued in areas outside of Japan....
    
    (developed and published by SNK
    SNK
    SNK is a former name of SNK Playmore, a Japanese video game company . This may also refer to:* SNK European Democrats* SNK Union of Independents* Southeast Airlines ICAO code...
    
    )

Wii

• 2008
  • Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen
    Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen
    is a 1993 real-time strategy role-playing video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, directed by Yasumi Matsuno with artwork by Akihiko Yoshida...
    
    (Virtual Console)
• 2009
  • Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (Virtual Console)
• 2010
  • Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber
    Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber
    , sequel to Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen, is a real-time strategy role-playing video game developed by Quest and published by Atlus for the Nintendo 64 in 2000. Though basically similar to the original Ogre Battle, it has borne some notoriety for significant game play tweaks that...
    
    (Virtual Console)

External links

• Quest company profile at IGN