Mateki Densetsu Astralius

Mateki Densetsu Astralius is a video game in the role-playing (rpg) genre developed by Multimedia Intelligence Transfer Co., Ltd. and published by IGS Corp. originally released in 1991. It is currently playable on TurboGrafx CD.

It was an ordinary cruise ship performance for the four musicians. The band leader, known only as the Flute (the player names him and the other heroes before the game begins), never thought it would end that way. . . . Suddenly, a tornado engulfed the ship and the poor musician found himself in a magical world populated by angelic creatures and monsters. Naturally, this world, called Astralius by its inhabitants, is in need of salvation. Only the Magic Flute can avert the demonic threat. Apparently, our hero is the only flute player in all dimensions, as it is now up to him to take on the unlikely role of noble paladin, find other musicians to help him in his quest and prove to everyone that music can indeed save the world.

Despite the unusual choice of protagonists, Mateki Densetsu Astralius is an 'old school' Japanese style RPG. The player controls the unnamed flute player and other musicians (trumpeter, drummer, etc. ), who later join the party, exploring the world from top to bottom, visiting villages to buy weapons, armor and items, descending into dungeons, leveling up automatically, progressing through the story in a linear fashion, and fighting randomly appearing enemies in turn-based combat viewed from the first-person perspective. Casting magic spells is called 'acting' in the game, although it requires magic points, as in other games of this type. Those magic points must be purchased at special stores.

Unlike most other PC-engine (TurboGrafx) CD RPGs, there are no voiceovers or animated cutscenes in this game.

It is possible that we have multiple downloads available when different versions exist.