Crusader of Centy

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Crusader of Centy/Soleil/Ragnacenty
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Sega, Atlus (US)
Developer:
Sound driver: Cube/Noriyuki Iwadare
Genre: RPG

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code

Crusader of Centy in the US, Soleil in Europe, Shin Souseiki Ragnacenty (新創世紀ラグナセンティ) in Japan, and Ragnacenty in Korea, is an adventure game developed by Nextech under contract from Sega in 1994 for the Sega Mega Drive. The game was translated to Korean (released 1995), English, French, German, and Spanish. The North American release was localized and published by Atlus. The game's music was composed by Motokazu Shinoda, a professional Japanese concert pianist and composer (sound programmer Noriyuki Iwadare is often miscredited as co-composer)

Soleil is a village in a large continent overrun by monsters, and the crusaders of Soleil are sent out by the King to save the humans. While on your own quest, you save an old lady who tells you to talk to a fortuneteller west of Soleil, who exchanges your ability to talk to humans with the ability to talk to animals (for the first half of the game, that is). Now, you must rely on your sword and the aid of a group of animals to rid the world of monsters — though along the way, you'll come to realize monsters aren't as evil as the humans make them out to be.

Gameplay

A swings your sword. Early in the game you pay a soldier to grant you the ability to hold A to shoot your sword straight ahead. B jumps (this ability must be learned early in the game). Along the way, you have certain animals join your pack, each with their own abilities that aid you in some way. You can have up to two active at any time, and carrying two often allows you to combine their abilities into even more useful abilities. Some animals have further abilities activated with the C button. When paused, you may select animals or save (you may save at any time but will start at the beginning of the room/field); once all your health is gone, you will die and be returned to the title screen. Orange and red Apples give you back health; golden Apples of Life restore all health.

Animals

US Name UK Name Description
Mac: Johnny Your pet dog. With C, he will stay where he is and hold any enemy that happens to run into him still.
Flash Charlie A cheetah who you have to beat in a race to acquire. He will make you run 2x faster and jump farther.
Cecil Ciel A flying squirrel who will allow your sword to be thrown farther and ricochet from walls. All sword techniques abort immediately with A.
Dippy Dinosaur A lazy dinosaur who you talk into leaving his home in a desert oasis and joining you. You ride him to cross bodies of water on the world map and some water/goo pits in the areas. He will move faster if combined with Flash.
Pieces Caterpillar A caterpillar who does nothing. He later turns into
Monarchy Butterfly A butterfly who allows you to guide your sword while it is being thrown. With Cecil the sword will travel in circles.
Dodo Dodo A dodo bird who will attach your thrown sword to an enemy (usually resulting in the enemy coming to you in return).
Rio Armadillo An armadillo who with C will turn into a platform you can pick up and throw with A (useful for crossing water or hitting buttons).
Inferno Lion A lion who sets your sword on fire for extra damage. With Dodo, the attached sword causes extra damage.
Leviathan Leviathan A monster you must defeat in a boss battle for him to join you. He speeds up your sword swinging and throwing 2x.
Chilly Penguy A penguin who, similar to Inferno, will freeze your sword for extra damage, and has the same effect with Dodo. Combined with Inferno, the freeze will be slightly more powerful.
Wong RaccoonDog A raccoon who will cloak himself to look like you with C, distracting enemies.
Moa Moa A bird who strengthens its partner's abilities. For example, Monarchy and Cecil's powers can be applied for as much time as you like (hit A to stop), Flash and Leviathan will have their effect increased from double to triple, and further increases the damage Inferno and Chilly do.
Kitty Kitty A cat you rent in an "Animal Village" for 50 gold coins. He will give you a second chance if you die (but only once).
Batty Bat A bat you rent for 100 gold coins. He will give you 20 seconds of invincibility once.
Edgar Egg An animal you rent for 50 gold coins. He will damage everything on screen for 5 seconds once.

Production credits

US version

Produce, Scenario, Game Design: Y. Onda
Main Program: Y. Tani
Sub Program and Game Design: Toshio Toyota (credited as "T. Toyota")
Sub Program: S. Ohtake
Character and Graphic Design: T. Yamamoto
Graphic Design: K. Nagata, M. Matsushima
Object Design: Y. Shimizu, K. Tajima
Boss Character Design: Y. Maki
Game Design: All Staff
Music Composer: Motokazu Shinoda (credited as "M. Shinoda")
Sound Operator: Noriyuki Iwadare (credited as "N. Iwadare")
Special Thanks: Mucky, I. Mizoguchi
Executive Producer: K. Aoyama

Screenshots

Localized Title Screens

  • Japan

  • Korea

  • Europe

  • France

  • Germany

  • Spain

Promotional material

  • Soleil MD FR PrintAdvert.jpg

    FR print advert

  • 1995 05 - Software Mega Drive.jpg

    ES print advert

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
52 №3, p138-141[1]
91 №39, p100/101[2]
80
78 №68, p34
95
75 №69, p105[3]
80
77 №78
83 №25
93 №34, p29[4]
86
92 №27, p36/38
90
87
92 №26, p70-72[5]
97 №49, p66-69[6]
85 №63, p66/67
88 №40, p52/53
Sega Mega Drive
 85
Based on
18 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
80
[7]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
75
[8]
CD Consoles (FR)
52
[1]
Consoles + (FR)
91
[2]
Cool Gamer (RU)
50
[9]
Digitiser (UK)
90
[10]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
58
[11]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
78
[12]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
80
[13]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
65
[14]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
95
[15]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
80
[16]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
75
[17]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
77
[18]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
81
[19]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
92
[20]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-J
93
[4]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
86
[21]
Mega (UK) PAL
92
[22]
Mega Force (FR) NTSC-J
84
[23]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
90
[24]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
87
[25]
Micro Kid's Multimédia (FR)
100
[26]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
92
[5]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
50
[27]
Player One (FR)
97
[6]
Play Time (DE) PAL
90
[28]
Power Up! (UK)
88
[29]
Sega News (CZ) PAL
85
[30]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
85
[31]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
88
[32]
Sega Force (SE)
76
[33]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
81
[34]
Super Juegos (ES)
96
[35]
Todo Sega (ES)
93
[36]
Tricks 16 bit (RU) NTSC-U
78
[37]
Tricks 16 bit (RU) PAL
88
[38]
VideoGames (US)
80
[39]
Sega Mega Drive
 82
Based on
38 reviews

Crusader of Centy

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:CDConsoles FR 03.pdf, page 138 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CDConsoles FR 03.pdf_p138" defined multiple times with different content
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 File:ConsolesPlus FR 039.pdf, page 100 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ConsolesPlus FR 039.pdf_p100" defined multiple times with different content
  3. ↑ File:GamePro US 069.pdf, page 113
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 File:Joypad FR 034.pdf, page 29 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joypad FR 034.pdf_p29" defined multiple times with different content
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 File:MeanMachinesSega26UK.pdf, page 70 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega26UK.pdf_p70" defined multiple times with different content
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 File:PlayerOne FR 049.pdf, page 66 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:PlayerOne FR 049.pdf_p66" defined multiple times with different content
  7. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 212
  8. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "July 1994" (JP; 1994-06-08), page 17
  9. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 56
  10. ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1995-02-23)
  11. ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "May 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 83
  12. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 34
  13. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 304
  14. ↑ Famitsu, "1994-06-24" (JP; 1994-06-10), page 40
  15. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 3, Issue 4: April 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 18
  16. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 4 April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 44
  17. ↑ GamePro, "April 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 107
  18. ↑ GamesMaster (UK) "Series 4, episode 16" (1995-01-03, 24:00) (+8:37)
  19. ↑ Game Informer, "May 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 28
  20. ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 90
  21. ↑ MAN!AC, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 76
  22. ↑ Mega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 36
  23. ↑ Mega Force, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 84
  24. ↑ Mega Force, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 46
  25. ↑ Mega Fun, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-21), page 38
  26. ↑ Micro Kid's Multimédia, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 46
  27. ↑ Next Generation, "May 1995" (US; 1995-04-18), page 101
  28. ↑ Play Time, "1/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 98
  29. ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, March 11, 1995" (UK; 1995-03-11), page 1
  30. ↑ Sega News, "Leden 1997" (CZ; 1997-xx-xx), page 30
  31. ↑ Sega Power, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 66
  32. ↑ Sega Pro, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 52
  33. ↑ Sega Force, "2/95" (SE; 1995-04-19), page 18
  34. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
  35. ↑ Super Juegos, "Enero 1995" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 34
  36. ↑ Todo Sega, "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-1x-xx), page 44
  37. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 12
  38. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 234
  39. ↑ VideoGames, "March 1995" (US; 1995-02-xx), page 66
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