Crusader of Centy

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Crusader of Centy/Soleil/Ragnacenty
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Sega (Japan, Europe), Atlus (US)
Developer: Nextech
Sound driver: Cube/Noriyuki Iwadare
Genre: RPG
Number of players: 1
Official in-game languages: 日本語 English Français Deutsch Español 한국어
Release Date RRP Code JP 1994-06-17 ¥8,8008,800 G-5536 US 1995-03 T-144026 EU 1995-01 1182-05 DE 1995 DM 129129 1182-18 ES 1995 1182-06 FR 1995 1182-09 PT 1994 MDJ1182 UK 1995-01 £44.9944.99 1182-05 SE 1995 1182-24 AU 1995-04 $69.9569.95 FSOL03SMC KR 1995 GM94024JG

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, English, French, German, and Spanish. Atlus produced a separate English translation and published the game for North America.

Story

Soleil is a village in a large continent overrun by monsters. The village law requires that all 14-year-old boys go to train and prepare for battle. The game's hero, Corona, has just turned fourteen at the beginning of the game. Corona receives the sword and shield of his father, who died in battle and had a great reputation for his bravery in defending the city. The crusaders of Soleil are sent out by the King to save the humans from the monsters.

Early in the game, Corona visits a fortuneteller and loses his ability to speak to humans in exchange for the ability to talk to animals and plants. After defeating a dragon, Corona recovers the ability to talk to humans and travels through time. He must rely on his sword and the aid of a group of animals to build a better world and understand why the monsters are at war with humanity.

Gameplay

Animal selection

Overworld map

Talking to animals

The game is an action-adventure game resembling Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda series. The story centers on Corona (who is named by the player upon starting the game), a boy who has just turned 14 years of age and must inherit his late father's sword to fight the monsters that threaten the human race's existence. Gameplay uses an overhead perspective and focuses on exploring, battling enemies with a sword, and solving puzzles. As the story progresses, numerous animals join the hero and aid him. The various areas of the world are selected from a map screen, with some areas having multiple entrances.

Corona walks in any direction using the D-Pad. Some objects can be pushed by moving into them. He swings his sword with . He can talk to NPCs with when standing next to them. Corona learns a few additional abilities as the game progresses. He can pay a soldier to learn the ability to throw his sword by holding and then releasing it when the sword begins to glow. The sword can be aimed at any angle, including diagonally, with the D-Pad, and it returns back like a boomerang. Corona learns the ability to jump with from a rabbit. Some objects can be jumped over but some cannot. He learns the ability to pick up certain objects with when next to them from an elephant. He drops the item with again (or throws it if he jumps first).

Early in the game, Corona finds himself losing his ability to speak to fellow humans, and instead gaining the ability to speak to animals. Some of them join him, lending Corona their abilities. Each animal has its own special technique. The very first animal the player gets is Corona's pet dog, Mac (US version) or Johnny (UK version). He can hold enemies down for Corona to attack. Later, the player gets a penguin, named Chilly (US version) or Penguy (UK version), which powers up Corona's sword with an ice attack when it is thrown. Some animal abilities are activated with the button. A total of 16 animals can be obtained. The player can select up to two animals at a time by pausing the game with  START , which causes them to follow Corona and contribute their abilities. Certain combinations of animals can sometimes combine their abilities into even more useful abilities.

Corona's health is depicted by red apples in the corner of the screen. He loses an apple when he is hurt by an enemy or a hazard. Bottomless pits, lava, and deep water also cost a health apple and cause Corona to respawn on land. When Corona has the maximum number of health apples, the word "MAX" appears. He can increase the maximum number of health apples he can have by defeating bosses or by finding Apples of Life. The game ends if Corona loses all of his health apples, but it can be restarted from the last save point. The player can save the game at any time (except during boss fights) but restarts at the beginning of the room or field when loading a saved game.

Malin is the currency of the land, and it can be collected from defeating enemies, cutting down grass, or finding it in treasure chests or coin bags. Malin can be exchanged with NPCs for a number of services, such as learning abilities or gaining animal companions.

Items

Items are dropped by enemies or found in chests, boxes, or chopped grass.

	Coin
	Collect Malin coins to exchange with NPCs for various services.
	Coin Bag
	Contains 30 Malins.
	Red Apple
	Restores one of Corona's health apple.
	Apple of Life
	Increases the maximum number of Corona's health apples.

Objects

	Switch
	Changes part of the scenery when hit by Corona's sword. Some switches are inaccessible and can only be hit by a thrown sword.
	Block
	Bars the way and cannot be jumped over.
	Heavy Block
	Can be pushed by Corona. Some areas contain puzzles that are solved by moving the blocks in a particular way.
	Switch Block
	Changes part of the scenery when hit by Corona's sword and can be pushed by Corona.
	Jump Pad
	Springs Corona into the air when he jumps onto it.
	Board
	Can be used as a platform by Corona and picked up by him and moved.
	Treasure Chest
	Destroy to reveal an item.

Animals

The player can select up to two animal companions to aid Corona at a time. Corona finds new animal friends over the course of the game.

JP name	US name	UK name	Description
ぽち	Mac	Johnny	Your pet dog. With , he will stay where he is and hold any enemy that happens to run into him still.
ぺんぎー	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.
みけ	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).
ももんがあ	Cecil	Ciel	A flying squirrel who will allow your sword to be thrown farther and ricochet from walls. All sword techniques abort immediately with .
ちった	Flash	Charlie	A cheetah who you have to beat in a race to acquire. He will make you run 2x faster and jump farther.
たまごん	Edgar	Egg	An animal you rent for 50 gold coins. He will damage everything on screen for 5 seconds once.
むっしー	Pieces	Caterpillar	A caterpillar who does nothing. He later turns into a butterfly.
もりもり	Batty	Bat	A bat you rent for 100 gold coins. He will give you 20 seconds of invincibility once.
かっしー	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.
ぱたぱた	Monarchy	Butterfly	A butterfly who allows you to guide your sword while it is being thrown. With Cecil the sword will travel in circles.
どーどー	Dodo	Dodo	A dodo bird who will attach your thrown sword to an enemy (usually resulting in the enemy coming to you in return).
あるま	Rio	Armadillo	An armadillo who with will turn into a platform you can pick up and throw with (useful for crossing water or hitting buttons).
りおん	Inferno	Lion	A lion who sets your sword on fire for extra damage. With Dodo, the attached sword causes extra damage.
りば	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.
ぽんぽこ	Wong	RaccoonDog	A raccoon who will cloak himself to look like you with , distracting enemies.
もあ	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 to stop), Flash and Leviathan will have their effect increased from double to triple, and further increases the damage Inferno and Chilly do.

Areas

The different areas of the game are accessed from the map screen. The player can freely enter and leave areas. New areas become available after Corona has found the exit in an existing area.

	Soleil Town
	Rafflesia School
	Dahlia Valley
	Anemone Beach
	Hot Daisy
	Burn Daisy
	Iris
	Camellia Desert
	Tower of Babel

Music and sound

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.

History

Development

This is one of two games to have originated as Shining Rogue (シャイニング・ローグ) (the other being Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole), and thus intended to be part of Sega's Shining series of games. Development was largely handled by Gau Entertainment, which was bought by Nextech midway through development.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as

Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Soleil	Soleil
English (US)	Crusader of Centy	Crusader of Centy
Japanese	新創世紀ラグナセンティ	Shin Souseiki Ragnacenty

Production credits

• Produce, Scenario, Game Design: Y.Onda
• Main Program: Y.Tani
• Sub Program and Game Design: 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: M.Shinoda
• Sound Operator: N.Iwadare
• Special Thanks: Mucky, I.Mizoguchi
• Executive Producer: K.Aoyama

Source:

In-game credits (US/JP)

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• Cover artist (JP): Osamu Muto

Source:

Uncredited

Digital manuals

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  Mega Drive Mini 2 US manual

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  Mega Drive Mini 2 EU manual

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  Mega Drive Mini 2 JP manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Crusader of Centy/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1994-06: "June 1994" (1994-05-07)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1994-07: "July 1994" (1994-06-08)

Print advert in Mega Force (FR) #34: "Décembre 1994" (1994-12-02)

Print advert in Hobby Consolas (ES) #46: "Julio 1995" (1995-xx-xx)

Print advert in Velikiy Drakon (RU) #60: "xxxx xxxx" (2002-09-05)
also published in:

• Velikiy Drakon (RU) #61: "xxxx xxxx" (2003-02-07)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source 80 Game Informer (US) 83 №25

	82
Based on 2 reviews

Sega Retro Average

Publication Version Score 1700 igr dlya Sega (RU) 80 Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J 75 CD Consoles (FR) 52 Consoles + (FR) 91 Cool Gamer (RU) 50 Digitiser (UK) 90 Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U 58 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U 78 Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU) 80 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 65 GameFan (US) NTSC-U 95 Game Players (US) NTSC-U 80 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 75 GamesMaster (UK) PAL 77 Game Informer (US) NTSC-U 81 Hobby Consolas (ES) 92 Joypad (FR) NTSC-J 93 MAN!AC (DE) PAL 86 Mega (UK) PAL 92 Mega Force (FR) NTSC-J 84 Mega Force (FR) PAL 90 Mega Fun (DE) PAL 87 Micro Kid's Multimédia (FR) 100 Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL 92 Next Generation (US) NTSC-U 50 Player One (FR) 97 Play Time (DE) PAL 90 Power Up! (UK) 88 Sega News (CZ) PAL 85 Sega Power (UK) PAL 85 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 88 Sega Force (SE) 76 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 81 Super Juegos (ES) 96 Todo Sega (ES) 93 Tricks 16 bit (RU) NTSC-U 78 Tricks 16 bit (RU) PAL 88 VideoGames (US) 80

	82
Based on 38 reviews

Crusader of Centy

Mega Drive, JP
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Mega Drive, US
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Mega Drive, US (cardboard)
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Cart Manual PCB

Mega Drive, UK
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Cart Manual PCB

Mega Drive, FR
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Mega Drive, DE
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Mega Drive, DE (alt)
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Mega Drive, ES
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Mega Drive, PT

Mega Drive, SE/DK/NO/FI
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Technical information

Main article: Crusader of Centy/Technical information.

ROM dump status

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