Relics

Moby ID: 114075

Released

February 1986 on PC-98

Credits

23 people

Releases by Date (by platform)

Publishers

Developers

Bothtec, Inc.

Moby Score: n/a
Collected By: 4 players

Genre: Action
Perspective: Side view
Interface: Direct control
Setting: Sci-fi / futuristic

Description

Relics is an action-adventure game where players take the role of a spirit who can possess different characters. The spirit appears at underwater ruins with no explanation why it became a spirit and what it needs to do. In fact, one will only find out about the story of the game when seeing the real ending. The graphic style of the game is compared to the works of H. R. Giger.

Players can possess other bodies after killing their owners, but to get the real ending, they must explore the ruins while avoiding unnecessary combat by running away or ignoring the characters they meet on their way. There is no music in the game apart from the opening and the real ending and, depending on the body possessed, players will acquire different skills and attacks.

Spellings

レリクス - Japanese spelling

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Credits (PC-98 version)

23 People

Screenplay	Ray E. Nakazato
Game Design	Ray E. Nakazato Atsushi Aoki
Graphics & Character Design	Kazuyuki Takimoto
Graphics & Character Design Assistant	Takahide Ito Syuho Saito
Music Work & Edit	Tetsuya Yamamoto
Music Arrange	Koichi Yamamuro (Yamaha)
Music Compose	Hiromi Imakyurei (Crystal King [YAMAHA]) Hidetoshi Nomoto (Crystal King [YAMAHA]) ASKA
Programming	Koichi Matsumoto Kimihiko Shiokawa Keiichiro Yamada Takakiyo Maruyama
Direction	Kazumoto Fukutomi
Package & Manual Design	Soul Bee Kazuyuki Takimoto
Basic Story & Copy Work	Yoshihiko Takei
Advice	Ryuichi Yamaki Hitoshi Ishizuka Hironobu Izawa Koichi Azuma Kenji Ikeda
Copyright 1986	Bothtec Inc.

Trivia

Hidden Text (PC-88)

The start of Disk B features hidden text left by an employee of the company.

Hidden Text (PC-98)

Track 0, sector 19 of the game's floppy disk has a hidden text left by one of the game's programmers.

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MobyGames ID: 114075

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Sharp MZ-80B/2000/2500 added by Infernos.

Additional contributors: Rik Hideto.

Game added September 28, 2018. Last modified November 12, 2023.