Quest

Quest at a Glance

Quest is a Japanese developer and publisher that operated from the mid-1980s until its dissolution in 2003. Founded in 1988 and later merging with Bothtec Inc. in 1990, the company functioned as an independent entity under the name Quest corp. after splitting from Bothtec in 1997. They continued to publish titles through that relationship until Square acquired the studio in 2002. The merger of Square and Enix in 2003 led to the end of Quest corp. The company released a modest total of 14 games on PlayPile, with roles split between developing twelve titles and publishing five. Their output peaked during the 1990s with six releases, followed by four games in the 1980s, three in the 2000s, and just one in the 2010s. This timeline suggests a steady but limited production schedule that slowed significantly in their final years. Quest worked across a wide array of platforms including the Game Boy, Family Computer, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Apple II, Neo Geo Pocket Color, DOS, Wii, Super Famicom, Satellaview, and Sega Saturn. Their catalog shows a clear focus on complex strategy games. Five titles fall into the Role-playing genre, while another five are classified as Strategy or Tactical. They also produced four Turn-based strategy games, three Sports titles, two Adventure games, and single entries in Puzzle, Real Time Strategy, Shooter, and Simulator genres. The company is best known for the Ogre Battle franchise, which appears to be their primary legacy. The quality of their work is exceptionally high based on available data. All rated titles from Quest have achieved scores above 80 out of 100, resulting in an average IGDB rating of 85.5 across the two games listed with scores. Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together, released in October 1995, holds a rating of 91/100. Another entry, Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis from June 2001, scored 80.1/100. Other titles like Ogre Battle Gaiden and Orge Battle Gaiden appeared around the turn of the century but lack specific ratings in the provided data. The consistency of high scores indicates that the studio maintained a strong standard throughout its existence before closing its doors after more than a decade of operation.

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