BRIGANDINE - THE LEGEND OF FORSENA
Official Title  Brigandine - The Legend of Forsena
Common Title  Brigandine - The Legend of Forsena
Serial Number(s)  SLUS-00687
Region  NTSC-U
Genre / Style  Tactical RPG 

Developer  Hearty Robin.
Publisher  Atlus Co.
Date Released  11 January 1998
Disc Number &
Printed Serial Number
DISC 1

SLUS-00687
Serial Number In Disc SLUS-00687
Media Disc ID N / A
Number Of Tracks 18
( 1 Data Track &
17 Audio Tracks )
Approx. Image Size
( Image Format Used )
516 MB
( .bin / .cue )
Approx.Size On Disc 449 MB
Approx. Archive Size
( Archive Type Used )
318 MB
( 1 RAR File with
2% Recovery )
Barcode Number(s)
( UPC / EAN )

From the back cover.
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English
Menus and gameplay are in English

The war had been raging on for quite some time; seemingly forever. In the year 214, however, the Almekia Empire finally achieved a victory over the country of Norgard, their bitter rivals. Though it ended the war, Admiral Zemeckis of Norgard had other plans up his sleeve...

In the following year of 215, he assassinated King Henguist, Almekia's widely loved ruler. With the fallen king lying at his feet, Zemeckis proclaimed himself the new emperor and began a dynasty of terror. With a lust of hate in his eyes, the new ruler named his conquered land as the Esgares Empire and unleashed brutal assaults on the neighboring countries located in Forsena.

Zemeckis didn't account for the Knights of the Rune, however. Born with magical runic abilities, these warriors are looking to police Forsena from the evil tyrant's wrath. And although it will be an uphill battle against armies of monsters and elite warriors, the knights have vowed to succeed!

Brigandine: The Legend of Forsena is a role-playing war simulation title in the fashion of Tactics Ogre, Ogre Battle, and Final Fantasy Tactics. At the beginning of the game, players will select one of five different Knights of the Rune and defend a specific piece of Forsena. Lance is a young fourteen year old prince that has been summoned to protect New Almekia and Late Badostow; Lyonesse must defend her kingdom of Leonia; and the lord-ranked Vaynard will defend the northlands with his White Wolf warriors.

From the Strategy Map, players will organize their party members into effective attack forces, equip newly found weaponry, check statistics, and move around the map in search for enemy soldiers. Battles take place on a hexagonal piece of country land with fixed amounts of character movements and actions. Depending on the class of certain characters, as the commander, you'll order your troops to unleash rune assaults, magical spells, and attacks with bows, blunt objects, and swords.

In addition to each unit's own statistics (hit points, experience, levels), there are various Elemental colors that work in conjunction with attacks and other offensive measures. Each color represents a different faction; White is a sacred holy power, Black offsets good with evil, Green represents nature, Red is the color of flame, Blue is for aerial elements, and Gray is a neutral color. When an elemental Red unit attacks an opposing Blue element, the damage inflicted is raised 20 percent. If a Black colored unit attacks the holy White color, the damage is raised by a certain percent, or vise versa.

  Manufacturer's description:

Located in the central plains of Forsena, Almekia finally brough peace of the land by finally defeating the country of Norgard, in 214.

The long war was finally over...However, in the second month of 215, Admiral Zemeckis assasinated King Henguist of Almekia. Almekia collapsed and Zemeckis proclaimed himself emperor and established the Esgares.

He was possessed by the desire to conquer the world and began his assault on neighboring countries...You will become one of the Knights of the Rune and participate in the war for the continent. Your mission: Bring peace back to Forsena...

* Features: Polygonal fight scenes enhance your perception of reality.
* Exercise precise control over every aspect of your character.

* Massive battles alter the course of history itself.

  Features:
Third person perspective
  • 3D & 2D graphics
  • Cartoon graphics
  • Medieval Fantasy theme.
  • Number Of Players  1 Player
    Number Of Memory Card Blocks  3 Blocks
    Compatible Controllers Tested
    ( Official Gamepads Only )
     Standard Controller ( Digital Controller Compatible only )
    Compatible Light Guns
    ( Official Light Guns Only )
     None
    Other Compatible Controllers
    ( Official Controllers Only )
     None
    Special Controllers Included Or
    Supported ( Official Only )
     None
    Vibration Function Compatible  No
    Multi-Tap Function Compatible  No
    Link Cable Function Compatibile  No
    Emulator  ePSXe v1.8.0
    Video Plugin  Pete's OpenGL Driver v2.9 ( internal X & Internal Y= Very High, Stretching mode: Stretch to full window size, render Mode: 2 (Use framebuffer object) text filt = 2 FPS limit= 63, Compatibility=1,3,2; Shader effects= 1 (Fullscreen smoothin))
    Audio Plugin  ePSXe SPU Core v.1.8.0
    CD-ROM Plugin  ePSXe Cdrom plugin
    Game Pad Plugin  N / A
    Vibration Compatible  The game doesn't have it (Digital only).
    Console Bios Used  SCPH7502

      NOTE:   This is not the only possible combination of plugins. There are others that will work (better or worse) for your particular hardware. We provide you with one working set-up so that you may get the game up and running, hassle-free. Testing other emulators/plugins is up to you.
     

     BATTLE MAP CONTROLS:
      Move cursor - D-Pad 
      Display unit status - Circle Button 
      Select unit / confirm selection - X Button 
      Cancel selection - Triangle Button 
      Accelerate cursor - Square Button 
      Move cursor to the unit which hasn't moved/scroll rage on selection window - L1/R1 Buttons 
      Turn on/off information window - L2 Button 
      Change map views - R2 Button 
      Diplay system command screen - Select Button 
      Pause game - Start Button 

     STRATEGY MAP CONTROLS:
      Move cursor - D-Pad 
      Display unit status - Circle Button 
      Select unit / confirm selection - X Button 
      Cancel selection - Triangle Button 
      Accelerate cursor - Square Button 
      Move cursor from one base to another/scroll page on any selection screen - L1/R1 Buttons 
      Diplay system command screen - Select Button 
      Pause game - Start Button 

     

     MISC CODES:
      Esgares Empire -  For playing Esgares Empire in Brigandine, press L2 + R1 + start at the general select screen. Now begin a game to control the Esgares.

     GAMESHARK CODES:
      Infinite HP Brangien -  
    80091E34 03E7

      Infinite HP Vanyard -  
    80091C8E 03E7


     
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    • Brigandine - Gensou Tairiku Senki [SLPS-01107]  - 
       

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