History of Elthlead

= Introduction =

Elthlead is the first game in what is known as the Elthlead Trilogy, the other two games being Crest of Gaia and Guyframe. This game provided the basic building blocks for the world of Gaia which is seen not only in the Trilogy but also the later Langrisser series as well.

Characters such as Sieghart and Boser ultimately derive from this series and several of the units from Langrisser are certainly influenced by this earlier game such as Grand Knights from Langrisser I and Grand Dinos from this game.

Langrisser I mentions the war of Elthlead and Langrisser II has Sieghart from it and the original versions of these game appear to take place in the same world.

Langrisser III, however, represent a major recon of the series and changes what the war of Elthlead look like.

= Name =
 * Japanese Name: エルスリード
 * English: Elthlead

= Introduction =

Among one of the first fantasy Strategy Games developed, predating Master of Monsters and Fire Emblem.

The world introduced in the Elthlead series would eventually provide the initial settings for the Langrisser Series. Particularly noticeable with the first two games. Which contains names and allusions from this series. = Game Information =

Production Credits
Director:	Tomohiro Tanaka Original Design:	Robert M. Timbello Chief Designer:	Masayuki Suzuki Designer:	Katsuki Tanaka Technical Leader:	Chikara Suzuki System Engineer:	Akiyoshi Saito AI Programmer:	Masayuki Iwashita Programmer:	Gu Yu Nobumasu Tanaka Original BGM:	Osamu Kawada Fumie Kawada Illustrator:	Noriyuki Moto

MSX2 Team
Yoshiki Hasegawa Akira Misota Tenten Max Yu

Release Information

 * NEC PC-8801 Version Released March 20, 1987
 * Sharp X1 Version Released 1987
 * MSX Version Released 1988
 * Sharp X68000 Version Released March 30, 1989
 * known as History of Elthlead