When did Star Ocean come out?

Star Ocean was released on 19 July 1996 for Super Famicom.

Star Ocean (1996) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Star Ocean

The first game from tri-Ace released on the Super Famicon published by Enix. A huge scale role playing game with beautiful graphics and sound that were impossible on the regular Super Famicon, that includes…

19 July 1996

What Star Ocean is

Star Ocean is an adventure game developed by tri-Ace and released in 1996. It was published by Enix Corporation. It is available on Super Famicom only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The first game from tri-Ace released on the Super Famicon published by Enix. A huge scale role playing game with beautiful graphics and sound that were impossible on the regular Super Famicon, that includes skills, talents, special move system, item creation, private action and full motion active battles.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Star Ocean series

Star Ocean is the first of 11 entries we hold in the Star Ocean series. The next entry was Star Ocean: The Second Story in 1998.

See all 11 Star Ocean games in release order →

What it launched against

Star Ocean launched on 19 July 1996, within three weeks of Tobal No. 1, Nights Into Dreams..., Star Gladiator Episode I: Final Crusade and Triple Play 97.

Released around the same time: Tobal No. 1, Nights Into Dreams..., Star Gladiator Episode I: Final Crusade, Triple Play 97.

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