Lagrange Point (video game)

Infobox VG
title = Lagrange Point


caption = Title Screen
developer = Konami
publisher = Konami
released = flagicon|Japan 26 April 1991
modes = Single player
genre = RPG
platforms = Nintendo Family Computer
media = 4 mbit cartridge

Lagrange Point is an RPG game by Konami, released only in Japan in 1991. The name references Lagrangian points, the five positions in space where a body of negligible mass could be placed which would then maintain its position relative to two existing massive bodies.

Lagrange Point has the distinction of being the only game ever released with Konami's VRC7 sound generator Integrated Circuit, which allowed for a drastic improvement in the quality of the music.

Due to its release late in the 8-bit era and the use of the advanced chip, the game was never localized.

Story

In the 22nd century, mankind has begun to emigrate into space. Constructed at a lagrange point were three huge space colonies: the Isis Cluster (two artificial biospheres, named Land-1 and Land-2, and a satellite.) In the year Isis 0024 (55 years after the cluster was constructed,) however, a biohazard outbreak occurred on Land-2. All attempts at contact were met with naught but static. Now...A research team led by pilot Jean approaches Land-1.