Elemental Gearbolt, full title , is a light gun shooter for the Sony PlayStation. Developed by Alfa System, the game was published by Sony Computer Entertainment and released in Japan during holiday season of 1997. Working Designs licensed the game for the North American market and released it on June 30, 1998. Elemental Gearbolt was critically well received due to its science fantasy setting, which is uncommon in light gun shooters, along with its incorporation of RPG elements, and particularly the artistry of its presentation. It features an orchestral soundtrack, and animated cutscenes directed by the anime director Rintaro. Story The events of the game are framed through Tagami, a mysterious figure who travels to the world in order to investigate what caused its destruction. The world was home to two races, Audo and Sulunkan. The Sulunkan, descendants of a fallen magical empire, were oppressed by the Audo. There are resistance groups, but none strong enough to challenge the Audo ruling class. Nell and Seana, the Sugiku (half breed) daughters of a resistance leader, meet Bel Cain, the Sugiku son of the selfish King Jabugal. Nell and Bel Cain promise to meet again. Bel Cain breaks his amulet in two and gives Nell one half as a reminder. Years later, Bel Cain becomes crown prince, full of ambition to end the bitter class struggle. Armed with advanced technology, he starts a campaign of conquest. Nell and Seana join the Sulunkan resistance, only to be killed. Their bodies are taken back to the capital city as trophies. One of Bel Cain's technologies, a Neural Network Computer, malfunctions and initiates a self-destruct sequence. It links powerful weapons known as Holy Guns to Nell and Seana's corpses, re-animating them as Elementals with only one purpose: seek and destroy the Network. Nell and Seana battle their way towards Owato, where Bel Cain and his older brother and subordinate Ialu are also headed. Bel Cain visits the Network, revealed to be made of mass amounts of brain-matter of the casualties of war. Bel Cain believes that the people who gave their lives to the Network will find a way to carry out his plans. Bel Cain has vowed to avenge his mother by killing and overthrowing her murderer, King Jabugal. Ialu reports that the excavation unit at the Goate Mountains have been destroyed, the cause being one or two armored individuals mounted with incredible weapons