LaSalle Ishii no Child's Quest

LaSalle Ishii no Child's Quest (ラサール石井のチャイルズクエスト) is an RPG developed and published by Namco for the Famicom in 1989. Commonly called Child's Quest, it is often abbreviated as チャイクエ(Chi-que). The game plays almost identically to Dragon Quest, but is made considerably stranger by its modern Japanese setting and unusual premise.

It features and is named for Japanese TV personality LaSalle Ishii and focuses on a beleagured manager (the protagonist, named by the player) and his three-member up-and-coming J-Pop band "Childs". In order to get the fame and funding necessary to make Childs a big hit, the player (as the manager) must "fight" various stressed out officials and convince them to give the band royalties, equip the band with the equipment they need to perform and fly across Japan setting up deals and procuring more money. Also, the party operates in battle as a single entity - each piece of equipment also applies to every band member simultaneously.

The game was never rereleased, nor was it ever released outside of Japan. However, a group known as the "Woolsey Fan Compnay" produced a translation patch for the game, which can be found here. More than just a translation, this patch is more of a full localization that renames the game "Stardom Warriors," and replaces much of the very specific Japanese culture and humor with references that players outside of Japan would understand, making the game more approachable. A pure translation with all of the Japanese cultural references left in tack is also available here.