 "Steel Empire" (1992), a shoot 'em up game originally released as "Koutetsu Teikoku" on the Sega Mega Drive console in Japan and considered to be the first steampunk video game, was inspired by "Laputa", helping to propel steampunk into the video game market.This influenced "Final Fantasy VI" (1994), a Japanese role-playing game developed by Squaresoft, which had a considerable influence on later steampunk video games.Sega's video game franchise "Sakura Wars" (1996) also followed in the wake of "Laputa".