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An Action/RPG for the Sega Genesis.
A turn-based strategy game developed by Max Entertainment and is considered Nintendo's answer to Sega's Shining Force. It was released in 1994 only in Japan for the Super Famicom and later remade on the Sega Saturn in 1996.
Formerly known as Final Fantasy III in North America, Final Fantasy VI follows a diverse group of heroes as they fight to defeat Kefka, a megalomaniac intent on using a combination of long-lost magic and technology to take over the world.
An Amiga CD32 exclusive sequel to Defender of the Crown. It followed the same storyline as the original, but featured improved graphics and included several new gameplay elements.
Dizzy is once again forced to tangle with Zaks in the first Dizzy game to be released on video game consoles. Find items, solve puzzles, collect stars, and leap over dangers in this adventure/platformer hybrid from Codemasters.
A Westwood Studios developed first person RPG created as an original follow up to their Eye of the Beholder series. The Throne of Chaos was the first in the series which ultimately spanned three games.
With just a car and a shotgun, players travel across a wasteland to survive.
An action game based on the 1990 movie of the same name. In this Sega version, Kevin can construct his own weapons from items found lying around the neighborhood.
Wizardry 7: Crusaders of the Dark Savant is a hugely in-depth PC fantasy RPG. The player creates a party of up to 6 characters choosing from 11 races and 14 professions and vetures forth into the world of Guardia tasked with recovering the Cosmic Forge from the Dark Savant.
Darklands is a party-based RPG set in medieval Germany. The game breaks convention by not allowing the player characters to use magic, instead using alchemy and prayers to Christian saints for supernatural aid. Combat takes place in real-time, allowing pausing to give orders to party members.
The third game in the classic Ghosts 'n Goblins series sees the valiant knight Arthur once again embarking on a brutally difficult quest to rescue his beloved from demonic forces.
A compilation of 52 bite-sized games, each shittier than the last. Action 52 is now infamous for being plagued with programming bugs. A contest which involved one of its included games was rendered meaningless because of such glitch. Much of the soundtrack is plagiarized.
Gates to Another World picks up where the first game left off as a powerful villain that had escaped the party at the end of that adventure threatens the world of CRON with destruction.
Magic Sword is a 2D action side-scroller with a fantasy theme. The hero and his chosen accomplice must battle their way through a wizard's tower in a lust for monster slaying and loot.
You must find your way out of Hell in this, the last game to use the game engine created for Wasteland.
A driving game based on the post-apocalypse franchise of the same name.
Ultima VI is the final entry in the Age of Enlightenment. Its icon- and text-based interface was new to computer RPGs at the time.
Volume One of a new trilogy set in the Dragonlance campaign setting of TSR's Advanced Dungeons and Dragons rule set. A party of adventurers arrive at an outpost expecting only to patrol a liberated land, until they are drawn into a conspiracy that threatens the entire continent.
Final Fight is a classic beat-em-up game developed by Capcom featuring a memorable cast of characters, including Guy, Cody, and the first and only mustachioed ex-pro-wrestler turned mayor, Mike Haggar. Released for the CPS arcade system in 1989 and then ported to the SNES and other home systems.
16-bit sci-fi RPG originally released on the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive in 1989.
Released in 1987, War of the Dead is considered to be the first true survival horror game. SWAT officer Lila must rescue survivors in the demon-infested small town of Chaney’s Hill. It also featured open-world gameplay and RPG elements.
Choose any of three characters in this adventure type game. Wander around several landscapes fighting off a variety of enemies. Uncover and pick-up food to replenish your rapidly diminishing health.
Set in Medieval England, Defender of the Crown revolves around a Risk-like gameplay. It also features action sequences such as sword-fighting raids, jousting matches & sieges involving catapulting at enemy castles.
A vertical ground-based shoot-'em-up from Nichibutsu.
An isometric platformer for the TRS-80 CoCo.
Players protect adventurers in this early light gun arcade game
Wizardry II continues the story arc that had started with the first game. After Werdna's defeat, a new threat arises to disrupt the peace of the kingdom. A party of adventurers must explore a dungeon filled with danger to recover the armor of the Knight of Diamonds.
Protect the king by preventing evil balloons from carrying him away in this early Namco arcade game.
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