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Curse of the Azure Bonds returns players to the Forgotten Realms where they are waylaid by mysterious attackers and cursed with blue sigils that can control them. Discovering who is responsible and how to rid themselves of these bonds will take them on an unforgettable adventure.
Beyond the Ice Palace is a Ghouls'n'Ghosts-like platformer for various systems.
A 2D action platformer from Carry Lab, published by Pony Canyon for the Famicom Disk System.
A spin-off to Nihon Falcom's Xanadu series, Faxanadu is a side-scrolling action RPG developed by Hudson for the NES.
One of the first action RPGs, The Magic of Scheherazade is a Culture Brain title for the NES (1989) and Famicom (1987, as Arabian Dream Scheherazade).
A fantasy action RPG developed for MSX and NES by Lenar and published by Hi-Score Media Work.
The second game in the Castlevania series, Vampire Killer has the player taking control of Simon Belmont in his quest to defeat Dracula.
The first Famicom adaptation of the Hokuto no Ken manga and anime franchise, best known in the US and Europe as Fist of the North Star.
A top-down dungeon crawler released for Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum.
An action RPG released by Nihon Falcom in 1985 that was the company's first blockbuster success, becoming one of the best selling Japanese PC games of all time.
The Screamer is a 1985 cyberpunk-horror action RPG taking place in a post-apocalyptic, sci-fi setting. It was released by Magical Zoo, for the PC-8801 in 1985 and for the PC-9801 and X1 in 1986. An English fan translation was released in January 2015.
An incredibly difficult action RPG for the Commodore 64 and Apple IIe. You wander a dungeon full of skeletons, demons, bats, and other creatures in search of the sword of Kadash.
Players must climb to the top of the tree while avoiding obstacles.
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin is an adventure game based in the D&D Universe, in which you have to defeat the Minotaur in order to obtain the Treasure of Tarmin.
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.
A text adventure published in 1981 for the TRS-80 Color Computer and in 1982 for the Dragon 32.
Created by computer gaming pioneer Richard Garriott, a.k.a. Lord British, Ultima was one of the first computer role playing games and it set many standards for the genre.
Rogue is a classic ASCII-based RPG, infamous for its difficulty. It is known for spawning its own genre, called Roguelikes, and its influences can still be seen in a wide variety of other games.
A card-based dungeon crawler in which the enemies are female monsters. Once defeated several times or summoned, any monster can be chosen as a combat partner, leveling up and gaining new abilities.
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