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Dragon Quest V is a turn-based RPG released in 1992 and is the fifth installment in the popular Dragon Quest series. It is also the second entry in the Zenithia Trilogy, and one of the most popular games in the franchise.
Set in the world of Dungeons and Dragons, Warriors of the Eternal Sun is an adventure RPG using a party system. Set in an unknown world populated with enemies, the heroes have to begin an epic quest for the sake of kingdom and culture.
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.
Following their adventures in Might and Magic II, the players take up the quest to save the Isles of Terra from complete destruction. Only by unearthing the secrets of the legendary wizard, Corak, and his nemesis hidden somewhere within the islands can they hope to save the land and themselves.
The third game in the SaGa series, released as Final Fantasy Legend III in North America. It is about a group of heroes that travel through time in order to avert an apocalypse.
The very first graphical MMORPG. Neverwinter Nights on AOL was developed by Stormfront Studios and published by SSI.
Final Fantasy Legend II is the second game in Square's "SaGa" role-playing series, originally released for the Game Boy. It adopted the "Final Fantasy" branding in North America for marketing purposes.
Dragon Crystal is a roguelike RPG for the Sega Master System and Game Gear.
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.
The third Final Fantasy released on the Famicom. This version of the game was never released internationally.
The first game in the Fire Emblem series, released only in Japan for the Famicom. It was a landmark in console strategy RPGs, establishing many of the genre's common gameplay elements.
Chaos Strikes Back is a first person real-time dungeon crawl role-playing game released originally in 1989 for Amiga and Atari ST. It was initially conceived as an expansion to Dungeon Master, but grew to a completely stand-alone game which doesn't require Dungeon Master to play.
A fantasy adventure game for early Windows operating systems, Castle of the Winds was notable for its randomly generated dungeons, which were populated by monsters "borrowed" from Dungeons & Dragons, which was possible thanks to its simplistic graphics.
The third game in the Ys series developed by Nihon Falcom that introduced a new side-scrolling perspective and allowed the player to directly control Adol's ability to attack and jump for the first time.
Final Fantasy II follows four heroes who join a resistance group and try to stop an empire from taking over the world. Its gameplay deviates greatly from the first game by utilizing a usage-based growth system.
The direct sequel to Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished developed by Falcom and released on a number of platforms.
Larn is a 'roguelike' where players explore procedurally generated dungeons to gain experience and enough gold to venture into the volcano to retrieve the potion that will save the protagonist's daughter's life.
Rescue the princess and defeat the evil Dragonlord in this landmark RPG from Enix.
Bard's Tale is a critically acclaimed party-based roleplaying game based loosely on the Dungeons & Dragons rule set, with first-person navigation and text-based combat.
The third adventure in the Wizardry series sees the City of Llylgamyn rocked by a series of natural disasters. Only the descendants of the party of heroes that had saved the land before can confront the dragon, L'Kbreth, to petition it for the wisdom needed to avert them.
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.
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.
Physics-based isometric action RPG. Realism and simulation in a low fantasy setting.
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