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An interactive movie / visual novel / adventure game, released in the early 90s. Gadget has gone on to influence many visionary filmmakers, such as Guillermo del Toro, Alex Proyas, and the Wachowskis.
Join Ray and his fellow Aqutallion crusaders as they embark on a dangerous journey to defeat the evil entity Homncruse.
A direct spin-off to Tengai Makyou II: Manjimaru staring Kabuki Danjirou.
The final game in a fantasy computer role-playing game series called Xak developed and published by Micro Cabin.
The prince of darkness returns in this point and click adventure from Fairytale.
The third game in the RPG series known in the west as Glory of Heracles. It was originally released on the Super Famicom in 1992, and eventually added to the Wii's Virtual Console library fifteen years later in 2007. It is the most famous entry in the series.
The second game in the Japanese-exclusive Tengai Makyou role-playing franchise.
A tactical RPG from Sega, the player has to save the land of Rune and stop the evil Darksol from reviving an evil that destroyed the world in ages past.
An action-RPG published by Enix for the SNES. The player has to restore the world above by delving deeper into an immense dungeon.
A Zelda clone with some original ideas under a more traditional RPG coating
The first Super Nintendo entry in Culture Brain's martial arts-based beat 'em up series Super Chinese. It was renamed Super Ninja Boy for the US release.
A non-corporeal protagonist meets historical figures while travelling through time trying to recover his body from an evil demon in this Famicom Disk System adventure game.
Metal Max is a 1991 sandbox role-playing game set in a futuristic, post-apocalyptic, open-world environment, where the surviving humans cluster in villages and ruins while "hunters" fight the monsters and outlaws outside.
A dungeon-crawler which was followed by the hit tactical RPG Shining Force.
An atmospheric adventure game following the story of the lead singer for a band named Elleno Vision.
The evil wizard Mordack has taken the castle and royal family of Daventry, and are holding them prisoner. As the only member of the royal family left behind, King Graham must help his family and return the castle.
The Imagination Network (Originally "The Sierra Network"/"CyberPark") was a multiplayer game owned by Sierra Online from 1989-1995 (and Co-Owned by AT&T During Late-1995/1996), Owned by AOL from 1996-2003, INN is credited as being the First Graphical Point-and-Click MMG.
Racing Hero is a 1989 arcade racing game from Sega.
An action RPG designed by Yu Suzuki for the Sega Genesis. The original advertising for this game claimed that it had "over 300 hours of gameplay".
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.
Action RPG developed by Lee Way and published by Sein Soft for the Sharp X68000 home computer in 1989.
Tengai Makyou: Ziria is an RPG released by Hudson Soft for the PC Engine in 1989.
A real-time, dungeon-crawler, action RPG, and the first game in the Xak series from Micro Cabin. It was released for various systems between 1989 and 1993, but was not officially localized into English until a considerable amount of time later.
Scrolling brawler with RPG attributes. Fight through street gangs as Alex and Ryan in search of Ryan's kidnapped girlfriend. This game was basically an early proto-GTA sandbox brawler, where the player can explore the city, beat up or steal from random people, and shop around.
16-bit sci-fi RPG originally released on the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive in 1989.
Exile, also known as XZR II, is the side scrolling, action RPG sequel to XZR. It was first released for Japanese computers in 1988. Both North American releases, especially the Genesis one, were censored due to the heavy religious, adult and drug-related themes.
Action RPG developed by Sein Soft and released in 1988.
An action RPG developed by Telenet Japan and released in 1988, it is the first part of the XZR/Exile trilogy. The game was controversial for its references to religion, politics, and drugs. Unlike its sequels, XZR was never released outside of Japan.
The sequel to Tecno Soft's overhead shooter; it's more of an action/RPG.
Loosely based on the 19th century novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a side-scrolling action game alternating between both Jekyll (who is trying to reach his wedding) and the enraged Hyde.
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