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Game » consists of 12 releases. Released Aug 06, 1993
An Action-RPG from Quintet and Enix about the resurrection of the world. Ark has to fix the mess he made and travels around the globe to take part in the most important events in the history of the planet.
King's Field is a first-person, action-adventure rpg. This FromSoftware-developed title is the second game in the series, but was renamed for US release because the original was never officially localized.
A futuristic role-playing game starring the titular Arm. In the game, Arm is sent to investigate a mysterious attack on his kingdom.
Solve puzzles and hack foes in this epic dungeon adventure for the Sega Genesis.
A first-person, action-adventure RPG developed by From Software, never released in the US, which resulted in the subsequent US releases to be misnumbered.
An Action/RPG for the Sega Genesis.
An action RPG that lets the player build and upgrade robots to do battle against foes! Oh, and there's an Einstein lookalike.
A Japan-only turn-based RPG by Squaresoft featuring several seemingly unrelated characters each in different settings and time periods.
A fantasy adventure role-playing game for the SNES and the spiritual sequel to Drakkhen. The main protagonist must rescue his girlfriend from the clutches of an evil wizard.
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.
A fantasy RPG by Enix for the SNES with an emphasis on Legend of Zelda-style dungeon puzzles.
The fourth game in the Legend of Zelda series and the first one to appear on a handheld. Link is trapped on Koholint Island, and to escape he must wake the Wind Fish by finding the Eight Instruments of the Sirens.
The non-canonical fourth entry in the Ys series developed by Hudson Soft.
A top-down action RPG developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Square. The protagonist, Alen, must seek the help of the elemental Guardians to stop the resurrection of the demon lord Alcahest.
An action-RPG that tells the story of a boy named Will and his quest to stop a comet from destroying the Earth.
The canonical fourth game in the Ys franchise. It was published on the Super Famicom by Tonkin House in Japan only and also received a PS2 remake in 2005. It remains one of the few Ys games to have never received an official English localization.
A Hudson-developed, top-down action-adventure game, similar in style to Gauntlet. As the sequel to a HuCard game, it also benefits from the additional storage available with the CD format.
An action-RPG hybrid for the TurboGrafx-16 CD ROM system. Developed by Telenet and published in America by Working Designs in 1993.
An action-RPG published by Enix for the SNES. The player has to restore the world above by delving deeper into an immense dungeon.
The third installment in the Zelda series makes a return to the top-down 2D gameplay of the original. Link must travel between the Light and Dark Worlds in order to set things right in the kingdom of Hyrule.
Final Fantasy IV is a critically acclaimed RPG in the Final Fantasy series and one of the first of its kind to tell a heavily character-driven story. It also created the Active Time Battle system.
Action RPG developed by Microcabin in 1990.
A young hero must save the world from evil magic by finding the four powerful swords that form Crystalis.
Ys Book I & II follows the adventure of Adol Christin, a traveler who embarks on a quest to locate the fabled lost floating continent called Ys. The game is a enhanced compilation of the first two Ys titles and was one of the first games to demonstrate the potential of the TurboGrafx-16's CD-ROM add-on.
Dungeon Explorer is a top-down action-adventure RPG developed by Atlus and published by Hudson Soft in 1989. Up to five players can join in the quest to recover the Ora stone from the mighty Natas.
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.
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.
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).
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is the second entry in the ground-breaking Zelda franchise. This controversial follow-up ditches the original's top-down perspective for 2D side-scrolling exploration and combat. The 2D towns, dungeons and combat arenas are tied together by a top-down overworld.
A young boy explores a huge overworld filled with enemies and dungeons to find and rescue Princess Zelda from the evil Ganon.
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