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Game » consists of 7 releases. Released Dec 16, 1989
An action-adventure game set in 1980s Japan that follows one young man's journey to avenge his father's murder. It was praised for its ambitious scope and pioneered several gameplay features such as realistic open-world environments and Quick Time Events.
As bounty hunter Chaz you'll lead a group of adventurers to save your home planet of Motavia and eventually the whole solar system in this acclaimed RPG from Sega. The final game in the Phantasy Star series' canon.
As Treasure Hunter Nigel, journey to Mercator Island in search of the forgotten treasure of King Nole. Battle hordes of monsters, solve brain-bending riddles, and trek across the perilous island to uncover its secrets.
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.
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.
Rent A Hero is a role playing and 2D fighter hybrid. It later saw a remake Rent-A-Hero No. 1 for Dreamcast and Xbox.
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.
The third instalment in the Phantasy Star series of RPGs. An epic adventure featuring three generations of characters, PSIII had a slower pace and unique setting that made it the "black sheep" of the series.
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.
A young hero must save the world from evil magic by finding the four powerful swords that form Crystalis.
Embark on an adventure with characters from different walks of life, all destined to unite with you, to save the world.
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.
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.
16-bit sci-fi RPG originally released on the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive in 1989.
Phantasy Star is an 8-Bit console RPG released for the Sega Master System. Featuring hours of story-driven dialog, first person dungeon exploring and an epic quest, Phantasy Star spawned numerous sequels and spinoffs.
Final Fantasy was the first entry in the now widely recognized Final Fantasy franchise, originally developed on the NES by Square (now Square-Enix).
The third game in T&E Soft's Hydlide series of action RPGs, released on various home computers and consoles. Originally released in 1987, a graphically enhanced version was released in 1989, called Super Hydlide on the Mega Drive / Genesis console and Hydlide 3: Special Version on computers.
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 role-playing game in which the player must gather a party of four warriors and battle the evil Lord Terarin. Originally released in 1986 for Japanese home computers, it was ported to the Master System in 1987 and translated into English.
Rescue the princess and defeat the evil Dragonlord in this landmark RPG from Enix.
A young boy explores a huge overworld filled with enemies and dungeons to find and rescue Princess Zelda from the evil Ganon.
Players climb the tower, defeat Druaga and rescue Princess Ki in this maze-style, action role-playing game. Originally released by Namco for arcades in 1984, its combination of hack & slash combat and RPG elements laid the foundations for the action RPG genre.
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