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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.
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.
Valis SD, known in the U.S. as Syd of Valis, is a retelling of the events of Valis 2 in SD form. It is a side-scrolling action game with multiple weapons and stages. Each stage ends with a boss.
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.
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 Adventure is a Squaresoft developed Legend of Zelda-style 2D Action RPG. The progenitor of the Mana franchise, it was named Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden in Japan and Mystic Quest for the EU release.
The third game in the classic Ghosts 'n Goblins series sees the valiant knight Arthur once again embarking on a brutally difficult quest to rescue his beloved from demonic forces.
Magic Sword is a 2D action side-scroller with a fantasy theme. The hero and his chosen accomplice must battle their way through a wizard's tower in a lust for monster slaying and loot.
An eroge (hentai) role-playing game.
The semi-sequel to Legendary Axe/Makkyou Densetsu. The game has seven stages, and was released in Japan in 1990. Despite popular belief in the United States, the game IS a sequel to the Legendary Axe/Makkyou Densetsu and was marketed as such in Japan.
This was released in Japan before the US version, on August 10th 1990.
A young hero must save the world from evil magic by finding the four powerful swords that form Crystalis.
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.
The Battle of Olympus is a side scrolling action adventure game with elements of Zelda II and Metroid. The player controls Orpheus, out on a mission to save his love Helene from the clutches of Hades, however the other gods are ready to help you.
Shadowgate is an adventure game where the player must travel through Castle Shadowgate solving its riddles and puzzles to succeed whilst avoiding numerous perils.
Dungeon Master launched a genre into the mainstream - the real-time dungeon RPG. An elaborate mix of combat and puzzles, the game was incredibly popular the world over. The player took control of a party of up to four adventurers on a quest to retrieve the firestaff and destroy Lord Chaos.
Action-adventure-RPG released in 1987 by Konami only in Japan. It features both side-scrolling and "3D" (third-person, behind-the-shoulder) segments, open-world exploration, and hack & slash combat, including the earliest third-person hack & slash combat.
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 side scrolling action game with a female protagonist. The original 1986 8-bit game was later remade for the Genesis/MegaDrive and the PC-Engine Super CD formats. It is (in a sense) both the first and last game in the Valis series.
A young boy explores a huge overworld filled with enemies and dungeons to find and rescue Princess Zelda from the evil Ganon.
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.
Cancelled open world game that takes place in a fantasy universe
A free-to-play, Japanese fantasy MMORPG developed by InterServ and published in Japan by Vector.
Volume one of SSI's Forgotten Realms series in which your party sets out on a journey to save the city of Phlan from the evil Tyranthraxus.
The first of the two games featuring Xeen, which can be combined with each other to create World of Xeen. In this, the fourth installment in the Might and Magic series, player characters explore the surface of Xeen, as well as high above it, to recover an other-worldly scepter.
Gather explore a pixel art world in this upcoming turn-based CRPG.
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