Toujinmakyouden Hercules no Eikou (Game)

Toujinmakyouden Hercules no Eikou

GAME » on June 12, 1987

Nintendo Entertainment System (Platform)PlayStation 5 (Platform)Nintendo Switch 2 (Platform)

The first in the Heracles no Eikou series of Ancient Greek-themed JRPGs created for the Famicom.

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Overview

One of the earliest JRPGs, following the success of Dragon Quest I & II, Tōjin Makyō Den: Heracles no Eikō (lit: Labors of the Divine Hero: Glory of Heracles) has the player control the Ancient Greek demigod of Heracles (Character) (or Hercules, as he's known in Roman myth) as he assists the Goddess of Love Aphrodite while completing his legendary twelve Herculean tasks. The game is modelled on Dragon Quest and plays similarly to that and other 8-bit JRPGs: Heracles can walk around town interacting with hint-providing NPCs, purchase equipment and items at stores and save the game. Battles are turn-based and continue until one side has lost all their HP. Heracles no Eikō has a few minor improvements to the Dragon Quest formula, such as giving shopkeepers portraits or changing Heracles' sprite to reflect armor changes.

The game received its first international release for PlayStation 5 (Platform) and Nintendo Switch 2 (Platform) under the title Console Archives (Franchise): Toujinmakyouden Hercules no Eikou on May 21, 2026.

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