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World of Xeen combines two games – Clouds of Xeen and Darkside of Xeen – into a single game that can be played continuously. The player-controlled party can travel between the worlds of the two games using special devices that can find through exploration. Completing the main quests in both games opens the final quest, … Continue reading “Might & Magic: World of Xeen”
Year: 1994
Platforms: Macintosh
Genre: Compilation, Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
After three games in the Bard’s Tale universe, Interplay gave fans the chance to create their own games based on the game engine. You can design your own Monsters (choosing their look from existing ones or by drawing it yourself), level layouts (from the pre-defined objects of Bard’s Tale III), spells and collectible objects. Your … Continue reading “The Bard’s Tale Construction Set”
Year: 1991
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Due to mysterious circumstances, a flourishing city called Chinese Hill was cut off the rest of the world. Investigators found out that most of the buildings were destroyed, horrifying creatures are roaming the wilderness, and the few survivors have no means of escaping. The SSWAT (Supernatural Special Weapon Attack Team) sends an agent named Laila … Continue reading “War of the Dead”
Year: 1987
Platforms: MSX, TurboGrafx-16
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Action RPG
Create a party of eight characters from the usual D&D classes, and lead these characters on their quest for adventure. The initial character development is fairly comprehensive, but the user interface for the game itself is a 2D top-down perspective with symbolic representations of everything. The game map is a simple grid with icons in … Continue reading “Disciples of Steel”
Year: 1991
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Winwood was just an ordinary man, an owner of a small record shop – certainly not a very suitable profession for someone who would become a hero in a magical land. But fate had its own plans for our hero. One day, feeling particularly drowsy, Winwood closed his shop and fell asleep on the sofa. … Continue reading “Fate: Gates of Dawn”
Year: 1991
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Knights of Xentar is a sequel to Dragon Knight II, and is the only Dragon Knight game that was released outside of Japan. The player controls a young warrior named Desmond (Takeru in the Japanese version). After liberating Strawberry Fields from an evil curse in his previous adventure, Desmond finds himself in a situation unworthy … Continue reading “Knights of Xentar”
Year: 1991
Platforms: DOS, FM Towns, PC-98, Sharp X68000
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Real-time strategy
The country of Babylon was once a thriving community, enjoying peace and prosperity. However, all that changed when monsters invaded the land. Eventually, the entire population was wiped out and Babylon became an enclosed area no one dared to enter. Only one brave adventurer traveled to Babylon in an attempt to destroy the evil that … Continue reading “Curse of Babylon”
Year: 1986
Platforms: Commodore 64, FM-7, PC-88
Genre: Action
Theme: Action RPG
Trouble is in Cobra City! Gangsters roam the streets, and gang bosses seem to have taken the power in the city. Who is responsible for the situation? It is up to the private investigator JR Knight and his lovely companion Faythe to find out what is going on. Cobra Mission is based on an earlier … Continue reading “Cobra Mission: Panic in Cobra City”
Year: 1992
Platforms: DOS
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Real-time strategy
For an inexplicable reason, an ordinary guy named Richard was thrown into Hell. Apparently, there has been some mistake, but it doesn’t look like anyone is about to correct it – Richard’s own Guardian Angel has left him a note in a telephone booth, making it clear that Richard can rely on no one but … Continue reading “Escape from Hell”
Year: 1990
Platforms: DOS
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
A spiritual descendant of War in Middle Earth, Spirit of Excalibur uses the same engine to tell the tale of what befell Camelot after the death of King Arthur. You play the role of the regent who holds the throne while chaos spreads through Britain. The game is broken into a number of episodes, which … Continue reading “Spirit of Excalibur”
Year: 1990
Platforms: Amiga, Apple IIgs, Atari ST, CDTV, DOS, Macintosh
Genre: Strategy / tactics
Theme: Turn-based strategy