PLATFORMS
A thousand years ago, a young Black Magician named Tar valiantly fought the demon lord Thornahuun, who was revealed to be his own father. However, Thornahuun managed to possess his son’s soul and corrupt it. Tar declared himself Lord Tarbos and brought terror to the land of Lyramion, before being locked away in a secure … Continue reading “Amberstar”
Year: 1992
Platforms: Amiga, Atari ST, DOS
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Viewed isometrically, this role-playing game saw you leading a party of four intrepid souls on a mission to restore peace to the land. Sixteen levels awaited them, all filled with traps and monsters. Spells could be collected as the game went on, and multiple ones cast in quick succession. The characters could be split, and … Continue reading “Shadowlands”
Year: 1992
Platforms: Amiga, Atari ST, DOS
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Real-time strategy
The land of Trazere is in a state of emergency as an ancient force of chaos begins to transform ordinary citizens into monsters. Seeking to save the kingdom, four heroic adventurers gather at the city of Treihadwyl. The game has a map view and a dungeon view and sports a fascinating magic system and isometric … Continue reading “The Four Crystals of Trazere”
Year: 1992
Platforms: Amiga, Atari ST, DOS
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Dungeon crawler, Turn-based strategy
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
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
Based on the MegaTraveller table-top science-fiction game, your task in The Zhodani Conspiracy is to prevent war breaking out between the Zhodani Consulate and the Imperium – Zhodani officials have bribed some of their Imperium counterparts to try and bring about a war between the two sides. In this role-playing game character creation is the … Continue reading “MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy”
Year: 1990
Platforms: Amiga, Atari ST, DOS
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
You awake in prison, without the memory of who you are, where you are and why you are imprisoned. In the corner of your cell you find a briefcase computer, which gives you the control over a unit of four droids. Now you must use these droids to find yourself, and free yourself. Captive has … Continue reading “Captive”
Year: 1990
Platforms: Amiga, Atari ST, DOS
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
The sequel to Moebius, Windwalker combines role-playing with side-view beat ’em up gameplay. You are accompanied by Moebius on a quest to master the martial arts. Hostile persons including thieves, guards and assassins will be encountered; you fight them in real time using moves such as cartwheels and flying kicks. This can be played either … Continue reading “Windwalker”
Year: 1989
Platforms: Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIgs, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, Macintosh
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Action RPG
Assume the role of a Time Lord, an immortal race of beings responsible for protecting the temporal balance of the universe from chaos and destruction, and travel to the Galaxy’s End, to prevent Dr. Samuel Kurtz from traveling to the dawn of time and witnessing the Creation of all that is. Create your Time Lord … Continue reading “Alien Fires 2199 AD”
Year: 1987
Platforms: Amiga, Atari ST, DOS
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy