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Din’s Legacy is an action RPG with mutating characters, set in a dynamic, evolving, fantasy world for Windows, Mac, and Linux. During the Orc Schism, the entire Orc race was violently split into Dark Orcs, Zombielords, and the Mutated. The Mutated are tainted with Orc blood, a zombie parasite, and necromancer magic. This makes people … Continue reading “Din’s Legacy”
Year: 2019
Platforms: Linux, Macintosh, Windows
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Action RPG
The Dezerian Assignment is a shareware title where the player assumes the role of an agent sent to the arid world of Dezeria to retrieve a superweapon called the Galactic Vaporizer Device (GVD) which has been stolen by rebels and hidden in the tunnels beneath Dezeria’s surface. The planet is divided into four quadrants with impassable … Continue reading “The Dezerian Assignment: Code Name Red Key”
Year: 1993
Platforms: DOS
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Sandbox / open world
Koei made an incursion into the fantasy worlds of magic with this game. Six magicians, each trapped inside a magical gem, are liberated from the crown Gemfire by Princess Robyn, daughter of the tyrannical ruler of Ishmeria, King Eselred. Fleeing across the length and breadth of the island nation, they each choose a leader from … Continue reading “Gemfire”
Year: 1991
Platforms: DOS, FM Towns, Genesis, MSX, NES, PC-88, PC-98, SNES, Sharp X68000
Genre: Strategy / tactics
Theme: RPG elements, Turn-based strategy
Gauntlet II is very similar to its predecessor. Up to four players (a wizard, a warrior, an elf, and a valkyrie) make their way through various mazes, collect treasures and magic potions, and fend off assorted creatures and ghosts. It’s possible to beat any level by waiting for a few minutes. This turns all the … Continue reading “Gauntlet II”
Year: 1986
Platforms: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, Game Boy, NES, PlayStation 3, ZX Spectrum
Genre: Action
Theme: Arcade, RPG elements
The Ghoul realm is under attack by a mysterious force and aspiring warrior Firebrand sets out to save it. As in its predecessor, gameplay in Gargoyle’s Quest II is divided into an adventure-like and an action part. During the adventure parts, Firebrand explores a world map and several villages from a top-down perspective, talking to … Continue reading “Gargoyle’s Quest II”
Year: 1992
Platforms: NES, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U
Genre: Action
This game is a turn-based strategy/RPG game where you control a potentially large party of characters (students) in a school. The game’s developer sums up the plot thusly: “In order to stop the demonic Principal of a local highschool from effecting her plans for world domination, players must control up to seven students who enter … Continue reading “Ten Nights of Killing and Mayhem at F.J.B. II”
Year: 1996
Platforms: DOS
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Galaxy 5000 is an isometric-perspective space racing game where 4 spaceships compete head to head in outer space races. 1 or 2 human players can compete in the races; the rest of the ships are controlled by the computer. The ships complete several laps around each course and have limited firing capacity to throw their … Continue reading “Galaxy 5000”
Year: 1991
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Racing/Driving
Cobra, the evil villain, previous encounter with G.I. Joe ended with Cobra’s base been destroyed (as played in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero). But this time Cobra has unlocked the secret of Atlantis. Using an ancient power source Cobra has managed to raise Atlantis out of the bottom of the ocean and now is … Continue reading “G.I. Joe: The Atlantis Factor”
Year: 1992
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
G.I Joe is a side-scrolling action game where you can select 3 out of a possible 5 characters to complete a mission. Each level is in three main parts: The fight into the mission zone, the mission zone, and the escape from the mission zone. The stages where you fight into and escape from the … Continue reading “G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero”
Year: 1991
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
Fun House is based on a children’s television game show of the same name. The basic premise of the game is to get through the 72 rooms of the Fun House. The object of each room is to throw tomatoes at the targets littered throughout the room before time expires. Sometimes these targets are numbered, so … Continue reading “Fun House”
Year: 1991
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Game show / trivia / quiz