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The Swords of Ditto is a compact action RPG that creates a unique adventure for each new hero of legend in the relentless fight against the evil Mormo. Explore a delightful but dangerous overworld, brave menacing dungeons, and improve your hero in a charming village, during your quest to overcome the evil that plagues the … Continue reading “The Swords of Ditto: Mormo’s Curse”
Year: 2018
Platforms: Android, Linux, Macintosh, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Windows Apps, iPad, iPhone
Genre: Action
Theme: Action RPG, Platform, Puzzle elements, RPG elements
Can you survive The Persistence? Caught in the inexorable pull of a black hole, and with the crew mutated into horrific & murderous aberrations, it’s down to you, a clone of security office Zimri Eder, to save the ship and make the jump back to earth. A brutal VR sci-fi-stealth, horror, roguelike featuring dozens of upgradable … Continue reading “The Persistence”
Year: 2018
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One, Playstation 5
Genre: Action
Theme: Horror
Ultra Age is a high-speed, sword-swinging action game set in the far future that follows the story of young warrior Age, who embarks on a mission to save humankind from extinction. Use your blades to cut through robotic and mutant foes, explore futuristic locales, and unravel a vast conspiracy concerning the fate of the planet. … Continue reading “Ultra Age”
Year: 2021
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4
Genre: Action
Theme: RPG elements
The Keys of Acheron is the first expansion module for Hellfire Warrior. The title refers to four gems that the player must recover at the request of the wizard Abosandrus, to prevent an invasion of the demon lord Kronus. These gems known as the Keys of Acheron have been scattered across space and time. The result are … Continue reading “The Keys of Acheron”
Year: 1981
Platforms: Apple II, Atari 8-bit, TRS-80
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Sorcerer of Siva is a game that resembles the classic mainframe DND games. You cannot see the whole level, only your surroundings. The maps are not randomly generated like e.g. in roguelikes. You create a solo character to explore a dungeon to collect treasure and kill monsters. You can read about my experience with the game … Continue reading “Sorcerer of Siva”
Year: 1981
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
SwordThrust is a commercialized and enhanced version of the Eamon RPG. Your hero begins in the land of Diurla at the Main Hall, where he (or she) must register, roll up stats, equip, and buy spells before going on one of many adventures. Like in its predecessor, your main stats are Hardiness (the number of hits you can … Continue reading “Sword Thrust: #1 The King’s Testing Ground”
Year: 1981
Platforms: Apple II
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Dragon Fire is an early RPG for Apple II computers. It follows the standard concept of early fantasy games – shops to buy equipment, moving around with keyboard, and fighting monsters to win treasures, with which to buy better equipment. There are 5 character classes to choose from: Warrior, Huntress, Wizard, Dwarf or Elf. There are … Continue reading “Dragon Fire”
Year: 1981
Platforms: Apple II
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Dragon’s Eye is a fantasy RPG in which you are cast as a valiant warrior tasked with saving the lands by completing an epic quest. The lands in question are the “Seven Provinces” and the quest itself involves finding and retrieving the “Dragon’s Eye” amulet before its evil power corrupts the entire countryside. The game is … Continue reading “Dragon’s Eye”
Year: 1981
Platforms: Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore PET/CBM
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Thunder Road Adventure is a text adventure game for multiple systems. The player is a moonshiner, who must deliver their load of illicit white lightning through the hills and hollows from their farm in Georgetown to the town of Knawbone. This is your official last run, trying to raise money for college before going straight. Along … Continue reading “Thunder Road”
Year: 1980
Platforms: TRS-80, TRS-80 CoCo
Genre: Adventure
The Deadly Dungeon is a text adventure for the TRS-80. The player has entered a deadly dungeon, and must collect the seven treasures held within, and return them to the starting sign in an old temple. All commands are via VERB + NOUN text entry. There is no save and restore feature, and the maximum score … Continue reading “Deadly Dungeon”
Year: 1980
Platforms: TRS-80
Genre: Adventure