To play Advanced Dungeons and Dragons: Hillsfar. one simply needs to create characters and form a party. While this game is an RPG, the gameplay differs for the previous games such as Pool of Radiance & Curse of the Azure Bonds. Hillsfar features some of ...
The Bard's Tale takes place in the city of Skara Brae, which has been taken over by the evil wizard Mangar, who has brought an eternal winter over the city. Monsters roam the streets and it is dangerous to stay out in the streets at night. Your mission is...
Deja Vu is a "point-and-click" adventure game set in the world of 1940s hard-boiled detective novels and movies. The game takes place in Chicago during December 1941, shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The game character is Theodore 'Ace' Harding, ...
Destiny of an Emperor utilizes a number of features that made it stand above and beyond other traditional RPGs of its time. The party consists of up to 7 members, 5 of which actively participated in combat, 1 who serves as back-up to replace any dead gene...
Dragon Warrior is the first famous console RPG. You assume the role of a descendant of Erdrick, a brave warrior of the past. Once upon a time, Erdrick defeated the Dragonlord with the help of the Ball of Light. Now, Dragonlord stole the Ball of Light, and...
Dragon Warrior II is a role-playing game. The player controls his or her characters as they move in the game world. They can search treasure chests, talk and trade with villagers, equip weapons and armor, and cast spells. However, if the player wanders fa...
Dragon Warrior III is noted for greatly expanding upon the original Dragon Warrior and Dragon Warrior II. Dragon Warrior III adds a class system, in which each character has a certain class. While the hero always keeps the Hero class, the other characters...
Dragon Quest IV introduced several new features over the first three titles. The new chapter-based story telling system was one of them. In addition, there were party member artificial intelligence options, which allows the player to give strategies to hi...
500 years ago, the Kingdom of Granville fought a terrible war with Darces the Dark Overlord. A great hero, the warrior "Magi", rose to challenge Darces. He owned six magical swords and a powerful suit of armor that was impervious to all but the ...
A powerful wizard has kidnapped the King's daughter. You have traveled from a far away land to answer the King's cry for help. Now, you must battle the Wizard and his minions to save the Princess. Luckily, more than 70 items will help you with thi...
Gameplay in Final Fantasy is similar to that of many other console role-playing games. The player controls a party of four player characters, called Light Warriors (or "Warriors of Light" in later editions), who explore towns and dungeons as the...
A long time ago, a ghostly White Lion attacked Maria's village. A hero appeared and drove the lion away. But Maria's parents wanted to find out where the Lion came from and what its purpose was. They set out on a journey, and never returned. One d...
The game is notable for being one of the first ever console role-playing games (see the chronology of console role-playing games). The graphics and gameplay are extremely similar to and clearly heavily influenced by the blockbuster computer RPG of the tim...
The King of Daventry has a problem. One day, while he was away, his entire castle and his family was swept away by a mysterious and powerful cold wind. When he returns to his Kingdom, Sir Graham finds nothing but an empty plot of land and a wise owl. Luck...
Little Ninja Brothers was a game released by Culture Brain for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1990. The original title of the game was Super Chinese 2. The plot follows two young ninja, Jack and Ryu, attempting to find out the mysterious reason for ...
According to the game's manual, an evil magician named Abadon was able to use his power to summon groups of evil beasts, and then built a castle for himself. He then sent out his followers to rid the peace-loving land of Merlwood of its most powerful ...
Step into the land of Cron with MIGHT & MAGIC II: Gates to Another World. You will have to organize a party to discover the dark enigma that covers the land. Fortunately, you can use 15 different skills and traits to customize your warriors. They will als...
Despite a simple and rather cliche premise (a knight must rescue a captured princess and restore order to the kingdom), its plot is fairly complex by 8-bit console gaming standards. Taking the role of Sir Cucumber, a knight, the player must defeat the evi...
The player must solve a series of puzzles throughout the castle in order to proceed to the Warlock Lord's chamber. Due to the castle's perilous nature, at least one lit torch must be in the player's possession at all times; if the torch is ext...
Swords and Serpents can be played by one, two, or four players (by use of the NES Satellite or other 4-player adapter[1]). Control of the characters is divided evenly among the number of players, but one player must be chosen as the party leader to contro...
