Zinnia

An early freeware action RPG very much inspired by Ys, Zinnia still only ran in monochrome mode, as most DOS games until 1992 did. Most interestingly, programmer Kim Jongsuk later formed a "multimedia band" with the same name as the game, which were active in the late 1990s and released two albums2. Their album covers featured fantasy RPG-esque photoshop jobs, but their music is impossible to find nowadays.