Sword World PC is a role-playing game on PC-98, published on 1992. It is a game that aims to fully reproduce the system of the Sword World RPG, a table-talk RPG, on a computer.
The story follows a nameless protagonist who lives in near-future Tokyo. When a portal to the realm of demons is opened, United States officials order a nuclear attack on Tokyo. Transported with two other supporting characters thirty years into the future, the protagonist finds the Earth ruined by a demon invasion, which is now the stage for an escalating conflict between the Order of Messiah and the Ring of Gaea, conflicting cults who wish to bring about kingdoms for their respective patron deities (YHVH and Lucifer). The story is influenced by moral decisions the protagonist makes, aligning him either with the Order, the Ring of Gaea, or setting him up as an independent agent.
The gameplay uses first-person navigation of dungeons and turn-based battles against demons. The player can recruit demons as allies by talking to them rather than fighting them, and two to three demons can be fused to create new demons.
You are Nigel, an elf and treasure hunter extraordinaire. Assisted by his new partner Friday, Nigel will travel to a distant island in a search of a legendary treasure.
The Kingdom Of Oltaria is a peaceful one, thanks to the power of its Lord King
Akinas. The king's daughter, Princess FAQS, is about to turn 16, but one day an
evil old man known as the Black Master turns up determined to have FAQS for
himself, and he drags her into the world of nightmares: the Black Dream. The
Princes is trapped in a deep sleep, and the king summons adventurers from all
over the kingdom to kill the villain and rescue the Princess. They enter the
Black Dream but never return, at least, never wake up.
One day, Sir Kleith, the Captain of the Royal Guard, decides to go to search
for the Dream Sage in a forest to the south of Oltaria. Eventually, after a
difficult journey, Kleith arrives at his destination, where the Dream Sage is
training a young disciple called GAME to be a Dream Master. (A Dream Master's
role is to bring peace and tranquillity to dreams and their powers must be used
to heal and not to corrupt souls.) Anyway, poor old Kleith dies after
delivering his message about the plight of the P
Aretha III is a top-down fantasy RPG and the third game in the Aretha trilogy, developed by Japan Art Media and published by Yanoman. It was only released in Japan.
Sir Will accepts a series of bold quests to defend his land. Battling dread beasts and wizards most foul, the brave Knight shall face his greatest fears - and his finest hours.
King Colossus is a top-down action role-playing game. You fight monsters by equipping weapons and swinging them in real time. There is a variety of accessories and items to find in the game, as well as different obstacles to overcome in the dungeons.
Never released outside of Japan.
An unlicensed eroge dungeon-crawler RPG developed by Games Express for the PC Engine in 1992.
Lady Sword is an RPG of the Wizardry/Eye of the Beholder/Etrian Odyssey mold. An unnamed swordsman delves deep into a cursed labyrinth in order to rescue a group of abducted women from their monstrous captors. Throughout the early stages, the player character randomly bumps into other NPCs who dole out advice and tips. Upon successfully clearing each floor, the player is presented with a nude image of the rescued women; this is the extent of the eroge element.
The game was developed by Games Express, a sobriquet for Hacker International: a company which primarily developed and published unlicensed games for the PCE and Famicom.
Light Fantasy is a role-playing game, developed by Advance Communication Company and published by Tonkin House, which was released in Japan in 1992.
The combat consists of random encounters against groups of enemies in grid-based strategic battles in which player characters need to be moved into place before they can attack effectively. These battles occur on the overworld map, rather than a separate battle screen.
Wicked dragonarmies threaten the good people of Ansalon. There's only one defense... fight dragons with dragons! Command your winged warrior to fly off and challenge enemy beasts in a tooth-and-claw battle high above Krynn. It's awesome airborne fantasy action in the AD&D game tradition!
Engage in exciting dragon-to-dragon combat. Control breathtaking on-screen airborne battles. Choose from three types of dragons: Bronze, Silver and Gold. Attack with potent breath weapons like paralyzing gas, lightning and fireballs. Fly at your choice of two altitudes. Play alone or against an opponent!
Hiōden is a strategy game with RPG elements. The player navigates several teams of characters, mostly monsters (up to six in each team) through isometric environments. Sometimes cooperation between different player-controlled teams is required to advance. The game plays in real time, i.e. enemy parties also move and perform actions without waiting for player's input. The RPG angle is present in form of character levels - characters grow stronger after defeating enemies. It is possible to put the teams on "auto-mode", having some of them move and perform actions on their own.
The game has a mouse-driven interface with a somewhat unusual feature for its time: windows. The movement field of different teams, character statistics, overview map, team management screen - everything has its own window. It is possible to enlarge any window to full screen, close it, open several small windows at the same time, and drag windows to arrange them on the screen in any way.
Dragon Slayer Gaiden is a spin-off from Dragon Slayer series, developed by Epoch and published by Agenda for the Game Boy platform. The game was only released in Japan.