A popular program on NHK Educational TV has become an RPG. Like the show, Mai-chan, the main character, will challenge the RPG. The battle scene with the enemy is in a quiz format.
The combat mode is in the style of RPG video games, with many levels and items going through towns and anime scenarios. The video game begins in the Galaxian Wars and ends with the combat against the god Poseidon, making their appearances minor characters like Gigas and Geist that would not be used in other video games later.
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.
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!