Madou Monogatari: Hachamecha Kimatsushiken follows the same first-person dungeon-crawler format as most other Madou Monogatari games. It tells the story of Arle seeking out a mysterious doppelganger with power greater than she has ever seen before. It was published in Disc Station (Windows 95) Vol. 12.
Put on your thinking caps and prepare to face fierce enemies! Assume the role of Garian, a sword-wielding warrior in search of his escaped prisoner, Bilan. Discover hidden treasures as you explore amazing 3D environments while navigating through a series of mind-melting puzzles!
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner Special Box is a rerelease of the original 1995 Devil Summoner fixing bugs. It was packaged with Devil Summoner: Akuma Zensho and a mini disc including interviews and music relating to the game.
The first 32-bit Shin Megami Tensei game, Devil Summoner, made its way to the Saturn to Japan in 1995. It was never released in the US. In 2005 the game was Re-Released on the PSP and again only in Japan.
Abandoning the post-apocalyptic themes of the original series, the story takes place in modern Japan. The player character is an unnamed college student who is attacked by demons along with his girlfriend; they are saved by the timely appearance of a suave demon-hunter named Kyouji. Shortly thereafter, Kyouji is found dead under suspicious circumstances. The protagonist is then trapped inside of a warehouse and murdered by a deranged killer named Sid. Rather than stay dead, the player finds himself in the reanimated body of the slain Kyouji, and escapes from the morgue. With the help of
Albert Odyssey: Legend of Eldean is a role-playing video game developed by Sunsoft for the Super Nintendo, but cancelled and ported to the Sega Saturn. It is the first Albert Odyssey title to be released in English, as well as the first to feature traditional turn-based role-playing elements as opposed to tactical, strategy-based gameplay. Legend of Eldean was created as a "gaiden", or sidestory to the original titles, and contains back story, characters, and plot that are independent from earlier games in the series. The North American version received generally favorable reviews, with the game's translation invoking mixed criticism both for its overly-humorous tone and departure from the original Japanese dialogue.
Riku is a knight of the Yuurou empire, part of a medieval fantasy world known as Varcias. One day, returning to Yuurou through the desert, Riku found a girl lying nearly unconscious on the sand. This girl is revealed to be Azusa, a modern-day Japanese schoolgirl who, thanks to a time warp, ended up in Varcias. Riku must now help Azusa return to her home world. But enemy forces are attacking Yuurou, and the Empress is in desperate need of assistance...
Daikaijuu Monogatari II is a role-playing video game developed by Birthday and published by Hudson Soft for Super Famicom, in August 1996 in Japan.
The game is a sequel of Daikaijuu Monogatari.
The second game in the Lennus / Paladin's Quest series. The games development was very troubled and took four years instead of the planned two. Upon release it sold very poorly, even after being promoted through Nintendo Power. This caused the plans for Lennus III to be shelved.
The magic system have been expanded to eight spirits representing the elements Fire, Light, Wind, Gold, Earth, Sky, Water and Void. Which can be combined or used separately for a total of 36 spells. Instead of building up a spirit skill rating by using the spells relating to the spirit, in Lennus II you power up the spirits by defeating monsters and earning spirit-specific experience points in addition to the normal experience points.
A Nintendo Power version of the game was released in 1997.
King's Field II is a medieval-themed first-person role playing video game produced by From Software for the PlayStation in 1996. It is the third entry in the King's Field series and the last one for the original PlayStation.
In this Japan-exclusive Super Famicom game, the player assumes the role of an orphan named Shukran, who is accompanied by the djinn Ifrit on her adventures to bring peace to her desert homeland.
Through the Light came the Darkness, and through the Darkness came the Light. They were inseparable in the beginning, and gave birth to each other. Rukyu appeared before all the other creatures, the great demon of darkness, later to be known as the Satan. The divine hero-god Roda went up to his dark realm to defeat him, but was struck down, and presumed dead. But the hero couldn't die so easily: he swore to defeat Rukyu once and for all. Meanwhile, Rukyu doesn't just stay in his realm, waiting for Roda: he goes out to the world as a death-bringing sorcerer, and he is out for Roda...
The game is quite different from most other RPGs, because it lets you play as both the "good" hero and the villain. The game is divided into chapters, and each chapter is played by either Roda or Rukyu. You switch the two heroes chapter-after-chapter, and lead them to their ultimate battle from two opposite sides. The entire game, including the battles, is viewed from an isometric perspective. The battles are random and turn-based, and
The Legend of Heroes IV: Akai Shizuku is the fourth entry in Falcom's Legend of Heroes RPG series and the second installment in the "Gagharv Trilogy." The game was originally developed and published by Falcom for the NEC PC-98 on March 24, 1996 with ports being released for the PlayStation in 1998 and PC in 2000.
Jewel of Live is a game made with RPG Tsukuuru Super Dante and released for the Satellaview as a stand-alone game. This is the first game in the Jewel of Live series.
Pachi Pachi Saga is a role-playing game released by TEN Kenkyuujo on Playstation in 1996. This game includes Japanese pachinko elements. Your ability to attack in battle is determined by the design of the drums. Also, if you collect pachinko balls, you can exchange them for items.
Blue Forest Story is set in a medieval fantasy land, which is controlled by the powerful Empire. There are in fact two stories in the game, featuring two different characters, who live in different provinces of the Empire. The boy Wallace enjoys a peaceful life with his family in a quiet village; the girl Rakjit witnesses persecution and death of her mother, and joins a resistance movement that specializes in magics. The paths of the two young people will eventually lead to the same goal - liberation of the world; but when and how it will be achieved, remains unclear...
The game plays for the most part like a traditional Japanese-style top-down RPG. Both Wallace and Rakjit eventually gather a party, which roams the world, visiting various locations and advancing the story in a predominantly linear fashion. Appearance of random enemies triggers a battle screen, which is viewed from an isometric perspective. The battle system is rather old-fashioned, with physical and magical attacks; level progression is automatic,