Lady Sword

Lady Sword

Developer: Games Express   Publisher: GNN    Release: 07/13/92   Genre: RPG Back in the day unlicensed video games were rarely seen or heard. Usually hailing from China or Korea they were most often terrible in every respect and the...
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Monstania

Monstania

Developer: Amcuss, Bits Laboratory   Publisher: Pack-in-Video    Release: 09/27/96   Genre: Strategy RPG Tactical RPGs were not common during the 16-bit era. While we all have fond memories of Shining Force and if you are hardcore Ogre Battle the...
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Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance

Developer: Natsume    Publisher: FCI    Release: 01/91    Genre: Action-Adventure The Dragonlance series of novels were my first fantasy series growing up. While some kids were fortunate enough to read the Lord of the Rings the adventures of Tanis and.....
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Flying Warriors

Flying Warriors

Developer: Culture Brain    Publisher: Culture Brain    Release: 02/91   Genre: Action If at first you don’t succeed try again. Flying Dragon was an attempt at distilling a karate movie in 8-bit video game form. It succeeded in some areas but...
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Super Ninja Boy

Super Ninja Boy

Developer: Culture Brain    Publisher: Culture Brain    Release: 04/93   Genre: Action RPG I was late getting around to Little Ninja Bros. on the NES. It was a game I always meant to get around to but never did. But despite...
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Famicom Jump – Hero Retsuden

Famicom Jump – Hero Retsuden

Developer: Tose   Publisher: Bandai   Release: 02/15/89   Genre: RPG Weekly Shonen Jump is an institution in Japan. Although there are dozens of manga anthologies in Japan even to this day it still remains the most popular. Their list...
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Arcana

Arcana

Developer: HAL    Publisher: HAL    Release: 05/92   Genre: RPG While I am a fan of nearly every form of RPG first person dungeon crawlers were my kryptonite. Maybe it was the disconnect from not seeing my party during my numerous...
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Eternal Quest

Eternal Quest

Developer: Tamsoft   Publisher: Midas    Release: 05/21/04   Genre: RPG The Simple 1500 series of games has always fascinated me. Dating back as far as the PS One these smaller titles spanned every genre and ranged in complexity, from otherwise...
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Suikoden

Suikoden

Developer: KCET    Publisher: Konami    Release: 12/28/96   Genre: RPG When it comes to RPGs Konami was not the first name most would point to, at least in the mid-90s. While they had built up a steady reputation for creating...
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Revengers of Vengeance

Revengers of Vengeance

Developer: Micronet   Publisher: Extreme Entertainment   Release: 1994    Genre: Action Revengers of Vengeance is in the running for dumbest video game title of all time. Why they did not use the Japanese title (Battle Fantasy) is beyond me. But...
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