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Pool of Radiance is a role-playing video game developed and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc (SSI) in 1988. It was the first adaptation of TSR's Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D or D&D) fantasy role-playing game for home computers, becoming t ...
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Dungeon Magic: Sword of the Elements (ダンジョン&マジック?, Dungeon & Magic: Swords of Element) is a first-person RPG (similar in vein to Bard's Tale and the various SSI D&D games) produced by Taito in 1989, and pr ...
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Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum (also known as Might and Magic Book 1, Might and Magic 1, MM1 or simply Might and Magic) is an early role-playing video game, first in the popular and influential Might and Magic franchise. It ...
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Bandit Kings of Ancient China, also known as Suikoden: Tenmei no Chikai (水滸伝・天命の誓い?, "Water Margin: Oath of Destiny") in Japan, is a turn-based strategy role-playing simulation video game developed and pub ...
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Faxanadu (ファザナドゥ, Fazanadu?) is an action role-playing platform-adventure video game for the Family Computer (Famicom) and Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). The name was licensed by computer game developer Nihon Falco ...
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Swords and Serpents is a fantasy role-playing video game developed by Interplay Entertainment for the Nintendo Entertainment System. In this game, the player controls a party of four adventurers on a dungeon-crawling quest to destroy a terrible serpe ...
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Times of Lore is an action role-playing game with a detailed world. It was released for several platforms, including PC, Commodore 64/128, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad, Atari ST, Apple II, NES, and Amiga. ...
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Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (リンクの冒険, Rinku no Bōken?, "Adventure of Link") is an action role-playing video game with platforming elements. The second installment in The Legend of Zelda series, it was developed and ...
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Miracle Warriors: Seal of the Dark Lord, known as Haja no Fūin (覇邪の封印?, lit. Seal of the Dark Lord) in Japan, is a role-playing video game released initially on the Japanese PC-88 and then ported to various other systems, ...
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Pinball Quest is the name of a Nintendo Entertainment System video game developed by TOSE and published by Jaleco in 1990. The game is based on the popular arcade game pinball. The role playing aspect of the game makes it unique from other pinball ba ...
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Little Ninja Brothers, known in Japan as Super Chinese 2 (スーパーチャイニーズ2?), is a 1989 video game developed and published by Culture Brain for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1989 in Japan, 1990 in t ...
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Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny (1988) is the fifth entry in the role-playing video game series Ultima. ...
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River City Ransom, originally released as Downtown Nekketsu Story (ダウンタウン熱血物語, Dauntaun Nekketsu Monogatari?, lit. "Downtown Hot-Blooded story") in Japan and later as Street Gangs in PAL regions, is a ...
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The Legend of Sword and Fairy is a role-playing video game developed by the Taiwanese company Softstar Entertainment and its subsidiaries. The game incorporates elements of wuxia, shenmo and fantasy. Since its release in 1995, the game has spawned a ...
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The Magic Candle (マジックキャンドル, Majikku Kyandoru?) is a role-playing video game designed by Ali Atabek and developed and published by Mindcraft in 1989. ...
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Ghost Lion, also known as Legend of the Ghost Lion (known in Japan as White Lion Densetsu (ホワイトライオン伝説, Howaito Raion Densetsu?, "Legend of the White Lion")) is a role-playing video game released by Ke ...
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