Eador: Genesis (PC)

Eador: Genesis (PC)

Year of Release: 2012
Genre: Strategy, RPG

A turn based RPG with an over world and character progress that follows its own medieval/fantasy story line. The over world operates on a turn by turn basis allowing the player controlled character to traverse the map. Along the way you can build up your own castle, hire soldiers, take over lands, explore caves, earn loot, and level up your characters.

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Dragon Warrior I and II (GBC)

Dragon Warrior I and II (GBC)

Year of Release: 2000
Genre: RPG

Dragon Warrior I & II is a compilation of two of the oldest NES Japanese role-playing games ever released. Its original release for the Super Famicom in Japan (in 1993) came with improved graphics and eventually a fan translation, and later for the Game Boy Color which was localized in English for its North American release in 2000. While an otherwise faithful recreation, both games received a significant graphical upgrade similar to the treatment given the Super Mario All-Stars compilation.

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Super Ninja Boy (SNES)

Super Ninja Boy (SNES)

Year of Release: 1991
Genre: Action, RPG, Fighting

Super Ninja Boy (“Super Chinese World” in Japan) is the first in the Super Chinese series for the Super Nintendo and once again focuses on the adventures of ninja brothers Jack and Ryu, introduced in the NES game Little Ninja Brothers (or Super Chinese 2). Like the other entries in the Super Chinese series, the game is a top-down brawler with a Goemon-esque cartoon presentation and sense of humor – however, the player must activate these brawler combat sequences by finding enemies on a world map similar to the RPG genre’s random encounters.

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