action rpg Archive

  • As flawed as it was I really enjoyed the original Exile.  Once upon a time I was a broke teenager too poor to afford a $400 Turbo CD add-on and...

    Exile: Wicked Phenomenon

    As flawed as it was I really enjoyed the original Exile.  Once upon a time I was a broke teenager too poor to afford a $400 Turbo CD add-on and...

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  • With two Kickstarter funded Shadowrun games in the works all I can say is “What took so long?”  Of all the properties that have sat languishing in licensing hell why...

    Shadowrun (SNES)

    With two Kickstarter funded Shadowrun games in the works all I can say is “What took so long?”  Of all the properties that have sat languishing in licensing hell why...

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  • Typically RPGs don’t usually show up until well into the first year of a console’s life.  For obvious reasons of course, it takes time to craft an epic adventure.  But...

    Evergrace

    Typically RPGs don’t usually show up until well into the first year of a console’s life.  For obvious reasons of course, it takes time to craft an epic adventure.  But...

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  • I’ve seen my share of rip offs but this is in a special class of its own.  If you were a Turbo Grafx-16 owner RPGS were not all too common...

    Neutopia

    I’ve seen my share of rip offs but this is in a special class of its own.  If you were a Turbo Grafx-16 owner RPGS were not all too common...

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  • While most of developer Quintet’s SNES output focused on creating/recreating the world, Illusion of Gaia bucked that trend and instead focused on discovery.  The second in the unofficial creation trilogy,...

    Illusion of Gaia

    While most of developer Quintet’s SNES output focused on creating/recreating the world, Illusion of Gaia bucked that trend and instead focused on discovery.  The second in the unofficial creation trilogy,...

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  •   Early on in my RPG fandom I was willing to play anything regardless of reputation.  This led to discovering many an unappreciated gem, such as Dragon View or Magic...

    Lagoon

      Early on in my RPG fandom I was willing to play anything regardless of reputation.  This led to discovering many an unappreciated gem, such as Dragon View or Magic...

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  • I don’t know when my obsession with playing Faxanadu began.  Hell I don’t even remember why.  If I remember correctly, I think I first came across it in the back...

    Faxanadu

    I don’t know when my obsession with playing Faxanadu began.  Hell I don’t even remember why.  If I remember correctly, I think I first came across it in the back...

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  • Culture Brain was always a strange publisher that no one knew what to make of.  Most active during the NES & SNES era they never quite managed to create an...

    Magic of Scheherezade

    Culture Brain was always a strange publisher that no one knew what to make of.  Most active during the NES & SNES era they never quite managed to create an...

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  • Remember when old video game magazines would have numerous screenshots of cut scenes?  These were never labeled as such and often times would be mistaken for actual gameplay.  At least...

    Exile

    Remember when old video game magazines would have numerous screenshots of cut scenes?  These were never labeled as such and often times would be mistaken for actual gameplay.  At least...

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  •   Before the PlayStation busted open the floodgates for RPGs in America the SNES was the reigning champion of the genre.  While we didn’t get the breadth of titles the...

    Soul Blazer

      Before the PlayStation busted open the floodgates for RPGs in America the SNES was the reigning champion of the genre.  While we didn’t get the breadth of titles the...

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