This Japanese RPG was released on CD-ROM only on the PC Engine, so required a disc player to work. Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys was first released in 1993 and was developed by Hudson Soft as a single-player, cinematic, cartoon-style RPG, with real time combat and exploration.
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Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, NES/Famicom
Although this second Zelda game sold well (more than 4 million copies worldwide at the time), it is not particularly well-liked.
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Avalon, ZX Spectrum
Steve Turner‘s 1984 release Avalon is a groundbreaking adventure game with pseudo 3D graphics, released only for the ZX Spectrum.
The Legend of Dragoon, PlayStation
Considered by many to be one of the best games ever released for the Sony PlayStation, The Legend of Dragoon is an epic Role-Playing Game with turn-based combat and a party-based adventure system.
Golden Sun: The Lost Age, Game Boy Advance
The second game in the Golden Sun series is pretty much identical to the first, which is fine because the first Golden Sun game was so good. Again: this sequel was developed by Camelot and published by Nintendo in 2002 (2003 in Europe).
Golden Sun, Game Boy Advance
Golden Sun is a brilliant and richly-detailed handheld Role-Playing Game developed by famous Japanese studio Camelot Software Planning.
It was first published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance in 2001 and has since gone on to become something of a legend among JRPGs fans.
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, Nintendo 64
Released on the Nintendo 64 in 2000, The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask is a direct sequel to Ocarina of Time.
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Nintendo 64
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is regarded as one of the best RPGs of all time.
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Paper Mario, Nintendo 64
Paper Mario is a brilliant combat-based RPG developed by Intelligent Systems and released for the Nintendo 64 in 2000.
Battlespire, PC
An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire is a spin-off from the famous Elder Scrolls series of RPGs by Bethesda Softworks. It first came out in 1997 – between Daggerfall and Morrowind – and is an MS-DOS-based action/RPG with fairly primitive 3D graphics.