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Konami, Nintendo 64

Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness, Nintendo 64

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Set eight years before the events of Castlevania 64, Legacy of Darkness is a prequel to the first N64 Castlevania, featuring a ‘man-beast’ called Cornell who is trying to save his sister, Ada, from being used as a sacrifice to resurrect Dracula.

The game is set in 1844 and begins with Cornell arriving at his home village, only to discover that it’s been burnt to the ground by Dracula’s skeleton army. He finds Ada’s pendant on the ground and follows her scent to Dracula’s castle.

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Eidos-Montréal, gog.com, PC, Square Enix Europe, Steam, Windows

Deus Ex: Human Revolution, PC

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Deus Ex: Human Revolution is a futuristic action RPG developed by Eidos-Montréal and published by Square Enix Europe in 2011. It is the third game in the Deus Ex series and is a prequel to the original Deus Ex.

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Gargoyle Games, ZX Spectrum

Dun Darach, ZX Spectrum

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Dun Darach is the 1985 sequel (actually prequel) to Tir Na Nog, written by Greg Follis and Roy Carter and again featuring the expressive Cuchulainn – the long-haired man who is not afraid to walk around with his shirt off…

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Neverland, Super Nintendo, Taito

Lufia and the Fortress of Doom, Super Nintendo

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This is the first game in the Lufia series – developed by Neverland and published by Taito in 1993 for the Super Nintendo.

Lufia and the Fortress of Doom is a cute and colourful Japanese Role-Playing game with Zelda-style presentation and turn-based combat.

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Amiga, gog.com, Silmarils

Crystals of Arborea, Amiga

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Trees, trees, and more trees! That’s what you get when you explore the ancient island kingdom of Arborea. And with a name like that it is no surprise.

Crystals of Arborea is a real-time, first-person, tile-based, party-driven RPG with combat, exploration, and day/night scenes where the colours cycle to give you a nice atmospheric setting.

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gog.com, MS-DOS, PC, Silmarils

Crystals of Arborea, PC

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Crystals of Arborea is the predecessor to the Ishar series of games. It’s a first-person, tile-based RPG, with a character-based party system and turn-based combat.

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Neverland, Super Nintendo, Taito

Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals, Super Nintendo

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I was going to add a Final Fantasy game to our Super Nintendo special this week, but – you know what? – Final Fantasy on the SNES is messy, because of all the US and Japanese title discrepancies, so… Instead I’m going to pick this: probably my favourite turn-based level-grinder on the Super Nintendo – Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals.

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Capcom, GameCube

Resident Evil Zero, GameCube

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Resident Evil Zero is a prequel to the first Resident Evil game and originally came out on the Nintendo GameCube in 2002.

It is the fifth major instalment in the Resident Evil series. The game uses the older ‘pre-rendered’ style of backgrounds, but is much darker and more serious than the first Resident Evil.

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Baten Kaitos Origins, GameCube

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Baten Kaitos Origins is a prequel to Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean, but released after the first game, by Namco in 2006.

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