The Black Onyx (ザ・ブラックオニキス, Za Burakku Onikisu) is a 1984 role-playing video game released in Japan, developed by Bullet-Proof Software, with development led by Henk Rogers. It was originally released for the NEC PC-8801, and ported to several other platforms.

The Legend of Heroes: A Tear of Vermillion[a] is a 1996 role-playing video game developed by Nihon Falcom. It is the fourth game in The Legend of Heroes series, and the second in the Gagharv Trilogy. Originally released for the NEC PC-9801 in 1996, it was later released for the PlayStation in 1998 and Windows in 2000. A remake was …

Eiyuu Densetsu 3:Shiroki Majo(Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch) Jurio is a young boy who must travel to five sacred shrines as part of his warrior initiation rite. The lovely magician Chris accompanies him on his journey. But soon the two young people discover that they must face dangers far beyond those they have imagined. The prophecy of the mysterious White …

A knight named Arc is in love with the beautiful priestess Ferio. One day, when Arc and his best friend Randia are out of town, a hostile army under the command of a mysterious Black Knight invades the town and kidnaps Ferio. Thus begins Arc's quest to defeat the enemies and to rescue his beloved one from their clutches.

The player takes the role of Rance, a young guy who works in a private investigator's office. One day, the boss has a new assignment. A girl named Hikari, a student in Paris High School, has been missing for several days. The player's job is to find the girl and to report whatever mysterious circumstances the player might encounter during …

A scientist named Zen Shiratori was investigating the ruins of an ancient Mayan temple, convinced that the proof of the existence of a parallel world lies there. He found a strange glowing orb, which was later accidentally discover by his fourteen-year-old son Gen, who was rummaging through Dad's collection. As a result, Gen was indeed teleported into a parallel world. …

Goddess of the Evil Blade is a direct sequel to the first Sword Dancer. The story continues to chronicle the adventures of the "sword dancer" Hien and his mentor, the warrior Tetsuta. They have succeeded in rescuing the "white dragon sorceress" Setsuna from the clutches of the demons. However, greater challenges await the three. Setsuna's life might be in danger, …

Rance II: The Rebellious Maidens is the second game of the Rance Series, remade in 2009 and released in Alice 2010. The game is a turn-based dungeon crawler RPG with a top-down interface. Throughout the game, Rance may gain new party members, though further customization, such as organizing equipment, are unavailable for some.

Wind's Seed tells the story of sister and brother, Meena and Otto, who possess the unique power of "call", allowing them to focus spiritual energy in order to cast magical spells. Once they arrive in a small village, they are asked to go to the Western forest, presumably to help gather some healing plants. However, they soon learn that it …

Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes II is part of the Dragon Slayer series and the second entry in the sub-series The Legend of Heroes. The game is set approximately 20 years after the events of the first game. The protagonist spots strange beings in spacesuits outside of the capital city. They do not recognize the spacesuits and believe them …

Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes is the sixth game in the Dragon Slayer line of games, and the first in The Legend of Heroes series. The game is notable for being among the first Japanese-style turn-based RPGs with visible enemies and non-random battles. Unlike most other Dragon Slayer games, the installments of the Legend of Heroes series feature turn-based …

Metajo: Furitsu Metatopology Daigaku Fuzoku Joshi Kōkō SP,is a RPG developed by R-Force Software. Many years ago, in imperial Japan, advances in a mysterious science called "meta-topology" have led to the unexpected prosperity of the Heian era. A special university was founded by the scientists, where researches in bio- and nano-technology were conducted. Since women dominated society during that time, …

A very surreal RPG, with a very strange movement and combat system. Space turns your character while F moves you forward in the direction you're facing. J is commonly used as the confirm/select button. Enemies are fought via a typing test. Sadly, it had appeared the game is bugged or has an emulation problem, as it freezes during a dream …

Lina Inverse, the teenage sorceress, and Gourry Gabriev, her swordsman sidekick, are out traveling the countryside after having successfully "liberated" a nearby castle. They are accosted a pair of bandits, who are quickly taken out by Lina's magic. In return for sparing their lives, the bandits tell Lina and Gourry of a secret cave near the city of Welnan where …

Peret em Heru - For the Prisoners(Shuujin he no Peret-em-Heru), is a horror RPG set in the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt in the year 1998. Archaeologist Tetsuya Tsuchida and Dr. Koji Kuroe discover a huge set of ruins underneath the Great Pyramid filled with booby traps. Wanting to uncover the deeper parts of the pyramid, Professor Tsuchida sought …

You start the game as a member of a mercenary squad piloting Motor Shells, infantry mechs deployed from space. The squad is under contract by the government and stationed onboard the battleship Dragonet, tasked with various dirty jobs like subduing colonial uprisings and cleaning up orbital bio factories that have gone out of control. Inevitably events unfold that leave you …

Madou Monogatari 1-2-3 (魔導物語1-2-3 Madō Monogatari 1-2-3) is a first-person dungeon crawler developed by Compile. It is the first game of the Madou Monogatari series.

Xak II: Rising of the Redmoon is a fantasy role-playing video game developed and published by the Japanese software developer MicroCabin. It is a direct sequel to Xak: The Art of Visual Stage (Xak I). The game was released in Japan only, but due to an MSX scene that arose in Europe (predominately in the Netherlands region) some of the …

Sword World PC is based on the Japanese table role-playing game Sword World, itself based on the Record of Lodoss Wars light novels which were initially created as role-playing "replays" of Dungeons & Dragons. It is set in the medieval world of Forcelia, which includes both the Lodoss island and the continent of Crystania from a series spin-off. The setting …

Once upon a time, there was harmony and balance in the world. Four kingdoms of humans have watched over the four elements. But then a traitor appeared, who has angered the Goddess with his selfish deeds. The balance was destroyed, the elements were no more in harmony, and the world plunged into chaos... Twelve thousand years later, a young knight …

The Screamer is set in a dark futuristic environment. The existence of a megalopolis called Beast City depends on a huge complex known as "Biological Intelligence in Artificial System" (sic), usually referred to as simply "BIAS". But recently, disturbances within BIAS have been reported. Apparently, dangerous creatures have gone rampant. Nobody dares to venture inside - except, naturally, the protagonist …

Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku (lit. Pseudepigrapha/False Reincarnation of the Goddess: Tokyo Revelation) is a game that was first released for personal computers in 1997. It was published by ASCII and has plot ties to both Shin Megami Tensei and the manga Shin Megami Tensei: Tokyo Revelation, with which it shares a subtitle. Like most other Megami Tensei games, there …

There is no real story in Case of Dungeons, beside the fact the player is greeted by a mysterious young woman who calls herself Mareen and gives the player a quest, which is random and varies from character to character, but always involves venturing into dungeon X, defeating demon Y, and retrieving magical item Z. Then the player is invited …

The sequel to Kōshoku Shikakenin tells us what happened to the brave hero Kazuya after he has overthrown the evil regime in the first game (and have had sex with many women on the way). One day Kazuya goes outside, enjoying the good weather, when an unknown girl appears and says she is the sister of Mai, one of the …