As the capable mercenary Arthur, you must summon every ounce of your role-playing prowess and lead your comrades on a do-or-die hunt for the kingdom's sacred artifacts. It's the RPG you've been waiting for, loaded with enough Medieval monsters and challenging "four character" control to stretch your role playing skills far beyond your wildest imagination.
Role-playing (RPG)Adventuremagicturn-basednon-player characterpotionmeleeSega Saturn
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Character
Earnest, grave, classical in form and plot-driven.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the game
- Platforms
- Sega Saturn
- Developer
- Camelot Software Planning
- Publisher
- Sega
- Released
- December 20, 1996
IGDB rating 7.9/10 from 8 ratings.
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Pairings
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