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Pokémon Blue Version
1998 · Role-Playing · Nintendo Game Boy
Pokémon Blue Version is a 1998 Game Boy video game developed by Game Freak and released by Nintendo of America in the USA on September 28, 1998. You've finally been granted your Pokémon trainer's license. Now, it's time to head out to become the world's greatest Pokémon trainer. It's going to take all you've got to collect 150 Pokémon in this enormous world. Catch and train monsters like the shockingly-cute Pikachu. Face off against Blastoise's torrential water cannons. Stand strong when facing Pidgeot's stormy Gust. Trade with friends and watch your Pokémon evolve. Important - no single Pokémon can win it all. Can you develop the ultimate Pokémon strategy to defeat the 8 GYM Leaders and become the greatest Pokémon Master of all time? * Collect up to 139 Pokémon playing the Red version. Using the Game Link cable, (sold separately) trade with a friend who has Blue version to capture all 150. * You'll need both versions (Red and Blue) to collect all the Pokémon. * Test your training skills by battling against a friend using the Game Link cable. (Sold separately) * Save your Pokémon collection and game progress on the Game Pak memory. * Requires basic reading skills to fully enjoy the entertaining story.
Pokémon Red Version
1998 · Role-Playing · Nintendo Game Boy
Pokémon Red Version is a 1998 Game Boy video game developed by Game Freak and released by Nintendo of America in the USA on September 28, 1998. You've finally been granted your Pokémon trainer's license. Now, it's time to head out to become the world's greatest Pokémon trainer. It's going to take all you've got to collect 150 Pokémon in this enormous world. Catch and train monsters like the shockingly-cute Pikachu. Face off against Blastoise's torrential water cannons. Stand strong when facing Pidgeot's stormy Gust. Trade with friends and watch your Pokémon evolve. Important - no single Pokémon can win it all. Can you develop the ultimate Pokémon strategy to defeat the 8 GYM Leaders and become the greatest Pokémon Master of all time? * Collect up to 139 Pokémon playing the Red version. Using the Game Link cable, (sold separately) trade with a friend who has Blue version to capture all 150. * You'll need both versions (Red and Blue) to collect all the Pokémon. * Test your training skills by battling against a friend using the Game Link cable. (Sold separately) * Save your Pokémon collection and game progress on the Game Pak memory. * Requires basic reading skills to fully enjoy the entertaining story.
Rolan's Curse
1990 · Action · Nintendo Game Boy
After centuries in captivity, King Barius, Lord of the Demons, has escaped. In his fury he has cursed the peaceful land of Rolan. Hordes of dark creatures roam free in the countryside. A desperate cry goes out... are there any warriors brave enough to free the people from the curse?
Spud's Adventure
1991 · Action · Nintendo Game Boy
Spud's Adventure is an Action game, developed and published by Atlus, which was released in 1991.
The Final Fantasy Legend
1990 · Role-Playing · Nintendo Game Boy
The Final Fantasy Legend is a 1990 Game Boy video game developed by Square and released by Square Soft Inc. in the USA on September 30, 1990. The Final Fantasy Legend takes you on a sensational voyage through four fantastic worlds: Land, Ocean, Space, and Future City. You and your band of warriors seek to overpower Zombies, Goblins and dreadful monsters hidden along the way. Secret clues lead you to the exotic weapons and treasures you'll need to stay alive. Your Quest? To save Paradise from the evil Ashura Devils-they're wicked and treacherous! It takes all the spirit and cunning you can muster to claim victory. Once you've started there's no turning back. Are you daring enough?
Castle Quest
1993 · Role-Playing · Nintendo Game Boy
A strategy game from Hudson that's played like a board game mixed with card battle confrontations. Your goal is to topple kings. You take turns moving your pieces one at a time. The player who topples an opposing king wins the round. But being a good chess player won't be enough to win. With magical attacks and Card Roulette to contend with, you'll have to be lucky too. In Quest Mode there are 24 kings to defeat, and the last is that fearsome King of Magic, Baron
Final Fantasy Adventure
1991 · Action · Nintendo Game Boy
Final Fantasy Adventure is a 1991 Game Boy video game developed by Square and released by Square Soft Inc. in the USA on November 1, 1991. In the Empire of Glaive, a gladiator-slave is forced to fight evil monsters controlled by the Dark Lord. But when his best friend is mortally wounded, he learns of a secret pendant which will give him great power. As the hero, you must battle your way out of the Dark Knight's castle and search through a dangerous world for the girl who has the pendant. But you discover she has been captured by the Dark Knight's men. To free her, you must find the legendary sword and fight off the Dark Knight's beasts and overlords through deserts, snowfields, lakes, forests, and caves. Are you ready for the adventure of your life?
Final Fantasy Legend II
1991 · Role-Playing · Nintendo Game Boy
Final Fantasy Legend II is a 1991 Game Boy video game developed by Square and released by Square Soft Inc. in the USA on November 1, 1991. Long ago, the ancient gods possessed a powerful force called The Magi. But they later split it into 77 different pieces and scattered them throughout nine different worlds. You've been given one of those pieces. And now, along with your band of chosen warriors, you journey through each world searching for the rest of the pieces and your long-lost father. You face danger at every turn. But if you make the right decisions, you can conquer each world and recover all the pieces of The Magi. Get ready for a daunting adventure, filled with unexpected surprises and perils.
Final Fantasy Legend III
1993 · Role-Playing · Nintendo Game Boy
Final Fantasy Legend III is a 1993 Game Boy video game developed by Square and released by Square Soft Inc. in the USA on August 1, 1993. Millennia ago, a fierce battle was waged for control of an idyllic world known as Pureland. After much fighting, the brave warriors of Pureland were protectively sealed in their own dimension, away from the rest of the universe. This was done by means of Talon, a powerful space craft capable of traveling through both time and space. Centuries have passed and the would-be master of Pureland have managed to create a rift in the galaxy, sending the Pureland Water Entity to devour all that stands in its path. You must journey through past, present, and future to find the 13 pieces of the now-divided Talon. Only then can you save the universe from total destruction.
Mystic Quest
1992 · Role-Playing · Nintendo Game Boy
In the Empire of Glaive, a gladiator-slave is forced to fight evil monsters controlled by the Dark Lord. But when his best friend is mortally wounded, he learns of a secret pendant which will give him great power. As the hero, you must battle your way out of the Dark Knight's castle and search through a dangerous world for the girl who has the pendant. But you discover she has been captured by the Dark Knight's men. To free her, you must find the legendary sword and fight off the Dark Knight's beasts and overlords through deserts, snowfields, lakes, forests, and caves. Are you ready for the adventure of your life?
System Shock 2
1998 · Action · Sega Dreamcast
The story begins in 2114, forty-two years after the events of System Shock. After joining the United National Nominate, the protagonist — Soldier G65434-2 — is assigned to the Rickenbacker, a military spacecraft. The Rickenbacker is escorting the Von Braun, an experimental faster-than-light (FTL) starship, on its maiden voyage. As the Rickenbacker does not have an FTL system of its own, the two ships are attached together for the trip. Game cancelled.
Time Stalkers
2000 · Adventure · Sega Dreamcast
European PAL version.
Record of Lodoss War
2000 · Action · Sega Dreamcast
Silver
2000 · Role-Playing · Sega Dreamcast
Silver, known as Silver: Hakugin no Maou (シルãƒãƒ¼ã€€ï½žSILVER・白銀ã®é”王~) in Japan, is an action role playing game developed by Spiral House and originally published by Infogrames for PCs in August 1999. The following year it was brought to the Sega Dreamcast. In Japan, the PC version was published by Sega.
Dragon Riders: Chronicles of Pern
2001 · Action · Sega Dreamcast
The Dragon Riders of Pern have protected their world from the alien oppressor Thread, but now they have all gone extinct. Unless you can find a new rider to take up, the world of Pern is doomed. From this point the game takes the player through four chapters with a vast storyline. Dragon Riders is a game in 3D with strong RPG and action elements. The world of Pern is based upon the novels by Anne McCaffrey. The game contains over 120 locations on three continents. The player can interact and speak with over 170 characters.
Dragons Blood
2000 · Role-Playing · Sega Dreamcast
Draconus: Cult of the Wyrm is a sword and sorcery action game. Adventurers play as a male knight, Cynric or as the female sorceress Ayowen. The heroes battle their way through a dark fantasy world where they must ultimately defeat the dragon lord. A story driven game where players use a combination of cunning swordplay and magic spells deal with enemies that stand in their way. The story unfolds over 12 huge levels and is played in 3rd person perspective in real-time.
Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future
2000 · Adventure · Sega Dreamcast
At the dawn of the 30th Century, dolphins and humans had been together in a cross-species society for 500 years. Together, they had set out to explore space, offering peace and friendship to all who would welcome it. But space had its dangers; a violent species known as the Foe decided to conquer Earth. However, the dolphins and humans drove them to the brink of defeat, and so the Foe sought vengeance on Earth. The few caretaker dolphins who had been left behind on Earth were not entirely defenseless; they were protected by their creation called the Guardian—a gigantic, sentient being made of a crystalline substance which projected a forcefield over the entire planet. Undeterred, the Foe made suicide attacks on the field, searching for a weak point.
Elemental Gimmick Gear
1999 · Adventure · Sega Dreamcast
Elemental Gimmick Gear is an action role-playing game for the Dreamcast console. Elemental Gimmick Gear uses hand-drawn art in an overhead view during exploration, then switches to 3D graphics during boss battles. In the world of Tokion, a dome-shaped ancient ruin was discovered inside a thick jungle. During excavation, an egg-shaped mecha was found inside the ruins containing a sleeping man. No matter how hard scientists tried, he would not wake up. He was taken to a laboratory along with the machine to be further studied. Upon analyzing the machine, they learned that it was over 5000 years old. They also could not find any form of power source. In time, the machine became known as "Elemental Gimmick Gear", or EGG for short. After extensive scientific analysis over a number of years, copies of the EGG were produced and used as vehicles. 100 years later, the ruin suddenly became active, extending a multitude of tentacles into the ground. They spread all across the land, destroying anything in their way. With the tentacles came a thick layer of fog that surrounded the ruins, and people gave them the name Fogna. At the same time, the Sleeper who was discovered a century prior finally awoke. He had not aged a day since his discovery and had no memory of his past or his own name. Selen, who was with him as he woke, set him free without notifying the other scientists in the lab. She sent him to Fogna to begin searching for clues of what happened 5100 years ago, and to stop the tentacles' breeding.
Evolution
1999 · Role-Playing · Sega Dreamcast
Evolution is a dungeon crawling game that follows the adventures of Mag Launcher. Mag Launcher and his companions use Cyframes, technology discovered in ancient ruins. These Cyframes are sought after by adventurers who explore caverns to find them. Combat in Evolution is non-random and occurs whenever the character touches an enemy. The battle system uses 3D graphics and is turn-based, with each individual combatant having their own turn.
Evolution 2: Far Off Promise
2001 · Role-Playing · Sega Dreamcast
Evolution 2: Far Off Promise is a role-playing video game for the Dreamcast console. It is a sequel to Evolution: The World of Sacred Device. It was developed by Sting and published by Ubisoft in North America. In Japan it was published by ESP (Entertainment Software Publishers). Evolution 2 Far Off Promise was also released for the European market in 2002 as one of the last European Dreamcast games. In the UK the game was exclusive to the video game chain Game. Like the first Evolution game, Evolution 2 is a dungeon crawler. Unlike the first, Evolution 2 has both random and predetermined dungeon maps.
Grandia II
2000 · Role-Playing · Sega Dreamcast
Grandia II puts you in the role Ryudo, a young bounty hunter who travels the lands looking to sell his sword to the highest bidder. With your hawk friend Skye, you'll embark on a journey filled with puzzles, battles, and thousands of characters. In order to survive the battlefields of Grandia II, you'll need tactics, skills, and technique. Unleash the hero within and face your destiny as you defeat enemies across expansive 3D landscapes
Vagrant Story
2000 · Action · Sony Playstation
Vagrant Story is a 2000 PlayStation video game developed by Square Product Development Division 4 and released by Square Electronic Arts in the USA on May 16, 2000. The entire game (including the numerous cutscenes that advance the plot) is rendered in 3D. The game focuses on exploration of large, complex dungeon-like areas and combat; there are no "friendly" areas, NPC interaction, or monetary system. Dungeons contain many optional rooms and environmental puzzles that mostly involve pushing, destroying, and re-arranging different types of crates to access higher areas. Ashley can also jump and grab ledges of higher platforms during exploration.
Legend of Kartia
1999 · Role-Playing · Sony Playstation
Gather your army and set forth on a courageous quest. Learn the might of steel and the majesty of magic in this tactical fantasy role-playing adventure. Your destiny calls you. Sammeln sie ihr Heer und stellen sie sich mutig zum Kampf. Meistern sie die Macht des Stahls und die Majestät der Magie in diesem taktischen Rollen-Phantasieabenteuerspiel. Das Schicksal liegt in ihren Händen.
Legend of Legaia
1999 · Role-Playing · Sony Playstation