Really Obscure RPGs

[jebsmoker]

ah, that's from the same dev team that made The Quest, which can be bought on steam. they're a bunch of chill hungarian dudes that make classic (and competent) grid-based crpgs.

 

[Grauken]

You can actually buy Legacy and all the expansions directly from them

 

[Molina]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/589470/Myrne_The_Quest/
Myrn the quest. The solo dev wanted to make a RPG inspired by Arx Fatalis, Morrowind, Arcanum...

 

[Lady_Error]

Looks more like inspired by Minecraft. Is it at least turn-based?

 

[jebsmoker]

i have a faint feeling this was made with a default unity pack that a handful of other games on steam have used, but it could just me

 

[JarlFrank]

Is this one of those half-finished then abandoned projects, like FRONTIERS was?

 

[warpig]

Zenfar looks like Prosper art. Prosperscape Torment XD

 

[MurkyShadow]

Zenfar looks like Prosper art. Prosperscape Torment XD

Prosperscape Torment.. The thought.. The Horror!

 

[Verylittlefishes]

Of all things mention ITT I became really interested in Arcatera: The Dark Brotherhood (the aesthetics of what I see on screenshots is awesome). Trying to find the working version.

Well, I've tried the old-games version and even could watch the intro (which was great), no luck in starting the actual game though.

 

[Molina]

Is this one of those half-finished then abandoned projects, like FRONTIERS was?

I never reply...
So the answer is : No, it's finished. But the game is really short.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Anyone here ever get this game to work via emulation or have they cracked it copied out the assets somewhere?
Myabandonware

Realms of Darkness

I finished it long ago on my c64 but lament i never wrote a complex guide to the game. The guide that comes with it is ok but leaves out various details like mob placements, drops, xp, etc. There is minimal sound and graphics were done with some simple art program. Only appleII and c64 were named Realms of Darkness while a japanese computer redid the gfx and play. It was called Rogue Alliance.

I've been thinking of pulling out my old tv/vcr combo and hooking up the c64 and attempt a playthrough again (assuming the ancient thing works). There are few vids on this and next to no walkthroughs or data. Its an odd duck.

Crap... maybe i spoke too soon. Someone did a stratwiki

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

Rinne is a Diablo style action RPG where you play a Valkyrie that can possess bodies. Interesting take on the genre.

Rinne is the fourth game in the Relics series.

I love the original Relics, but yet to play the other three games -- I'm don't care for Diablo-style gameplay, but might give them a try later down the road.

The first game is one of the most original action-adventure games I've ever played, and it's playable even if you don't speak Japanese -- IIRC only the intro and ending are in Japanese, the rest is in plain English.

I like to think that they tried to make the game even more obtuse for Japanese speakers, but inadvertently made it playable for foreign players.

 

[DalekFlay]

I don't know shit about this but it launched on Steam today... https://store.steampowered.com/app/1167950/Vampires_Fall_Origins/

 

[ERYFKRAD]

I don't know shit about this but it launched on Steam today... https://store.steampowered.com/app/1167950/Vampires_Fall_Origins/

Mobile port, avoid.

 

[Kum Kum Supreme Imperator]

Anyone here ever get this game to work via emulation or have they cracked it copied out the assets somewhere?
Myabandonware

Realms of Darkness

I finished it long ago on my c64 but lament i never wrote a complex guide to the game. The guide that comes with it is ok but leaves out various details like mob placements, drops, xp, etc. There is minimal sound and graphics were done with some simple art program. Only appleII and c64 were named Realms of Darkness while a japanese computer redid the gfx and play. It was called Rogue Alliance.

I've been thinking of pulling out my old tv/vcr combo and hooking up the c64 and attempt a playthrough again (assuming the ancient thing works). There are few vids on this and next to no walkthroughs or data. Its an odd duck.

Crap... maybe i spoke too soon. Someone did a stratwiki

You'll have a perfect version with everything fixed of Realms of Darkness on the site Gamebase64.
It always intrigued me but I never got to play it. Is it any good?

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[KeighnMcDeath]

Well, imagine a text adventure combined with a tb combat rpg where you explore dungeons like in wizardry. You can also break your party up into 8 separate parties and take turns (odd mechanic). Its ok. The monsters are weird and you can reset the adventure several times and use the same PCs. Downside is how slow it was (based on actual c64 hardware).

Believe it or not there is a sequel by Origin (the programmers ended up there) called Tangled Tales. Maybe for me it was nostalgia. Like most SSI games of the period don't expect a spectacular ending (better than shard of spring at least). For me the draw was the weirdness and odd bestiary. Phantasie series trumps this game.

I can't say if the MSX, PC-98 etc etc versions are good. They have mouse interface, jap language, and anime-like art style but i guess the game is intact. I've tried to find separate roms for each japanese computer but only secured one from myabandonware.

i havent tried the rom recently but past attempts were failure as i got errors on both applewin and c64 emu. I should try again.

 

[JarlFrank]

https://archive.org/details/losthero-v0.9.9.8

This get posted here yet?

 

[V_K]

https://archive.org/details/losthero-v0.9.9.8

This get posted here yet?

I remember seeing it on Sourceforge back in the day. But I don't think it was ever developed beyond some alpha/demo stage.

 

[JarlFrank]

http://dingogames.com/three-musketeers-game/

 

[Lord_Potato]

http://dingogames.com/three-musketeers-game/

Good find. Looks like a game made in RPGMaker. I wonder if it's decent. We have few rpgs in historical settings, so every such game is worth checking out.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

http://dingogames.com/three-musketeers-game/

Mon dieu, doesn't look bad.

 

[Darth Canoli]

http://dingogames.com/three-musketeers-game/

Interesting, looks like a far out of the box RPGMaker creation, still, it's 23€ tax included for an obscure title ...

 

[Ludwig von Eisenthal]

http://dingogames.com/three-musketeers-game/

Interesting, looks like a far out of the box RPGMaker creation, still, it's 23€ tax included for an obscure title ...

It has nothing to do with RPG-Maker. I purchased it from their website because of the rather unique setting for an RPG (and because I'm too lazy to read Dumas' book myself) and it's definitively crafted with much care and love for the story. It's no difficult game however and intended to be accessible for everybody. There was even a butchered version on Bigfish if I remember correctly.

 

[Lord_Potato]

Ok, today I discovered a new and totally obscure game: The Fire of Ardor: Quest for the Soul Stone.

Released 3 days ago, as retro as it gets: using "CPU-based rendering technique, called raycasting. This technique was originally used by the first FPS games in the early ’90s until hardware accelerated rendering was introduced."

https://cpfr.gitlab.io/the-fire-of-ardor/

A one-man project, a dungeon crawler with RPG elements. Free movement, real time combat. Here's the trailer:



Not really a fan of this kind of games, but maybe someone will try it out. After all, it's free and the download only weights 36 MBs.

 

[V_K]

Dat voice acting tho...