

Developed by Jupiter Corporation for Konami.
A Japan-exclusive strategy RPG with action combat elements. Players control Croket in tactical map exploration and side-scrolling battles, collecting Kinka coins to fulfill a wish. Features branching storylines, unlockable characters, and multiplayer modes.

Role-playing (RPG) / Tactical / Hack and slash/Beat 'em up / Action
Croket! 4: Bank no Mori no Mamorigami is a Game Boy Advance video game released exclusively in Japan. The game combines turn-based exploration with side-scrolling combat mechanics. Set in the Forest of Banks, players progress through the game by battling enemies, navigating story branches, and encountering various rivals. The game features a combo-based combat system, support characters, and multiple possible endings.

Fighting / Role-playing (RPG) / Strategy / Horror
Tournament Tactics immerses you in a challenging tournament set in the Yu Yu Hakusho universe. Create a team with up to five characters, and then use your players' unique combos, supermoves, and other attacks to exploit your opponents' weaknesses. Battlefields are based on locations from the Yu Yu Hakusho show, and you can unlock additional areas throughout the game. You can even challenge your friends and trade items using the Game Boy Advance link cable.

Role-playing (RPG) / Hack and slash/Beat 'em up / Arcade / Action / Fantasy
Shadow over Mystara is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up with role-play elements that make it stand out from other similar games released at the time. In addition to the original four heroes found in its predecessor, Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom (Cleric, Dwarf, Elf and Fighter), Shadow of Mystara adds a Thief and a Magic-User to the selection. Furthermore, with the inclusion of two separate versions of each character's sprite set, the game allows up to two players to select the same character (in Tower of Doom each of the characters could only be selected once), effectively giving the game 12 "different" characters to choose from. The two Clerics and two Magic Users also have subtle differences within their spell books. The controls are using four buttons: Attack, Jump, Select (brings up a small inventory ring around the character allowing the player to choose what item is set in the Use slot) and Use. The Cleric, Elf and Magic-User also have two extra rings for their spells, with the Jump button used to switch from ring to ring. While the game uses the same kick harness as the previous game, the Select and Use buttons are reversed. Shadow over Mystara also introduced a selection of special moves which are executed by moving the joystick and tapping the buttons in certain combinations, in a way similar to the Street Fighter series. The characters (except for the Magic-User) have a Dashing Attack as well as a Rising Attack which can be used to combo monsters or even juggle them in the air. Most characters (again, with the exception of the Magic-User and also Cleric) also have a Megacrush, a move common to nearly all of Capcom side-scrollers, which damages all enemies standing close enough to the character but in turn also damaging the player themselves.

Role-playing (RPG) / Hack and slash/Beat 'em up / Action
Tower of Doom is a side-scrolling arcade game featuring four different characters (cleric, dwarf, elf, fighter) fighting iconic Dungeons & Dragons monsters. Bosses include a troll that regenerates unless burned, a large black dragon, the dreaded Shadow Elf (Mystara's equivalent of the drow), a beholder, the optional superboss Flamewing (a great wyrm red dragon) and the final boss Deimos (an archlich). At points in the game the players are presented with a choice of paths to take to continue progress. Each path goes to a different area, and it is impossible to visit every area in a single play. The gameplay is more technical than the average on beat'em up games. In addition to the usual basic attacks and jumping it includes blocking, strong attacks, turning attacks, dashing attacks, crouching and evading. It also requires the use of careful tactics, as most enemies have the same abilities as the heroes and can out-range them, too. Daggers, hammers, arrows and burning oils can be used as throwing weapons, and many enemies have similar weapons. Spells can be used by means of magical rings or by the two playable spellcasters (a cleric and an elf).

Platform / Role-playing (RPG) / Hack and slash/Beat 'em up / Action / Historical
Dragon Valor is a 1999 action role-playing game developed by Now Production and published by Namco for the PlayStation. It is the second sequel to Dragon Buster. In the Dragon Valor world, dragons are powerful monsters. The player's role as a Dragon Valor is to slay them with a magical sword passed down through successive generations. Similar to Phantasy Star III, Dragon Valor differs from other platform action games of the time because who the protagonist marries changes future playable characters, plot events, and which ending the player receives.

Role-playing (RPG) / Hack and slash/Beat 'em up / Action
The console port of the two beat-em-up games set in the D&D Universe.

Real Time Strategy (RTS) / Role-playing (RPG) / Strategy / Fantasy
"Ogre Battle Gaiden: Prince of Zenobia" is a 2000 real-time tactical role-playing game developed and published by SNK for the Neo Geo Pocket Color. The game is a spin-off within the Ogre Battle series, originally created by Quest Corporation. The storyline takes place parallel to "Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen", and follows the path of Prince Tristan of Zenobia during his quest to reclaim his kingdom. As with other Ogre Battle titles, the player controls squads of an army, moving to different parts of the map accomplishing tasks and battling armies encountered on the route. Choices made during the narrative impact the ending.

Role-playing (RPG) / Strategy / Turn-based strategy (TBS) / Fantasy / Romance
Released in 1996 for the Sega Saturn, Sakura Taisen is the first game in the iconic Japanese game franchise. It combines strategy RPG elements with dating sim-style character interactions to make "A Storm of Romance amid Taishou Cherry Blossoms!"