V-Master Cross is an isometric turn-based RPG released only in Japan. The main hero is a young boy who was transported into a weird magic world. The gameplay is based on a special card fight - the battlefield is divided into squares (5 fields for each player), on which the player can summon monsters from a specific deck of cards, with some that can only be placed on a specific field. Each summoned monster has its own look and stats.
Role-playing (RPG) / Arcade / Card & Board Game / Action / Fantasy
Avalon no Kagi, alternatively known as The Key of Avalon is an arcade game developed by Hitmaker and published by Sega on the Triforce arcade board. It is the third card arcade game by Sega. It is a combination of sugoroku style board game and combat trading card game. It was often compared to Culdcept, and is able to be played by multiple players at once, using a free in and free out method where other players can drop in and drop out of a match at any time. The cabinet reads a deck of up to 30 cards. Sega Logistics Service announced it would end service on the machines on March 31, 2017.
Role-playing (RPG) / Adventure / Fantasy
Ten years ago, Wizardry set the standards in Fantasy Role-Playing (FRP). Now after two million copies have been sold and dozens of awards have been won, Bane of the Cosmic Forge raises and redefines those standards. This new Wizardry , the truest simulation ever of Fantasy Role Playing, will push your computer, your mind, and your sense of adventure to their very limits. Only through the power of the latest computer technology could the full dimensions of this new genre in FRP be possible.
Role-playing (RPG) / Adventure / Indie / Action / Fantasy
Pokémon Unbound is a fan-made ROM hack of Pokémon FireRed that offers an enriched and modernized Pokémon experience. Set in the Borrius region—a land with a tumultuous history marked by a past war with the Kalos region—the game follows your journey to prevent the resurgence of a sealed dark force that once threatened the land.
Role-playing (RPG) / Adventure / Fantasy / Science fiction
The Western release of Final Fantasy VII (released as Final Fantasy VII International in Japan) included additional elements and alterations, such as streamlining of the menu and Materia system, reducing the health of enemies, new visual cues to help with navigation across the world map, and additional cutscenes relating to Cloud's past.
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!"
Role-playing (RPG) / Adventure / Fantasy
Dragon Warrior I & II is a remake of the Super Famicom version of Dragon Quest I.II, originally released in Japan. It has a few modifications to gameplay, but the interface and graphics have been enhanced to be on a par with the 1998 Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland.
Role-playing (RPG) / Adventure / Action / Fantasy
Paper Mario, a turn-based JRPG entry in the Mario franchise with a paper-based aesthetic and platforming elements, sees the titular character working his way through the Mushroom Kingdom's diverse locales and biomes, meeting its inhabitants, fighthing unruly enemies and recruiting an array of companions in order to once again save Princess Peach from the clutches of the evil Koopa King Bowser.
Role-playing (RPG) / Adventure / Action / Fantasy
A JRPG entry in the Super Mario franchise in which Mario meets many unlikely allies in order to jump and fight his way through the Mushroom Kingdom and collect stars to repair the Star Road, the pathway that grants people's wishes, which was destroyed by Smithy, the otherworldly entity that hijacked Bowser's castle and threw the Kingdom into disarray.