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unusual facts about action role-playing video game



Anthrodon

An Anthrodon is a fictional beast from the role-playing video game Xyphus, created in 1984 by Skip Waller and Dave Albert for Penguin Software.

Cap of invisibility

In the Dragon Quest role-playing video game series, there is a piece of equipment named "Hades' helm."

Celestial Games

After Toxic Bunny was published Celestial Games then started working on a new title, The Tainted a Science fiction, action, Role-playing video game or RPG.

Character development

Character advancement, increase in scores and other changes of a game character — for example, in role-playing video games

Cooperative gameplay

Most early role-playing video games were inspired by Dungeons & Dragons, but were restricted to single player due to the technology of the era.

Cyberdreams

Titles announced by Cyberdreams but never completed include Hunters of Ralk, a role-playing video game designed by Dungeons & Dragons creator Gary Gygax, and Wes Craven's Principles of Fear, based on a concept by film director Wes Craven.

David W. Bradley

David W. Bradley is a video game designer and programmer, most notable for the role-playing video games Wizardry 7 and Wizards & Warriors, and several other titles in the Wizardry series.

Death Bringer

Death Bringer, known in Europe as Galdregon's Domain, is a role-playing video game published for the Amiga by Cinemaware.

Fallout: Project Brazil

Fallout: Project Brazil is a fan-made modification made by Brandan Lee and several members of the Fallout Modding Community, and is an unofficial prequel to the action role-playing video game Fallout: New Vegas.

Fujimoto Yae

Fujimoto Yae (referred to as Yae) (born December 14, 1975), is a singer, mainly known outside Japan for having performed the theme songs for the GameCube role-playing video game Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles.

Hard to Be a God

A role-playing video game of the same title, based on the book, was developed by Burut Entertainment and Akella studios for the PC.

Heroes of Ruin

Heroes of Ruin is an action role-playing game in which the player battles various enemies such as snipers, beasts, and fencers.

Hiroko Kasahara

She sang the ending theme song of the PlayStation 2 role-playing video game Shadow Hearts, titled Ending Theme ~ Shadow Hearts, and the ending theme of the PC and PlayStation 2 visual novel Ever 17: The Out of Infinity, titled Aqua Stripe

INCURA

The group decided to change their name keeping the "IN" and adding "CURA" – a healing spell from the Final Fantasy RPGs.

Laplace no Ma

This video game is a mixture of the role-playing video game and survival horror genres and set in the vicinity of Boston, Massachusetts in a town called "Newcam", it is modeled on fictional city Arkham created by H. P. Lovecraft.

Li Shangyin

Part of a poem by Li Shangyin is recited by a minor character in the Mortuary in the role-playing video game Planescape: Torment.

MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy

MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy is a 1990 space science fiction role-playing video game based on the Traveller series and was produced by Game Designers' Workshop licensee Paragon Software for Amiga, Atari ST and MS-DOS operating environments.

Motor City Online

The game featured some role-playing video game elements, such as leveling up after completing tasks (e.g. winning races), and a functional, supply and demand economy for players to get involved in.

Odyssey: The Compleat Apventure

It was created for the Apple II platform and is considered one of the first microcomputer-based role-playing video games.

Quest Corporation

They were originally known as Bothtec, which had developed The Scheme, a Metroidvania-style open world action role-playing game featuring music by Yuzo Koshiro, that same year.

Richard Dorton

With over 70 games under his belt, some of his recent work include Silent Hill: Homecoming, Resident Evil 5, Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned Action-RPG.

Silfade series

There is also an RPG-like combat in the game, in which Eshutā fights against enemies in a turn-based fashion akin to the Final Fantasy’s Active Time Battle.

Snow Ring

"Snow Ring" was used as theme song of an RPG videogame for smartphones developed by DropWave called Makina × Dolls, and it is also as theme song for TV commercials by Japanese real estate company Nissei Advance.

Soul Saga: Episode 1

Disastercake states that the game is influenced by, and will play as, a Japanese role-playing video game, in the vein of Final Fantasy, Suikoden, Breath of Fire, and Persona.

South Park: The Stick of Truth

South Park: The Stick of Truth is an upcoming role-playing video game based on the American animated television series South Park being developed by Obsidian Entertainment, in collaboration with South Park Digital Studios and published by Ubisoft.

Star Warrior

Star Warrior is a 1980 science fiction role-playing video game written and published by Automated Simulations (later known as Epyx) for the Apple II, TRS-80, and Atari home computers.

The Spirit Engine 2

The Spirit Engine 2 is a two-dimensional, side-scrolling indie RPG drawn, programmed and written by Mark Pay with music by Josh Whelchel.

Trinity: Souls of Zill O’ll

Trinity: Souls of Zill O’ll, known as Trinity: Zill O'll Zero in Japan, is an action fantasy RPG video game set in part of the Zill O'll series, which had previously appeared on PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable.

Wizorb

Wizorb is a role-playing video game created and published by the independent developer Tribute Games.

Word Realms

Word Realms (abbreviated WR) is a single-player role-playing game designed by Asymmetric Publications, including lead designer Zack "Jick" Johnson and designer Kevin Simmons.


see also

FNV

Fallout: New Vegas, an action role-playing video game developed by Obsidian Entertainment

SO4

Star Ocean: The Last Hope, an action role-playing video game developed by Tri-Ace and Square Enix

Zwei

Zwei!!, an action role-playing video game developed by the Nihon Falcom Corporation