Category: Role Playing and Adventure Games

From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Andrew Greenberg & Rick Dutton GAME DEVELOPER:Masterplay Publishing GAME PUBLISHER:Electronic Arts Copyright 1987, Masterplay Publishing One of the most underrated, unknown classics ever made for the PC, Star Saga: One – Beyond The Boundary is the first in a short-lived series of science fiction adventure/RPG games…

From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Lee Blum GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2000, Lee Blum Cult is a simple, yet enjoyable top-down -viewed adventure game. Zack Bon, a special operations officer, must solve a situation involving a strange cult who have barricaded themselves in a villa, and the police suspect they…

From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Data East GAME PUBLISHER:Data East Copyright 1993, FASA Corp. Shadowrun is an excellent and highly underrated Super Nintendo RPG based on FASAs acclaimed cyberpunk pen & paper and board game. Although its graphically inferior to the SEGA Genesis game that uses the same license,…

From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:SquareSoft GAME PUBLISHER:SquareSoft Copyright 1994, SquareSoft Released for the Super Nintendo, Live A Live is one of the most underrated RPGs ever made from SquareSoft, the acclaimed developer of Final Fantasy series. Although the cutesy anime characters and standard isometric perspective may make you…

From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Hudson Soft GAME PUBLISHER:Hudson Soft Copyright 1988, Hudson Soft One of the most overlooked games ever on the NES console, Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom is a fun, quirky, and wholly original adventure/RPG game that should appeal to anyone who likes unique, logical,…

From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Nihon Falcom GAME PUBLISHER:Infocom Copyright 1989, Infocom The only game Infocom published on the console system, Tombs and Treasure is a lackluster adventure/RPG game set in the ancient ruins of Central America. Although the game looks like a typical console-style RPG when you are…

From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2001, Unknown Warning: This game contains some racial slurs and other potentially offensive scenes. Although I recognize that the authors probably meant to be funny, they didn’t really handle the nuances so well, so a lot of it comes across…

From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Richard Carlson & Iikka Keranen GAME DEVELOPER:Digital Eel GAME PUBLISHER:Cheapass Games Copyright 2002, Digital Eel Digital Eel’s Strange Adventures in Infinite Space is an incredibly addictive space exploration game that plays like a cross between a board game and Star Control. The game is best described…