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]]> 30 Jul 2008 09:56:58 Sword of Mana Long, long ago, there was a goddess. She cherished all life and transformed herself into a Mana Tree to watch over the world.

Thus the legend began.

Sword of Mana is the prequel to Secret of Mana for the SNES. There are new characters and new dungeons to explore with similar gameplay and controls.

There are multiple characters to play and many different weapons and items to use as you fight for Mana.
]]> 28 Mar 2007 09:54:27 Panzer Dragoon Saga Panzer Dragoon Saga (titled Azel: Panzer Dragoon RPG in Japan) is a role-playing game released in 1998 exclusively for the Sega Saturn. It is the third game in the Panzer Dragoon and the only one which is not a rail shooter. The game centers around the plight of Edge, a young boy thrown into an ancient conspiracy.

Category: Turn-based role-playing game

Release date: April 30, 1998 (US)

Developer: Team Andromeda
]]> 26 Mar 2007 11:27:38 Kid Icarus The all time classic, Kid Icarus.

In Kid Icarus players take on the role of Pit, who is on an epic, Metroid inspired, quest to save Angel Land from the evil Medusa and, in a Zelda style, save the goddess of light, Palutena.

Kid Icarus was one of the first games to feature multiple endings based upon how it was completed.

Kid Icarus has been re-released for download on the Wii as of 2/12/207.
]]> 07 Feb 2007 05:15:08 Otogi: Myth of Demons Otogi was a great action game for the Xbox that sold rather poorly. Its unfortunate, as the game was quite entertaining.
]]> 07 Feb 2007 04:48:53 The Wheel of Time
Enter the Wheel of Time and dare to seize ultimate power.

Based on Robert Jordan's best-selling series of fantasy novels, The Wheel Of Time is a gaming experience that will become your world. A first person action/strategy game with story-rich elements set in a lush, high resolution universe of mystery and wonder. A single player quest through mystical and expansive environments. Unique multiplayer dynamics with three game types. All with strategic spell combat. Because power is not given...TAKE IT!

Wheel of Time is a first-person 3-D action/strategy with role playing elements. The environments are taken directly from the pages of Jordan's books, vast in scope and shaped around the quest of Elayna Sedai, Keeper of the Chronicles of the White Tower. Other characters from the fictional work are also portrayed faithfully in the single player quest, as you vye with them for the remaining seals needed to unlock the greatest of powers.


Additional Game Features:

  • Seize power by the strategic use of over 40 mystical artifacts.

  • Totally immersive 3D environments with rich, state-of-the-art graphics.

  • The richly-textured world of Robert Jordan's hugely popular novels brought to life!

  • Enhanced Unreal engine technology in blazing real-time!

  • First person action in single player quest and multiplayer.

  • Wonderful atmospheres enriched by a great soundtrack of Celtic-rock fusion music created for the project by a colaborration of Robert Berry and Lief Sorbye.

Developer: Legend Entertainment Company, under license from Robert Jordan
Publisher: GT Interactive Software
Release Date: Oct 31, 1999 in the US, February 11, 1998 in Japan and Europe

Alex Harris of ACTIVENETWORK said,
Wheel of Time uses an enhanced version of the Unreal engine to bring Robert Jordan's world to life. In addition to the Unreal engine's core capabilities like 24-bit color (with MMX), multiple dynamic (and colored) light sources, complex geometry, smooth character animation, real moving/rotating brushes, seamless level transition, and a powerful scripting language, they have endowed the engine with a host of WoT-specific effects. The particle system they created for Wheel of Time makes for some of the coolest explosions and smoke effects you've ever seen. In addition, they went in and provided support for weather effects like rain, snow and wind.

System Requirements
Pentium 200, 32MB RAM, 500MB HD space, Windows 9x compatible sound card, 3-D accelerator, DirectX 6.1, internet connection required for online play.
]]> 27 Jan 2007 07:41:31 Heretic Raven Software teamed up with Id Software for the second time in its creation of the hit fantasy action game Heretic. Based on a modified DooM engine, Heretic pioneered a revolutionary new inventory system for character item use that has become commonplace in the FPS genre. Id Software published the game under its flag and it was distributed by GT Interactive.

Players took the role of Corvus, an Elven hero whose race was nearly eliminated by a horde of evil monsters from another dimension. The first episode of Heretic was released as Shareware as a precursor to the full version of the game, Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders.

Heretic won several awards for excellence, appeared in such notable publications as USA Today and Playboy, and opened many new doors in the computer gaming software industry for Raven Software and its team of developers. Heretic was Raven Software's most popular, highest acclaimed, biggest selling game to that point.

(from the Raven Software Heretic page)
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