Approximate Release Month: June 1993
Genre: RPG
Developer: FTL Games
Publisher: JVC
PC-style dungeon crawlers like Dungeon Master aren’t common on the Super Nintendo.
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SNES A Day 186: Shadowrun
Approximate Release Date: May 1, 1993
Genre: Action RPG
Developer: Beam Software
Publisher: Data East
There aren’t many games on the Super Nintendo like Shadowrun, an action RPG based on the tabletop game of the same name. In fact, it would have felt more in line with PC games of the era than its console contemporaries. Continue reading SNES A Day 186: Shadowrun
SNES A Day 179: Super Ninja Boy
Approximate Release Month: April 1993
Genre: Brawler/RPG
Developer: Culture Brain
Publisher: Culture Brain
It shouldn’t be a surprise that neither the brawler or RPG aspects of Super Ninja Boy are very good.
SNES A Day 162: Inindo: Way of the Ninja
Approximate Release Month: March 1993
Genre: Turn-based RPG/strategy
Developer: Koei
Publisher: Koei
Inindo: Way of the Ninja seems to be a by-the-books Japanese role-playing game. It’s made by Koei, though, so it can’t be that simple, right?
SNES A Day 99: Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
Approximate Release Date: October 5, 1992
Genre: Turn-based RPG
Developer: Square
Publisher: Square
Even though the reasons behind its creation border on insulting, Final Fantasy Mystic Quest gets a bad rap.
SNES A Day 55: Arcana
Approximate Release Date: May 5, 1992
Genre: RPG
Developer: HAL Laboratory
Publisher: HAL Laboratory
Arcana tries to be interesting but doesn’t go far enough.
SNES A Day 34: Lagoon
Approximate Release Date: February 1, 1992
Genre: Action RPG
Developer: Zoom Inc.
Publisher: Kemco
Lagoon being released so soon after Ys III: Wanderers From Ys just highlights how similar the two games are, even down to the UI.