Computer games set in fantasy worlds have always played a central role in gaming history, evolving across different genres and platforms.
Computer games set in fantasy worlds have always played a central role in gaming history, evolving across different genres and platforms.

Sword of Sodan is a fantasy beat-em-up created by Discovery originally for the Amiga and released in 1988. Later the game was ported to Mega Drive/Genesis and Macintosh. The game p...
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King's Quest is a graphic adventure created by Roberta Williams in 1983, initially for the IBM PCjr. Later, it was ported to many platforms, including Apple II, Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, and others.
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Satan is a platformer/beat-em-up created by the Spanish studio Dinamic Software originally for the MSX. It was later ported to several 8-bit and 16-bit platforms, including Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and DOS, in 1990.
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Obitus is a role-playing game created by Scenario Developments and published by Psygnosis in 1991 for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS. A conversion for the SNES version was released in 1994.
Year: 1991 Genre: Role Playing
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Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World is the sequel to the original Might and Magic published by New World Computing in 1988. It was released for the Apple II and MS-DOS. Du...
Year: 1990 Genre: Role Playing
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Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen is a tactical rpg released in 1993 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The game is a landmark in tactical role-playing game design.
Year: 1993 Genre: Role Playing
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Clouds of Xeen is the fourth title in the Might and Magic series created by Jon Van Caneghem with the New World Computing. The game was published in 1992 for PC. The game engin...
Year: 1992 Genre: Role Playing
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Ambermoon is the second game of the never-finished Amber trilogy created by the German studio Thalion and started with Amberstar. Designed by Karsten Köper and Erik Simon, the game was published in 1993.
Year: 1993 Genre: Role Playing
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Wonderland is a text adventure developed by Magnetic Scrolls and published by Virgin Mastertronic in 1990 for DOS. It was ported to the Amiga, Atari ST, and Acorn 32-Bit the following year.
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Conan: The Cimmerian is an action-adventure with RPG elements created by Synergistic Software for PC and Amiga and released in 1991 by Virgin Games. The game is officially based on...
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St. Dragon (full name Tenseiryuu Saint Dragon) is a sci-fi side-scrolling shooter initially released as an arcade by Jaleco in 1989. Storm Entertainment handled the conversions to Amiga, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and Atari ST.
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Ishar 2: Messengers of Doom is the second chapter of the fantasy RPG saga created by French studio Silmarils. The game was released in 1993 for the Amiga, Atari ST, and DOS. Like t...
Year: 1993 Genre: Role Playing
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Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is the first chapter of the popular series of role-playing computer games. This simple dungeon crawler inspired by Dungeons & Dragons was developed by Andrew C.
Year: 1984 Genre: Role Playing
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Elf is a fantasy platformer/action-adventure developed by Nirvana Systems and released for the Amiga and Atari ST in 1991 and DOS in 1992. Unlike many other titles published by Ocean, this is an original game, not a licensed one.
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