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ネクロスの要塞
©Ask Kodansha 1990
©Lad-R
Release : 1990-04-20 (¥6300)
HuCard (4 Mbits) AK90001
Role Playing game
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Necros no Yōsai (also known as the Fortress of Necros) is an early action Role Playing
game by Ask Kodansha and Lad-R. The monarch of black
magic has revived eight heroes and they have been selected to fulfil
various missions. The game is divided into seven quests, each
featuring groups of up to three characters. Although the game
starts with an almighty elf, other characters are available throughout
the game such as the Mage, the Amazon, the Dwarf, the
strong Berserker and the Samurai. At the start of each
mission, the player can walk around towns, talk to villagers, purchase new
equipment and items or talk to the local bard to save his journey
(using complex passwords based on Hiragana characters or the build-in backup unit).
Unlike other Role Playing games at the time, the view doesn't really
zoom-out when the player leaves a town, instead a map shows
the various locations that can be reached at a given time. Battles
are round based and feature unique fully animated and flashy
graphics and animations. Necros no Yōsai is a fairly vast role
playing game and is single player only.
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Necros no Yōsai is actually based on a series of cards (picture on the right) and mini figurines popular in
Japan in the 1980s. They were sold by Lotte confectionery company and were available in
small boxes (no less than 320 cards and small figurines are supposed to exist!). These
cards are not unlike the equally popular Bikkuriman World franchise release
in Japan by the same company (see Bikkuriman World for more information).
However, the japan exclusive Necros no Yōsai franchise was a little different and featured extensive
role-playing elements - each character and monster had a class, a set of skills, weaknesses and
abilities. Some items were even included such as the almighty gems!
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I must warn you, do not play Necros no Yōsai if you are diagnosed with Epilepsy -
some of the magic attacks will literally blow your head off. I do not think
I have ever played a game with lightning flashes that intense.
I'm also not a big fan of the character design, some of the hero
characters are way too wacky and goofy - but this is what the game
is about and you soon realize that Necros no Yōsai doesn't really take itself too seriously.
However, This simple RPG is actually not that bad and the battle scenes
are fairly flashy and rather unique and fun! But, although the game
only uses Hiragana and Katakana characters, you will
have a really hard time if you can't read Japanese. The game heavily relies
on item fetching and events are only triggered if you talk to the
right person at the right time, or if you carry the right item.
So non Japanese speakers will have to arm themselves with a lot
of patience to figure out what they may have missed.
All in all, Necros no Yōsai is a fairly simple RPG and is
fun overall, as long as you can read Japanese.
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