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A remake of Dragon Quest 1 and Dragon Quest 2 for the Super Famicom.

Dragon Quest III is set many years before the original Dragon Quest in a world separate from the first two games. A wicked fiend named Baramos threatens to destroy the world.

A warrior is ordered by his king to locate children that are mysteriously disappearing.

The hero of this game is the son of a brave warrior named Papas. It appears that his mother died just after giving birth to him, and his father took him on a long journey when he was a little baby, searching for something. Now the boy is six years old, and Papas brings him to his hometown. After some time, they learn that Henry, the prince of Reinhart, was kidnapped by bandits. Papas and his son attempt to rescue him, but this only leads to a tragic event and the boy's imprisonment. Only many years later will the hero discover who or what his father was searching for, and come to realize his own role in the events that dictate the fate of the world.

Explore two parallel worlds while distinguishing reality from illusion and seeking to discover the true meaning of your very existence.

You plan to become a humble fisherman of peaceful Estard Island, the only land in a world of ocean. But when you discover the artifacts from an ancient land, you tear the fabric of time and unveil the world that once was. Transported to past lands, you solve their mysteries and break the spell of annihilation. Prepare for your destiny!

The game begins with the court jester of the kingdom of Trodain, Dhoulmagus, stealing an ancient scepter and casting a spell on Trodain castle.

You play as a Celestrian, an angel who falls to the mortal realm on the eve of Yggdrasil's awakening. It's up to you to reclaim Yggdrasil's Fyggs and fulfill the destiny that lies before you.

A young boy from a small town learns he is the chosen hero of Yggdrasil, the World Tree, and sets out on an adventure with colorful companions to save the land of Erdrea from an impending darkness.

You play as Adol who goes on an adventure fighting monsters, later on, he climbs Darm Tower to fight Dark Fact. In the Sequel, Adol is sent to the floating island of YS to save the people from the demons and monsters, and to fight Darm.

Adol Christin and his friend Dogi are travelling to Dogi's hometown of Redmont. Upon arriving, they discover that evil happenings are threatening the townspeople, and it is up to Adol to put a stop to it.

Ys Origin is a 2006 action role-playing game by Nihon Falcom.

Adol Christin, the protagonist, finds himself in the land of Celceta, suffering full amnesia. He soon teams up with Duran, who claims he can help him regain memories. But that will require to venture into the dangerous and uncharted lands, which task Adol more than happily undertakes.

Adol is travelling through new lands, in search of more adventure, when he hears of the vanished desert city of Kefin. He sets off to investigate this ancient city's disappearance.

Once again, the player controls the main character of the series, the adventurer Adol Christin, on a new journey. Adol's ship has been attacked, and he loses his consciousness. After a while, he wakes up on a sea shore, rescued by the Rehda, elf-like people who live in a small village. Soon he becomes involved in a quest for mysterious treasure hidden somewhere on nearby islands, and has to face an ambitious empire officer who will not tolerate any rivals on his hunt.

Adol Christin must uncover the mysteries of the city of Balduq, known as the "Prison City", including mysterious beings known as the Monstrum who have started appearing on the streets of Balduq.

You control two heroes: Estelle Bright, a daughter of the famous adventurer Cassius, and her adopted brother Joshua, who was brought to live in their house under mysterious circumstances. The family belongs to an adventurer guild called "bracers", who protect town people and do various dangerous tasks for money. When Cassius leaves to another town, Estelle and Joshua have to perform various missions as the bracers, and soon find themselves in a middle of a sinister conspiracy.

The coup d'état that threatened to shake the foundation of the Liberl Kingdom has now come to a close and Her Majesty the Queen's birthday celebrations are in full swing throughout the streets of Grancel. During that same night, a boy who vowed to make amends for his past disappeared before the girl he loved. Clutched in the girl's hand was the one thing he left for her to remember him by: a harmonica. Now her journey to find him begins.

Half a year after the events of Trails in the Sky Second Chapter, Liberl has settled into peace once again - but even during peaceful times, there are many among the distinguished and fortunate burning with greed thanks to the influence of ancient artifacts. Most of the population remains unaware of their abuses of power, but to the most enigmatic order of the beloved Septian Church, the Gralsritter, snuffing out these would-be villains and claiming artifacts in their name is as everyday as professing one's faith in the Goddess.

Trails of Blue is set some months after the ending of Trails of Zero, as the Special Support Section (SSS) are joined by new recruits - the Army sergeant major Noel Seeker and the former gang leader Wazy Hemisphere, and follows them as they deal with trouble as the country hosts an inter-governmental forum, is attacked by terrorists, is used for another Ouroboros plot, and is engulfed in a nationalist fervor that leads to it declaring independence and the Erebonian empire and Calvard republic both opposing it.

The game takes place at the same time frame as Zero and Ao no Kiseki games, but in the Erebonian Empire. The game's plot is centered around the newly formed special class "Class VII" in Thors Military Academy, composed of both aristocrats and normal Erebonian citizens. Class VII is the only class in the entire academy that does not segregate the two different social classes. The game follows Class VII throughout their school year, mainly around the times when Class VII receive special field training that takes them all over Erebonia. Throughout their training across Erebonia, Class VII matures and casts aside their preconceptions of the two social classes and witness first hand the reality of the empire; The power struggle between the aristocracy led by the four noble houses, and the working class reformists led by Iron Blood Chancellor Osborne which threatens to lead to a civil war.

In a time of uprising, peace is but a memory in Erebonia. Rean Schwarzer, the awakener of Valimar the Ashen Knight, vows to find his lost friends from Class VII. They can change the course of an Empire, but foes old and new await.

The story is centered around main character Rean Schwarzer, now a military professor and the rest of his military school friends from the prior two entries, notably exploring subjects such as the mysterious origins of Rean's birth

Once there was a prosperous kingdom, which was protected by a tower, where a mighty dragon was living. The people of the kingdom were secure with such a guardian. But one man wanted the dragon's power for something else, and this man was the king. He went to the tower and tried to kill the dragon, in order to rob his power. But the dragon's fury turned the king into a horrible creature, a demon, and his evil essence made his entire kingdom sink deep under the earth. Many years have passed, and now you take control of a traveler named Varik. A young woman accuses him of killing her teacher, and in a desperate fight they both fall underground, to where the lost kingdom was buried. You must guide Varik through underground mazes and help him to escape the wrath of his adversary and the demonic inhabitants of the lost kingdom.