List of role-playing video games: 1996 to 1997 explained

List

Year	Title	Developer	Publisher	Setting	Platform	Subgenre	Series/Notes	COO
	Adventures of Hourai High			Fantasy	SNES
	Airs Adventure エアーズアドベンチャー			Fantasy	SAT			JP
				Fantasy	SAT	JRPG (turn-based)	Albert Odyssey	JP
		Pandora Box		Fantasy	SNES	JRPG (turn-based/card-based)		JP
	Arc the Lad II			Fantasy	PS1	Tactical RPG	Arc the Lad	JP
	Arunamu No Kiba Juuzokujuu Nishinto Densetsu Fang of Alnam アルナムの牙 獣族十二神徒伝説			Fantasy	PS1 (Port)			JP
	Bahamut Lagoon バハムートラグーン			Fantasy	SNES	Tactical RPG		JP
	Bakumatsu Kourinden ONI 幕末降臨伝ONI			Fantasy	SNES		Kourinden ONI	JP
	Blue Forest Monogatari			Fantasy	3DO			JP
	Daikaijuu Monogatari II 大貝獣物語II			Fantasy	SNES		Daikaijuu Monogatari	JP
	Dark Half			Fantasy	SNES			JP
	Diablo			Fantasy	WIN	Action RPG Roguelike	Diablo	NA
	Dragon Force ドラゴンフォース			Fantasy	SAT	Tactical RPG^[1]	Dragon Force	JP
	Dragon Knight IV ドラゴンナイト4			Fantasy	SNES (Port)	Tactical RPG Eroge	Dragon Knight	JP
	Dragon Warrior III Dragon Quest III			Fantasy	SNES (Port)	JRPG^[2]	Dragon Quest	JP
	Energy Breaker			Fantasy	SNES	Tactical RPG		JP
				Fantasy	SAT (Remake)	Tactical RPG^[3]	FEDA	JP
				Fantasy	SNES	Tactical RPG	Fire Emblem	JP
	Gulliver Boy			Fantasy	SNES (Port)		Based on the anime Gulliver Boy	JP
	Gulliver Boy			Fantasy	SAT (Port)		Based on the anime Gulliver Boy	JP
	King's Field III King's Field II in NA			Fantasy	PS1	Dungeon crawl (real-time)	King's Field	JP
	Langrisser III ラングリッサーIII	Masaya		Fantasy	SAT	Tactical RPG	Langrisser	JP
	Langrisser, Der Langrisser II			Fantasy	PCFX (Remake)	Tactical RPG^[4]	Langrisser	JP
	Legend of Heroes IV, The: A Tear of Vermillion The Legend of Heroes: A Tear of Vermillion 英雄伝説IV「朱紅い雫」			Fantasy	PC98			JP
	The Legend of Oasis			Fantasy	SAT	Action RPG	Prequel to Beyond Oasis	JP
	Lennus 2			Fantasy	SNES	JRPG	Lennus	JP
	Linkle Liver Story			Fantasy	SAT	Action RPG		JP
	Madara Saga			Fantasy	SNES		Based on the manga Madara	JP
	Madou Monogatari I			Fantasy	SNES (Port)	Dungeon crawler^[5]	Madou Monogatari	JP
	Metajo			Fantasy	PC98	Tactical RPG		JP
	Monstania			Fantasy	SNES	Tactical RPG		JP
	Moon Light Saga				MSX2^[6]			JP
				Fantasy	SAT (Port)	Tactical RPG	Ogre Battle	JP
	Only You -世紀末のジュリエット達-			Fantasy	PC98	Eroge		JP
	Oukoku no Gran Chef			Fantasy	3DO
	Pocket Monsters Red Pocket Monsters Green(Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Blue Version)			Modern Fantasy	GB	Monster raising	Pokémon	JP
	Pocket Monsters Blue			Modern Fantasy	GB	Monster raising	Pokémon	JP
	Popolocrois Monogatari			Fantasy	PS1	Tactical RPG	Based on the manga PoPoLoCrois	JP
				Modern Fantasy	PS1	JRPG	Megami Tensei Persona	JP
	Riglord Saga 2			Fantasy	SAT	Tactical RPG		JP
	RPG Maker 2			Fantasy	SNES	RPG-creation software	RPG Maker	JP
	Sakura Wars			Steampunk	SAT	Tactical RPG	Sakura Wars	JP
	Shadowrun			Cyberpunk Fantasy	SCD	Adventure/RPG hybrid		JP
	Shin Super Robot Wars			Sci-Fi	PS1	Tactical RPG	Super Robot Wars	JP
	Shining the Holy Ark			Fantasy	SAT	Dungeon crawl	Shining	JP
	The Speris Legacy	Binary Emotions		Fantasy	AMI	Action RPG		GB
				Fantasy	SNES	JRPG	Star Ocean	JP
	Super Mario RPG			Fantasy	SNES	JRPG (turn-based)		JP
				Sci-Fi	SNES	Tactical RPG	Super Robot Wars	JP
	Sword & Sorcery			Fantasy	SAT	JRPG (turn-based)	Enhanced remake of 3DO game	JP
	Sword of Hope II			Fantasy	GB	Dungeon crawl	Sword of Hope	JP
				Fantasy	SAT (Port)	Tactical RPG	Ogre Battle	JP
	Tail of the Sun			Fantasy	PS1	Action RPG		JP
				Fantasy	PS1	Action RPG	Deception	JP
				Fantasy	SNES			JP
	Treasure Hunter G			Fantasy	SNES	Tactical RPG		JP
	Treasure of the Rudras			Fantasy	SNES	JRPG		JP
	Vandal Hearts			Fantasy	PS1	Tactical RPG	Vandal Hearts	JP
	Wild Arms			Western	PS1	JRPG	Wild Arms	JP
	Wizardry Gaiden IV			Fantasy	SNES	WRPG	Wizardry Gaiden	JP
	Xin Qigai Wangzi 新乞丐王子			Fantasy	GEN	JRPG	Adapted from The Prince and the Pauper	TW
	Ys V Expert			Fantasy	SNES (Rerel)	Action RPG	Ys	JP
	Wing of Alnam アルナムの翼 焼塵の空の彼方へ			Fantasy	PS1		Wing of Alnam	JP
	Atelier Marie: The Alchemist of Salburg			Fantasy	PS1	JRPG	Atelier	JP
	Breath of Fire III			Fantasy	PS1	JRPG^[7]	Breath of Fire	JP
				Fantasy	SNES	Tactical RPG	Fire Emblem	JP
	Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon			Fantasy	PS1	Roguelike	Fushigi no Dungeon Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon	JP
				Fantasy	SNES	Tactical RPG	Dark Lord	JP
	Dragon Knight IV ドラゴンナイト4			Fantasy	SAT (Port) PS1 (Port)	Tactical RPG Eroge	Dragon Knight	JP
	Dragon Knight IV ドラゴンナイト4			Fantasy	PCFX (Port)	Tactical RPG Eroge	Dragon Knight	JP
				Fantasy	WIN, DOS	Action RPG	Sequel to The Faery Tale Adventure	US
	Farland Story			Fantasy	PS1 (Port)	Tactical RPG	Farland Story	JP
				Fantasy	PS1	Tactical RPG^[8]	FEDA	JP
	Final Fantasy IV			Fantasy	PS1 (Port)	JRPG^[9]	Final Fantasy	JP
	Final Fantasy VII			Sci-Fi Fantasy	PS1	JRPG	Final Fantasy	JP
	Final Fantasy Tactics ファイナルファンタジータクティクス			Fantasy	PS1	Tactical RPG	Final Fantasy Tactics; Ivalice series	JP
	Front Mission 2			Sci-Fi	PS1	Tactical RPG	Front Mission	JP
	Galaxy Fraulein Yuna 3: Lightning Angel			Sci-Fi	SAT	Tactical RPG	Galaxy Fraulein Yuna	JP
	Grandia			Fantasy	SAT	JRPG (turn-based)	Grandia	JP
	Granstream Saga, The			Fantasy	PS1	Action RPG		JP
	Gunmans Proof			Fantasy	SNES			JP
	Langrisser I & II ラングリッサーI&II			Fantasy	PS1 (Remake)	Tactical RPG	Langrisser Remake and compilation of I and II	JP
	Langrisser IV ラングリッサーIV			Fantasy	SAT PS1	Tactical RPG	Langrisser	JP
	Magic School Lunar!			Fantasy	SAT (Remake)	JRPG	Lunar	JP
				Fantasy	PS1	Tactical RPG		JP
	Milandra			Fantasy	SNES			JP
				Fantasy	PlayStation	Adventure RPG		JP
				Fantasy	PS1 (Comp)	Tactical RPG	Ogre Battle Compilation of March of the Black Queen and Tactics Ogre	JP
				Fantasy	PS1 (Port)	Tactical RPG	Ogre Battle	JP
	Princess Crown			Fantasy	SAT	Action RPG	Princess Crown	JP
	Ronde 輪舞曲			Fantasy	SAT	Tactical RPG	Megami Tensei Majin Tensei	JP
	RPG Maker(NA) RPG Maker 3(JP)			Fantasy	PS1	RPG-creation software	RPG Maker	JP
	SaGa Frontier			Fantasy	PS1	JRPG^[10]	SaGa	JP
	Shining Force III			Fantasy	SAT	Tactical RPG	Shining	JP
	Shinsetsu Samurai Spirits Bushidō Retsuden			Fantasy	NEOCD SAT PS1	JRPG	Spinoff of Samurai Shodown fighting games	JP
	Söldnerschild S			Fantasy	SAT	Tactical RPG	Söldnerschild	JP
	Super Robot Wars F			Sci-Fi	SAT	Tactical RPG	Super Robot Wars	JP
				Fantasy	PS1 (Port)	Tactical RPG	Ogre Battle	JP
	Tales of Destiny			Fantasy	PS1	Action RPG	Tales	JP
				Fantasy	SAT	JRPG^[11]		JP
				Fantasy	PS1 (Port)	Action RPG (UU style)	Ultima Underworld	NA
	Vandal Hearts			Fantasy	SAT (Port)	Tactical RPG	Vandal Hearts	JP
	AD&D Masterpiece Collection			Fantasy	DOS (Comp)	Tactical RPG Action RPG	Dungeons & Dragons franchise Compilation of the Dark Sun and Ravenloft games	NA
				Fantasy	DOS WIN	Tactical RPG RTS/RPG	Dungeons & Dragons franchise (Birthright)	NA
	Deathkeep			Fantasy	WIN (Port)	FPS/RPG		NA
	Elder Scrolls II, The: Daggerfall			Fantasy	DOS	Action RPG (UU style)	The Elder Scrolls	NA
	Exile II: Crystal Souls			Fantasy	MAC WIN WIN3X	Tactical RPG	Exile	NA
	Exile III: Ruined World			Fantasy	LIN MAC WIN WIN3X	Tactical RPG	Exile	NA
				Fantasy	DOS	Tactical RPG	Farland Saga	JP
	Farland Story 6			Fantasy	DOS	Tactical RPG	Farland Saga	JP
				Fantasy	DOS	Adventure RPG	Spin-off of Wizardry	NA
	Quest for Glory Anthology			Fantasy	DOS (Comp) WIN (Comp) WIN3X (Comp)	Adventure RPG	Quest for Glory Compilation of the first four games	NA
	(NA, UK) 巫術闇影 (CN) Černé Oko: Stíny nad Rivou (CZ) Das Schwarze Auge: Schatten über Riva (DE) El Ojo Negro: La sombra sobre Riva (ES)		Topware (DE) U.S. Gold (EU) Sir-Tech (NA)	Fantasy	DOS		Das Schwarze Auge franchise Realms of Arkania	DE
	Ultima VIII: Pagan - Gold Edition			Fantasy	DOS (Rerel)	WRPG	Ultima	NA
	Wizardry Gold			Fantasy Sci-Fi	MAC (Remake) WIN (Remake)	WRPG	Wizardry	NA
				Fantasy	DOS WIN	Action RPG	The Elder Scrolls	NA
	Betrayal in Antara			Fantasy	WIN WIN3X	WRPG	Uses the Betrayal at Krondor engine	NA
				Fantasy Horror	WIN	Action-adventure/JRPG	Legacy of Kain	NA
				Fantasy	WIN	Action RPG. Roguelike	Diablo	NA
	Fallout			Post-apocalyptic	DOS WIN	WRPG	Fallout	NA
	Fallout			Post-apocalyptic	MAC (Port)	WRPG	Fallout	NA
				Fantasy	WIN	Tactical RPG	Farland Saga	JP
	Final Fantasy VII			Sci-Fi Fantasy	WIN	JRPG	Final Fantasy	JP
	Forgotten Realms Archives, The			Fantasy	DOS (Comp) WIN (Comp)	Tactical RPG WRPG Action RPG	Dungeons & Dragons franchise	NA
				Sci-Fi	WIN	Tactical RPG^[12]	Battle Isle	DE
				Sci-Fi	WIN	Tactical RPG	Battle Isle	DE
				Fantasy	DOS WIN	Dungeon crawl	Lands of Lore	NA
	Medarot: Kabuto Version	Natsume Co., Ltd.	Imagineer	Science Fiction	GB	Action RPG	Medabots	JP
	Medarot: Kuwagata Version
				Fantasy	DOS (Comp) WIN3X (Comp)	Adventure RPG	Quest for Glory Compilation of first four games	NA
	RPG Maker 95			N/A	WIN	RPG construction tool	RPG Maker	JP
	Sorcerian Forever			Fantasy	WIN	Action RPG	Sorcerian	JP
	Ultima Collection			Fantasy	DOS (Rerel) WIN (Port)	WRPG	Ultima Rerelease and port of the first eight games and	NA
	Vantage Master ヴァンテージ・マスター			Fantasy	WIN	Tactical RPG	Vantage Master	JP
	Vantage Master V2 Vantage Master Online			Fantasy	WIN	Tactical RPG	Vantage Master	JP
				Fantasy Sci-Fi	WIN (Comp)	Dungeon crawl	Wizardry Remake and compilation of I through III	NA

Notes and References

1. Web site: IGN » Games » Retro » Game Profiles » Strategy RPG . . 2008-07-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110713005026/http://retro.ign.com/index/games.html?constraint.game_genre_name.game_genre_1.game_genre_2=Strategy:RPG&constraint.return_all=is_true . 2011-07-13 .
2. Web site: Hardcore Gaming 101: Dragon Quest series . June 13, 2009 . Kurt Kalata . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090401082601/http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/dragonquest/dragonquest.htm . April 1, 2009 .
3. Web site: FEDA Remake: Emblem of Justice . RPGamer . 2008-06-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080617113644/http://www.rpgamer.com/games/feda/fedaremake/fedaremake.html . 2008-06-17 . dead .
4. Web site: Strategy RPG > Games . . 2008-07-25.
5. Web site: Hardcore Gaming 101: Madou Monogatari series . April 20, 2011.
6. Web site: MSX Software Database: RPG . Generation MSX . 2009-09-29 .
7. Web site: Hardcore Gaming 101: Breath of Fire series . June 13, 2009 . David DeRienzo.
8. Web site: FEDA 2: White Surge the Platoon . RPGamer . 2008-06-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080501134111/http://www.rpgamer.com/games/feda/feda2/feda2.html . 2008-05-01 . dead .
9. Web site: Hardcore Gaming 101: Final Fantasy series . June 14, 2009 . Pat R..
10. Web site: Hardcore Gaming 101: Sa•Ga series . June 14, 2009 . Rorshacma . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090412104007/http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/saga/saga.htm . April 12, 2009 .
11. Web site: Hardcore Gaming 101: Far East of Eden . Hardcore Gaming 101 . June 28, 2009 . Kurt Kalata.
12. Web site: S. . Dennis . Paradise Cracked Review . GamersHell . 2007-11-26 . The game's genre can be called tactical RPG, drawing some of its best features from such games as X-Com, Jagged Alliance, Incubation and Fallout. . https://web.archive.org/web/20071107191816/http://www.gamershell.com/pc/paradise_cracked/review.html . 2007-11-07 . dead .