List of role-playing video games: 1998 to 1999 explained

List

Year	Title	Developer	Publisher	Setting	Platform	Subgenre	Series/Notes ! style="width: 4em;"	COO
				Fantasy	WIN	Action RPG		FR
	Atelier Elie: The Alchemist of Salburg 2			Fantasy	PS1		Atelier	JP
	Black/Matrix			Fantasy	SAT PS1	Tactical RPG^[1]		JP
				Fantasy	PS1, WIN	Action RPG		JP
	Brave Fencer Musashi			Fantasy	PS1	Action RPG		JP
	Brave Saga II ブレイブサーガ2			Sci-Fi	PS1	Tactical RPG	Brave	JP
				Fantasy	PS1	Tactical RPG
	大貝獣物語ザ・ミラクル　オブ　ザ・ゾーン			Fantasy	GB		Daikaijuu Monogatari	JP
	Dink Smallwood			Fantasy	WIN, LIN, MAC, PSP, IOS, DROI	Action RPG		JP
	Dragon Warrior Monsters Dragon Quest Monsters			Fantasy	GBC	Monster raising	Dragon Quest Monsters, Dragon Quest	JP
	英雄志願 GAL ACT HEROISM			Fantasy	SAT			JP
				Fantasy	SAT (Port)	Tactical RPG	Farland Story	JP
	Final Fantasy Adventure			Fantasy	GB (Rerel)	Action RPG	Mana	JP
	Final Fantasy Legend			Fantasy	GB (Rerel)	JRPG^[2]	SaGa	JP
	Final Fantasy Legend II			Fantasy	GB (Rerel)	JRPG	SaGa	JP
	Final Fantasy Legend III			Fantasy	GB (Rerel)	JRPG	SaGa	JP
	Final Fantasy V			Fantasy	PS1 (Port)	JRPG^[3]	Final Fantasy	JP
	Galaxy Fraulein Yuna 3: Final Edition			Sci-Fi	PS1 (Port)	Tactical RPG	Galaxy Fraulein Yuna	JP
	God Medicine FB			Fantasy	GBC
				Fantasy	SAT		Grandia	JP
		Yukito Products		Science Fiction	PS1	Action RPG	Based on the Battle Angel Alita manga (called Gunm in Japan)	JP
				Fantasy	PS1
				Fantasy	PS1	Action RPG	Deception	JP
	The Legend of Kartia			Fantasy	PS1	Tactical RPG		JP
	Kasei Monogatari 火星物語			Fantasy	PS1		Based on the anime of the same name.	JP
	Langrisser Tribute			Fantasy	SAT (Port)	Tactical RPG	Langrisser Comp. of IV and V.	JP
	ラングリッサーV ～The End of Legend～	Masaya		Fantasy	SAT	Tactical RPG	Langrisser	JP
	Langrisser: Dramatic Edition ラングリッサードラマティックエディション			Fantasy	SAT (Remake)	Tactical RPG	Langrisser Remake of II for GEN.	JP
	Legend of Dragoon			Fantasy	PS1			JP
	Legend of Heroes III, The: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch The Legend of Heroes II: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch 英雄伝説III「白き魔女」-もうひとつの英雄たちの物語-			Fantasy	PS1 (Port), SAT (Port)			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」	GMF	亜土電子工業	Fantasy	PS1 (Port)			JP
	Legend of Legaia			Fantasy	PS1	JRPG	Legend of Legaia	JP
	Lodoss War			Fantasy	GBC		Third title in the Record of Lodoss War series based on the books and manga of the same name.	JP
	Lost World, The	Umax			MSX2^[4]
				Fantasy	PS1 (Remake) SAT (Remake)		Lunar	JP
				Fantasy	PS1 (Remake)		Lunar	JP
	Monsterseed			Fantasy	PS1	Tactical RPG		JP
				Fantasy	SAT (Port)		Wizardry	NA
	Panzer Dragoon Saga AZEL -パンツァードラグーン RPG-			Fantasy	SAT		Spin-off of Panzer Dragoon (a rail shooter)	JP
	Parasite Eve			Fantasy	PS1		Based on the novel and movie of the same name.	JP
	Pokémon Yellow Pocket Monsters Pikachu and Pokémon: Special Pikachu Edition			Modern Fantasy	GBC (Remake)	Monster raising	Pokémon Remake of Red and Blue.	JP
	Poporogue			Fantasy	PS1			JP
	Princess Quest			Fantasy	SAT		Based on the audio drama of the same name.	JP
	Phantasy Star Collection			Sci-Fi	SAT (Port)	JRPG	Phantasy Star Compilation of I-IV.	JP
	Quest 64 Holy Magic Century Eltale Monsters エルテイルモンスターズ			Fantasy	N64	JRPG	Quest/Eltale Monsters	JP
	Quest for Camelot			Fantasy	GBC	Action RPG	Based on the movie Quest for Camelot	FR
				Fantasy	PS1	Tactical RPG	Marl Kingdom	JP
	Robopon Sun			Sci-Fi	GBC	Monster raising	Robopon	JP
	Robopon Star			Sci-Fi	GBC	Monster raising	Robopon	JP
	Simulation RPG Tsukūru			N/A	SAT PS1	Tactical RPG	RPG Maker	JP
	Sakura Taisen 2: Kimi, Shinitamou koto Nakare			Steampunk	SAT	Tactical RPG	Sakura Wars	JP
				Fantasy	DC	Action RPG		JP
	Shin Sedai Robot Senki: Brave Saga Brave Saga			Sci-Fi	PS1	Tactical RPG	Brave	JP
	Shining Force III (Scenario II of III)			Fantasy	SAT	Tactical RPG	Shining	JP
	Shining Force III (Scenario III of III)			Fantasy	SAT	Tactical RPG	Shining	JP
	Soukaigi			Fantasy	PS1	Action RPG		JP
				Fantasy	PS1		Star Ocean	JP
	Suikoden			Fantasy	SAT (Port)	Strategy/RPG hybrid	Suikoden	JP
	Suikoden II			Fantasy	PS1	Strategy/RPG hybrid.	Suikoden	JP
	Tales of Phantasia			Fantasy	PS1 (Port)	Action RPG	Tales	JP
	Thousand Arms			Fantasy	PS1			JP
	Vanguard Bandits			Fantasy	PS1	Tactical RPG		JP
	Wachenröder			Sci-Fi Fantasy	SAT	Tactical RPG		JP
				Fantasy	PS1 SAT (Port, Remake)	WRPG	Wizardry Remake of I, II and III.	NA
	Xenogears			Sci-Fi	PS1	JRPG		JP
	Airs, The エアーズ			Fantasy	PS1			JP
				Fantasy	PS1	Action RPG	Sequel to The Adventures of Alundra which was an action-adventure game	JP
	Arc the Lad III			Fantasy	PS1	Tactical RPG	Arc the Lad	JP
	Biomotor Unitron			Robotics	NEO, NS	Turn-based, Dungeon crawl		JP
	Black/Matrix Advanced			Fantasy	DC (Remake)	Tactical RPG	Remake of Black/Matrix for SAT.	JP
				Fantasy	WIN	Tactical RPG Eroge	Castle Fantasia	JP
				Fantasy	DC		Based on Hatsumei Boy Kanipan.	JP
	Chrono Cross			Fantasy	PS1	JRPG	Chrono	JP
	Chrono Trigger			Fantasy	PS1 (Port)	JRPG	Chrono	JP
	Crusaders of Might and Magic			Fantasy	PS1, WIN	Action RPG	Might and Magic	US
	Custom Robo			Robotics	N64	Action RPG	Custom Robo	JP
	大貝獣物語ミラクルオブザゾーンII			Fantasy	GBC		Daikaijuu Monogatari	JP
	D2 Ｄの食卓2			Horror	DC	Survival horror/Action RPG hybrid	D	JP
				Sci-Fi	SAT PS1	JRPG^[5]	Megami Tensei	JP
	Digimon World			Sci-Fi Fantasy	PS1	Monster raising	Digimon	JP
	Dragon Quest I & II			Fantasy	GBC (Port)	JRPG^[6]	Dragon Quest	JP
	Dungeons & Dragons Collection			Fantasy	SAT (Port)	Action RPG/Beat-em-up	Dungeons & Dragons Port of the arcade games, Tower of Doom and Shadow over Mystara.	JP
	Elemental Gimmick Gear			Sci-Fi	DC			JP
	Eternal Eyes			Fantasy	PS1	Tactical RPG
				Sci-Fi Fantasy	DC		Evolution Worlds	JP
				Sci-Fi Fantasy	DC		Evolution Worlds	JP
				Fantasy	PS1 (Port)	Tactical RPG	Farland Saga	JP
	Final Fantasy VI			Fantasy Sci-Fi	PS1 (Port)	JRPG	Final Fantasy	JP
	Final Fantasy VIII			Sci-Fi Fantasy	PS1	JRPG	Final Fantasy	JP
	Final Fantasy Anthology			Sci-Fi Fantasy	PS1 (Port)	JRPG	Final Fantasy Compilation of IV and V in PAL regions, and V and VI in NA.	JP
	Final Fantasy Collection			Sci-Fi Fantasy	PS1 (Remake)	JRPG	Final Fantasy Comp. of IV, V and VI.	JP
				Fantasy	SNES	Tactical RPG	Fire Emblem	JP
				Fantasy	DOS	Tactical RPG	Flame Dragon	TW
	Front Mission 3			Fantasy	PS1	Tactical RPG	Front Mission	JP
	がんばれゴエモンもののけ道中飛び出せ鍋奉行!			Fantasy	GBC		Ganbare Goemon	JP
	がんばれゴエモン天狗党の逆襲			Fantasy	GBC		Ganbare Goemon	JP	-	Fantasy	PS1	Suikogaiden Suikoden	JP -->
	Grandia			Fantasy	PS1 (Port)		Grandia	JP
	Growlanser グローランサー			Fantasy	PS1	Tactical RPG	Growlanser	JP
	Guardian's Crusade			Fantasy	PS1	JRPG		JP
	Hybrid Heaven			Sci-Fi	N64	Action RPG		JP
	Koudelka			Horror	PS1	Tactical RPG	Shadow Hearts	JP
	Langrisser IV & V: Final Edition ラングリッサーIV&V ファイナルエディション			Fantasy	PS1 (Remake)	Tactical RPG	Langrisser Remake and comp. of IV and V for SAT	JP
	Langrisser Millennium ラングリッサーミレニアム			Fantasy	DC	Tactical RPG	Langrisser	JP
	Legend of Mana			Fantasy	PS1	Action RPG	Mana	JP
	Legend of Sword and Fairy, The			Fantasy	SAT (Port)		The Legend of Sword and Fairy	TW
	Little Witching Mischiefs 魔女っ子大作戦			Fantasy	PS1	Tactical RPG		JP/NA
				Fantasy	PS1 (Port)		Lunar	JP
				Fantasy	GBC (Port)	JRPG	Last Bible Megami Tensei	JP
				Fantasy	GBC (Port)	JRPG	Last Bible Megami Tensei	JP
	Monkey Hero			Fantasy	PS1	Action RPG	Based on Journey to the West.^[7]	NA
				Fantasy	N64	Tactical RPG	Ogre Battle	JP
	Ore no Shikabane o Koete Yuke 俺の屍を越えてゆけ			Fantasy	PS1			JP
	Ouka Houshin			Fantasy	DC	Tactical RPG		JP
				Modern Fantasy	PS1		Persona 2 Persona series; Megami Tensei	JP
	Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver			Modern Fantasy	GBC	Monster raising	Pokémon	JP
				Fantasy	GBC		Quest/Eltale Monsters	JP
	Revenant	Cinematix Studios		Fantasy	WIN	Action RPG		US
	Robopon Moon			Sci-Fi	GBC	Monster raising	Robopon	JP
	SaGa Frontier II			Fantasy	PS1	JRPG	SaGa	JP
	西遊記 (さいゆうき)			Fantasy	PS1	Tactical RPG	Based loosely on the novel, Journey to the West	JP
	SD Gundam G Generation-0 SD Gundam G Generation-0: G Zero SDガンダム　ジージェネレーション・ゼロ			Sci-Fi	PS1	Tactical RPG^[8]	Based on the Super Deformed Gundam franchise.	JP
	Shadow Madness			Fantasy	PS1	JRPG		NA
	Shadow Tower			Fantasy	PS1	Action RPG	Shadow Tower clone of King's Field	JP
	Sunrise Eiyuutan サンライズ英雄譚			Fantasy	DC		Sunrise Eiyuutan	JP
	Super Hero Sakusen			Sci-Fi	PS1		Super Hero Sakusen	JP
	Super Robot Wars 64			Sci-Fi	N64	Tactical RPG	Super Robot Wars	JP
	Super Robot Wars Compact			Sci-Fi	WS	Tactical RPG	Super Robot Wars	JP
	Super Robot Wars F Final			Sci-Fi	SAT	Tactical RPG	Super Robot Wars	JP
	Threads of Fate			Fantasy	PS1			JP
	Valkyrie Profile ヴァルキリープロファイル			Fantasy	PS1		Valkyrie Profile	JP
	Vandal Hearts II			Fantasy	PS1	Tactical RPG	Vandal Hearts	JP
	Wild Arms 2			Steampunk	PS1	JRPG	Wild Arms	JP
	Xuan-Yuan Sword 3: Beyond Clouds and Mountains	DOMO Studio		Fantasy	WIN	Action RPG	Xuan-Yuan Sword	TW
	Zill O'll			Fantasy	PS1		Zill O'll
				Fantasy	N64	Monster raising	Not part of the Zool series	JP
	Baldur's Gate			Fantasy	WIN	WRPG	Baldur's Gate Infinity Engine; Dungeons & Dragons franchise	NA
				Fantasy	WIN (Limit)	WRPG	Baldur's Gate Infinity Engine; Dungeons & Dragons franchise	NA
	Blizzard's Game of the Year Collection			Fantasy Sci-Fi	WIN (Comp)	Action RPG Roguelike.	Compilation of Diablo, StarCraft and WarCraft	NA
	Castle Fantasia			Fantasy	WIN	Tactical RPG Eroge	Castle Fantasia	JP
	Descent to Undermountain			Fantasy	DOS WIN	Action RPG	Dungeons & Dragons franchise	NA
	Diablo			Fantasy	WIN (Rerel)	Action RPG Roguelike.	Diablo	NA
	Diablo			Fantasy	MAC (Port)	Action RPG Roguelike.	Diablo	NA
	Diablo + Hellfire			Fantasy	WIN (Comp)	Action RPG Roguelike.	Bundle of Diablo and its expansion.	NA
	Fallout 2			Post-apocalyptic	WIN	WRPG	Fallout	NA
				Fantasy	DOS	Tactical RPG	Flame Dragon	TW
				Fantasy	WIN	Action-adventure	Spin-off of The Elder Scrolls	NA
	Hexplore			Fantasy	WIN	Action-adventure		FR
				Sci-Fi	WIN (Limit)	Tactical RPG^[9]	Battle Isle	DE
	Legend of Heroes III, The: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch			Fantasy	WIN (Port)			JP
	Magic & Mayhem	Mythos (Julian Gollop)		Fantasy	WIN	Tactical RPG RTS/RPG	Successor to	GB
				Fantasy	WIN	WRPG	Might and Magic	NA
				Fantasy	WIN (Limit, Compl)	WRPG	Might and Magic Rerelease of VI Includes the first five games as well.	NA
	Might and Magic Six Pack			Fantasy	DOS (Comp) WIN (Comp)	WRPG	Might and Magic Compilation of I through VI	NA
	Nethergate			Historical Fantasy	MAC WIN	Tactical RPG	Remade in 2007 as Nethergate: Resurrection	NA
				Fantasy	MAC WIN	Adventure game/RPG hybrid	Quest for Glory	NA
	Return to Krondor			Fantasy	WIN		Sequel to Betrayal at Krondor; spinoff of Riftwar series	NA
	Simulation RPG Construction SRC	Kei		N/A	WIN	Tactical RPG Video game creation suite		JP
	Simulation RPG Tsukūru 95			N/A	WIN	Tactical RPG Video game creation suite	RPG Maker	JP
	Ultimate Might and Magic Archives			Fantasy	WIN (Comp)	WRPG	Might and Magic	NA
	Ultimate Wizardry Archives, The			Fantasy Sci-Fi	DOS (Comp) WIN (Comp)	WRPG	Wizardry. Port and compilation of I through VII and Gold	NA
	Vantage Master V2 Vantage Master Online ヴァンテージ・マスターV2			Fantasy	WIN	Tactical RPG	Vantage Master	JP
	War of Genesis Side Story I, The: Rhapsody of Zephyr The Rhapsody of Zephyr			Fantasy	WIN	Tactical RPG	War of Genesis	KR
				Fantasy	WIN (Limit)	WRPG	Baldur's Gate	NA
				Fantasy	WIN	WRPG	Baldur's Gate expansion pack.	NA
	Blades of Exile			Fantasy	MAC WIN WIN3X	Tactical RPG Video game creation suite	Exile	NA
	Farland Odyssey			Fantasy	WIN	Tactical RPG	Farland Story spinoff	JP
	Darkstone			Fantasy	WIN	Action RPG Diablo-style		FR
	Gorky 17 Odium			Fantasy	WIN	Tactical RPG		PL
	Jagged Alliance 2			Modern	WIN	Tactical RPG^[10]	Jagged Alliance	NA
	Lands of Lore III			Fantasy	WIN	WRPG	Lands of Lore	NA
	Legend of Heroes V, The: A Cagesong of the Ocean 英雄伝説V「海の檻歌」			Fantasy	WIN			JP
	ママトト -a record of war-			Fantasy	WIN	Tactical RPG Eroge		JP
	Medarot R			Robotics	PS1	Action RPG	Medabots	JP
				Fantasy	WIN (Comp)	WRPG	Might and Magic. Compilation of IV through VII, as well as Swords of Xeen	NA
				Fantasy	WIN	WRPG	Might and Magic	NA
				Fantasy	WIN	WRPG	Dungeons & Dragons franchise	NA
				Fantasy	WIN (Remake)	Action RPG		JP
				Sci-Fi Fantasy	WIN	JRPG		NA
	System Shock 2			Sci-Fi	WIN	FPS/RPG	System Shock	NA
				Fantasy	WIN			NA
				Fantasy	WIN (Rerel)		Ultima (includes Ultima Collection)	NA

Notes and References

Web site: Strategy RPG > Games . . 2008-07-25.
Web site: Hardcore Gaming 101: Sa•Ga series . June 14, 2009 . Rorshacma.
Web site: Hardcore Gaming 101: Final Fantasy series . Hardcore Gaming. . June 14, 2009 . Pat R..
Web site: MSX Software Database: RPG . Generation MSX . 2009-09-29 .
Web site: Hardcore Gaming 101: Megami Tensei series . Hardcore Gaming 101 . June 14, 2009 . Kurt Kalata & Christopher J. Snelgrove.
Web site: Hardcore Gaming 101: Dragon Quest series . Hardcore Gaming 101. February 2, 2010 . Kurt Kalata.
Web site: White Wolf. Monkey Hero for PlayStation. MobyGames.
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 .
Web site: Strategy RPG Games . . 2010-02-01.
Web site: Brenesal . Barry . Review: Jagged Alliance 2 . . 2000-01-01 . 2008-06-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20080623052230/http://www.gamepro.com/computer/pc/games/reviews/640.shtml . 2008-06-23 .