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view, a top-down world map, and a separate combat window. Each character class had unique fighting styles and options and all characters could choose their strategy for a particular round in the
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and other fantasy novels, using all elements from them as inspiration. The name of the character comes from
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and its sequel the best fantasy role-playing games for the
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482:Questron II
471:Phantasie I
442:Casus Belli
382:Development
359:Atari 8-bit
158:Atari 8-bit
141:Platform(s)
109:Designer(s)
861:MSX2 games
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815:Categories
589:30 January
547:24 January
499:References
319:turn-based
242:Screenshot
851:DOS games
405:RuneQuest
400:Phantasie
376:Phantasie
355:Phantasie
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335:Phantasie
331:Phantasie
325:Reception
248:Phantasie
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133:Phantasie
119:Writer(s)
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288:Halfling
252:sorcerer
234:Gameplay
230:series.
197:Genre(s)
178:Sharp X1
162:Atari ST
146:Apple II
635:Scorpia
605:Scorpia
435:Reviews
413:Tolkien
374:called
372:Scorpia
260:Fighter
208:Mode(s)
188:Release
800:Review
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564:Dragon
488:Dragon
479:, and
466:Legacy
395:Ultima
340:Dragon
276:Wizard
274:, and
272:Priest
264:Ranger
154:MS-DOS
128:Series
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308:pixie
304:troll
296:Gnome
294:, or
284:Dwarf
280:Human
256:Thief
182:PC-98
166:Amiga
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