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Over the course of human history, one country managed to conquer the world through war — only to be destroyed by the desert warrior Sadler. Peace did not last long: Sadler waged a brutal war with Luciel, a rival tribe. | Over the course of human history, one country managed to conquer the world through war — only to be destroyed by the desert warrior Sadler. Peace did not last long: Sadler waged a brutal war with Luciel, a rival tribe. | ||
− | Players control Sadler; | + | Players control Sadler; who is joined by several traveling companions throughout the course of the story. There are three types of gameplay modes: |
*'''Hideout''': Consists of a map display on the upper right of the screen and a command menu on the left. Here, the player can choose to view Sadler's status or choose his next destination via the map command by pressing the {{C}} button. | *'''Hideout''': Consists of a map display on the upper right of the screen and a command menu on the left. Here, the player can choose to view Sadler's status or choose his next destination via the map command by pressing the {{C}} button. | ||
*'''RPG screens''': Overhead segments where Sadler's party explore locations such as towns or deserts from an overhead perspective. Here Sadler can gather information from friendly NPCs or buy new items and equipment from shops. Holding {{C}} will cause Sadler to walk faster. Merely touch a person to talk to him (pressing {{B}} will speed up the text during conversation). When entering a doorway, rather than go inside the building, the player will automatically talk to whoever's inside; when in a shop, {{A}} or {{C}} to stop shopping and leave. | *'''RPG screens''': Overhead segments where Sadler's party explore locations such as towns or deserts from an overhead perspective. Here Sadler can gather information from friendly NPCs or buy new items and equipment from shops. Holding {{C}} will cause Sadler to walk faster. Merely touch a person to talk to him (pressing {{B}} will speed up the text during conversation). When entering a doorway, rather than go inside the building, the player will automatically talk to whoever's inside; when in a shop, {{A}} or {{C}} to stop shopping and leave. |
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Exile | |||||||||||||||
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive | |||||||||||||||
Publisher: Telenet Japan (JP), Renovation (US) | |||||||||||||||
Developer: RIOT, Micro Factory | |||||||||||||||
Genre: RPG | |||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1 | |||||||||||||||
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Exile, called Exile: Toki no Hazama he (エグザイル 時の狭間へ) in Japan, is a 1991 action RPG by Telenet Japan released on the Sega Mega Drive. It is part of Telenet Japan's XZR/Exile series of action RPGs and was also released on the TurboGrafx-CD (though that version was localized by Working Designs). It is a remake of XZR II, which was the second PC game in the series, but repurposed as a stand-alone story.
Over the course of human history, one country managed to conquer the world through war — only to be destroyed by the desert warrior Sadler. Peace did not last long: Sadler waged a brutal war with Luciel, a rival tribe.
Players control Sadler; who is joined by several traveling companions throughout the course of the story. There are three types of gameplay modes:
- Hideout: Consists of a map display on the upper right of the screen and a command menu on the left. Here, the player can choose to view Sadler's status or choose his next destination via the map command by pressing the button.
- RPG screens: Overhead segments where Sadler's party explore locations such as towns or deserts from an overhead perspective. Here Sadler can gather information from friendly NPCs or buy new items and equipment from shops. Holding will cause Sadler to walk faster. Merely touch a person to talk to him (pressing will speed up the text during conversation). When entering a doorway, rather than go inside the building, the player will automatically talk to whoever's inside; when in a shop, or to stop shopping and leave.
- Action screens: These take place in side-scrolling areas found in the Desert and possibly other overworlds. opens the menu, attacks with the currently equipped weapon, and jumps.
- Command Menu: Pressing during Action or RPG segments will bring up a menu window with a series of commands. makes selections. When in a menu, closes the current menu and closes all menus to resume normal play.
Contents
Promotional material
Physical scans
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Technical information
ROM dump status
System | Hash | Size | Build Date | Source | Comments | |||||||||
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1MB | 1992-01 | Cartridge (US) | ||||||||||
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1MB | 1991-11 | Cartridge (JP) |
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:SegaPro UK 09.pdf, page 60 Cite error: Invalid
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tag; name ":File:SegaPro UK 09.pdf_p60" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 109
- ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "Juni 1992" (DE; 1992-05-08), page 122
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1991" (JP; 1991-11-08), page 40
- ↑ Consoles +, "Juin 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 56
- ↑ Famitsu, "1991-12-20" (JP; 1991-12-06), page 37
- ↑ Hippon Super, "December 1991" (JP; 1991-11-05), page 89
- ↑ Joypad, "Juin 1992" (FR; 1992-05-1x), page 72
- ↑ Joystick, "Mai 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 150
- ↑ Mega Play, "March/April 1992" (US; 1992-0x-xx), page 61
- ↑ Power Play, "6/92" (DE; 1992-05-13), page 146
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 65
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 68
- ↑ VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "May 1992" (US; 1992-0x-xx), page 46
- ↑ Video Games, "6/92" (DE; 1992-05-29), page 56
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