is a

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developed by

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for the

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in 1991. It was only released in

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. The game offers a unique soundtrack for each of the many playable "races" in the game, and has various levels of gameplay that ranged from arcade ''

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''-style creature-on-creature combat to strategy similar to

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's strategy games like ''

Gemfire ''Gemfire'' (released in Japan as ''Royal Blood'' or ロイヤルブラッド ''Roiyaru Buraddo'', ''Super Royal Blood'' or スーパーロイヤルブラッド ''Sūpā Roiyaru Buraddo'' in its Super Famicom version) is a medieval war game for ...

'' and ''

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''. Two-player games are also an option, given the variety that the game offered with the occasional arcade action battle to break up the quiet strategy and planning.

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* 1991 video games Fantasy video games Japan-exclusive video games Sega Genesis games Tactical role-playing video games Video games developed in Japan Virtual Console games Multiplayer and single-player video games {{tactical-rpg-videogame-stub