is an

action-adventure game The action-adventure genre is a video game hybrid genre that combines core elements from both the action game and adventure game genres. Typically, pure adventure games have situational problems for the player to solve to complete a story ...

developed and published by

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for the Game Gear. It was released exclusively in Japan in 1995, however currently there is an English patch for the game released by Aeon Genesis. The music for the game was composed by

Saori Kobayashi is a video game composer and pianist. She composed music for Sega is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational video game and entertainment company headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Its international branches, Sega of America an ...

, who also contributed to the soundtracks of Sega's '' Panzer Dragoon Saga'' and ''

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''.

Gameplay

''Sylvan Tale'' follows the typical action-adventure game formula: The player controls a character called Zetts who must solve puzzles, fight enemies, and talk to non-player characters in order to acquire special powers and items that will allow him to unlock new areas of the game world and solve the puzzles within. While the player may revisit areas, the game progresses in an essentially linear fashion, as each area can only be accessed if Zetts has acquired a specific item or ability from the previous area.

References

Sylvan Tale at SMSPower.orgFan translation at romhacking.net

External links

* 1995 video games Action-adventure games Fantasy video games Game Gear games Game Gear-only games Japan-exclusive video games Sega video games Video games scored by Saori Kobayashi Video games developed in Japan {{action-adventure-videogame-stub