Cosmic Fantasy: Bouken Shounen Yuu (1990)

Developer

Shin-Nihon Laser Soft Co., Ltd.

Publisher

Telenet Japan

Platforms

Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD, Nintendo Switch

Genres

Role-playing (RPG)

Where to get it

Nintendo eShop

How it feels

A nostalgic, story-driven RPG with anime cutscenes and turn-based combat that feels like a classic early CD-era adventure.

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About

One of the first Japanese RPGs in a CD format, Cosmic Fantasy: Bouken Shounen Yuu is a traditional representative of its genre, with party management, dungeon exploration, random enemy encounters, and turn-based combat. Characters fight using physical attacks, but later gain access to psychic techniques, which are equivalent to magic spells in comparable games. There are anime-style cutscenes with voice acting which advance the story.

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