About Marchen Veil I
Marchen Veil I is a 1985 role-playing game developed by System Sacom. It released on PC-9800 Series, PC-8800 Series and Sharp X1.
People inhabiting a world called Felix communicate with gods to divine their future. The king of the Forest Country is looking for a husband for his daughter and organizes a tournament for noble young men from different countries.
The prince from the Lake Country is victorious, but an evil magician turns him into a strange-looking creature and banishes him to faraway lands. The prince has to travel back and find a way to remove the curse.
Märchen Veil I is an overhead action game with light role-playing elements. The game consists of maze-like stages heavily populated by enemies.
The prince has to fight his way through by using ranged magic, which effectively turns the game into a shooter. The magic attack can have different properties depending on the special items picked up by the prince.
Throughout the game the player will also find items that restore or permanently increase the protagonist's health. Still-screen scenes (called "visual stages") advance the story between levels.
JRPG details
| Developer | System Sacom |
| Publisher | System Sacom |
| Platforms | PC-9800 SeriesPC-8800 SeriesSharp X1Sharp MZ-2200FM-7MSX2MSX |
| Genres | Role-playing (RPG)Adventure |
| Themes | Fantasy |
| Modes | Single player |
| Perspective | Bird view / IsometricSide view |
| Series | Marchen Veil |
| Tags | 1980sprequeltransformationlinear gameplayblack magicmaze crawlerspell caster |
Release Date
| PC-8800 Series | Aug 1985 |
| PC-9800 Series | Oct 1985 |
| Sharp X1 | Feb 1986 |
| FM-7 | 1987 |
| MSX | 1987 |
| Sharp MZ-2200 | 1987 |
| MSX2 | 1987 |
Where to play
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