Sword of Vermilion

Sword of Vermilion

released on Dec 16, 1989

Sword of Vermilion

released on Dec 16, 1989

To take revenge against Tsarkon over his father’s death, the prince must collect the eight Rings of Good hidden throughout the land. Out-hack and out-smart Tsarkon’s minions while collecting the hidden Rings until you reach the final bastion where Tsarkon waits. Defeat Tsarkon and banish evil from the world.


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very dungeon synth ass game. i cant believe i caught myself saying a game would be better if it had turn based combat

Insists upon itself, exists only to be an RPG-shaped thing for the Genesis' paltry library of adventure titles. Flavorless white bread.

I played this on SEGA Genesis Collection years ago and literally all I can remember about it is that it sucked ass

I played this for an arcade where they had Genesis/SNES/NES classic systems hooked up to the bar while you drink the most toxic shit ever like holy shit look at this menu. I told myself only 15 minutes because I wanted to play all the japanese rhythm games there and immediately in my first round of combat I was instantly game ended. This game understands my wishes, truly the Sword of Peakmillion.

Bonus points because you can name yourself literally nothing, loses those points because the part of the bar I was at was themed after SAO

The true Sword of Vermilion experience is starting it and laughing at stuff like how clunky the battle system is and how the menu UI is so bad that walkthroughs of the game have to have entire sections explaining just how to navigate the menu before eventually the ironic enjoyment wears off and you're left there doing the same task of travelling from town to cave over and over again until the heat death of the universe. I think there's some genuinely good aspects like the presentation and worldbuilding being incredibly impressive for an RPG from 1989, the soundtrack going harder than it had any right to, and the numerous ways the game fucks with you in a charming way but at about four rings in, playing the same exact shitty boss fight a second time and ruminating on the repetitive nature of the game overall forced me to throw in the towel.

Actually, just kidding, Sword Peakmilion clears your favorite RPG and I give it a Sword of One Million out of ten.