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A Real Greek Tragedy
Nelson Schneider - wrote on 11/11/2013
The ‘Glory of Heracles’ franchise is one of those venerable RPG series that has been around since the 3rd Generation, originally appearing on the 8-bit NES, but never localized outside of Japan, with two NES games and two SNES games making up the main franchise along with a Game Boy Brick sidestory. Originally developed and published by Data East, a company called Paon now owns the rights to the franchise. I had never heard of the ‘Glory of Heracles’ franchise until I discovered the ‘Glory of ROMs and Emulation’, at which point I learned that the series was essentially like a ‘Dragon Quest’ game set in the world of Ancient Greek mythology. As someone who has spent far too much time and effort studying Classics and who loves traditional ‘Dragon Quest’ style RPGs, I …
