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Sorcerian
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Sorcerian is a side-scrolling action-RPG. The player can create up to ten characters, from whom up to four members can be present in a party at the same time. Each character is highly customizable, with four different classes/races (fighter, wizard, elf, and dwarf) and over 60 possible jobs/occupations (ranging from clown to exorcist) available for them to perform; each has its own strengths and weaknesses, affecting the seven primary attributes (strength, intelligence, protection, magic resistance, vitality, dexterity, and karma) in different ways, as well as different equipment limitation…
- Released
- 1987
- Genres
- Platform, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
- Platforms
- PC-9800 Series, PC-8800 Series, Sharp X1, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, PC (Microsoft Windows), TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine, iOS, DOS, MSX2
- Game modes
- Single player
- Franchise
- Dragon Slayer
- Developer
- Nihon Falcom
- Publisher
- Sierra Entertainment, Victor Musical Industries, Sega Enterprises, Ltd., Takeru, Nihon Falcom
Key facts
- Video game.title
- Sorcerian
- Video game.image
- Sorcerian cover.png
- Video game.caption
- PC-8801 cover art
- Video game.developer
- Nihon Falcom
- Video game.publisher
- Nihon Falcom
- Video game.producer
- Masayuki Kato
- Video game.designer
- Yoshio Kiya
- Video game.composer
- Yuzo KoshiroMieko IshikawaReiko TakebayashiHideya NagataTakahito Abe
- Video game.series
- Dragon Slayer
- Video game.genre
- Action role-playing
- Video game.modes
- Single-player
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is a 1987 action role-playing game developed by Nihon Falcom as the fifth installment in the Dragon Slayer line of games. Originally released for the NEC PC-8801, it has since been released on a wide variety of platforms.
==Gameplay== Sorcerian is a side-scrolling action-RPG. The player can create up to ten characters, from whom up to four members can be present in a party at the same time. Each character is highly customizable, with four different classes/races (fighter, wizard, elf, and dwarf) and over 60 possible jobs/occupations (ranging from clown to exorcist) available for them to perform; each has its own strengths and weaknesses, affecting the seven primary attributes (strength, intelligence, protection, magic resistance, vitality, dexterity, and karma) in different ways, as well as different equipment limitations.
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