Collection of type-in role-playing games for MSX/MSX2

Entertainment is not so simple that it can be easily divided into genres, but on this page, I still classify role-playing games into several groups.
This is because it is easier to guide those who are now looking for role-playing games.
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Group A:

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Title name(Click each cell.)	Magazine	Issue	Author	Length	Save	NPC's figure	Enemy's figure	Scroll map	Magic	BGM	Note for CD32 (MC68EC020) users:	System	Joystick	Compatible with MSXAdvance?
Atuless	Micom Basic	1989/06	Furupo	19	YES	YES	YES	no	no	no	3. sp*2	MSX1	noYES	1. Can't save the game, though!
Con Con Land 2	Micom Basic	1989/12	Maison Ikkoku	15	YES	no	YES	no	no	no	3.	MSX2	(noYES)	(MSX2 game doesn't work.)
Curry Land	MSX•FAN	1992/04	Kuwa	25	YES	YES	YES	YES	no	YES	3. sp*2	MSX1	noYES	1. Can't save the game, though!
Devil Attack	Micom Basic	1988/03	Tatsuya Matsumoto	14	no	--	YES	no	no	no	4. sp*2	MSX1	YES	1.
Devil Ball	POPCOM	1986/09	Tetsuro Morita	28	YES	--*	YES	no	no	no	2.	MSX1	noYES	1. Can't save the game, though!
Escape From Monster Island	PiO	1986/04	Kenji H.	33	no	--*	YES	no	YES	no	3.	MSX1	noYES	1.
Fiene	Daizensyu II	1988/10	Mr.Sato	11	no	no	YES	no	no	no	3. sp*2	MSX1	noYES	1.
Gafuga no Yabo	Micom Basic	1989/12	PAN Soft	18	no	no	no	no	no	no	3.	MSX2	(noYES)	(MSX2 game doesn't work.)
Glorious Force	LOG iN	1987/07	Aquarius	49	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	3.	MSX1	YES	1. Can't save the game, though!
Koizumi Game Kyoshujo	MSX Oendan	1988/08-10	Toshiaki Koizumi	77	no	YES	YES	YES	no	no	3.	MSX2	(noYES)	(MSX2 game doesn't work.)
Kunkun	Micom Basic	1989/04	Igachan Soft	19	no	YES	YES	no	no	YES	4.	MSX1	noYES	1.
Mamono Quest	MSX•FAN	1988/09	TPM.CO Soft Works	20	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	2. other	MSX1	noYES	1. Can't save the game, though!
Mamono Quest II	MSX•FAN	1989/09	TPM.CO Soft Works	29	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	3. other	MSX1	noYES	1. Can't save the game, though!
Mid Master	Micom Basic	1989/01	M. Sumiyoshi	15	YES	no	YES	YES	no	no	3. sp*2	MSX1	YES	1. Can't save the game, though!
Neitiga no Akuma	MSX•FAN	1991/02	TPM.CO Soft Works	20	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	2.	MSX1	noYES	1. Can't save the game, though!
Niwatori Roman	Mycom Basic	1992/11	Igachan Soft	16	no	--	YES	no	no	YES	2. sp*2, PAINT	MSX2	(YES)	(MSX2 game doesn't work.)
Philippines...	LOG iN	1986/04	Mitsutoshi Kyo	37	YES	YES	YES	YES	no	no	4. sp*2	MSX1	noYES	1. Can't save the game, though!
Sabaku no Aru Kuni	Mycom Basic	1993/12	Naoki Ito	8	no	no	YES	no	no	no	2. sp*2	MSX1	noYES	1. other
Satans And Swords	Daizensyu II	1988/10	Masaki Koga	9	no	YES	YES	YES	no	no	3. sp*2	MSX1	noYES	1.
Silver Snail	MSX•FAN	1991/10	Silver Snail	32	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	2. sp*2	MSX1	YES	1. Can't save the game, though!
Story of Star Breaker Lowy, the	Technopolis	1985/03	Akira	34	YES	YES	YES	no	YES	no	4.	MSX1	noYES	1. Can't save the game, though!
Swine	MSX•FAN	1987/07	Teijiro	10	YES	YES	YES	YES	no	no	2.	MSX1	noYES	1. Can't save the game, though!
Yusya Nezumikkun Densetsu	POPCOM	1988/07	M. Hyodo	53	YES	no	YES	no	YES	no	3.	MSX1	noYES	1. Can't save the game, though!

Save: Whether it can save the game or not. If it's password-based, notation "PW".
NPC's / Enemy's figure: It doesn't matter if they are character patterns or sprites. If they don't exist, they are completely up to the player's imagination.
If an NPC doesn't appear until the end of the game (or much later), it's treated as nonexistent and marked with an asterisk (*).
Scroll map: Whether the map scrolls as the main character moves or not .
Magic: Whether the player can use two types of attacks, arms and magic. If the player can't use magic, notation "no".
If the player can only use magic and no arms, notation also becomes "no".
BGM: Whether music is played while you are controlling the main character.
Other columns: See below.

Group B: 2D dungeon crawler games

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Title name(Click each cell.)	Magazine	Issue	Author	Length	Save	NPC's figure	Enemy's figure	Scroll map	Magic	BGM	Note for CD32 (MC68EC020) users:	System	Joystick	Compatible with MSXAdvance?
Curse of White Dragon, the	Micom Basic	1988/08	Kurasan	20	no	no	YES	no	no	no	other	MSX1	noYES	1.
Donkey Command	LOG iN	1983/11	(Ascii)	32	no	--	no	no	no	no	4.	MSX1	noYES	1.
Dr. Jekyll	Micom	1988/05	Game Spirit Inc.	21	no	--	YES	no	no	no	3.	MSX1	YES	1.
Dungeon	Micom Basic	1986/09	Jun Kikuchi	8	no	--	YES	YES	no	no	3.	MSX1	YES	1.
Dungeon II	Micom Basic	1988/03	Masayuki Tanaka	21	YES	no	YES	YES	no	no	3.	MSX1	noYES	1. Can't save the game, though!
Dungeon of Dragon's	Mycom Basic	1993/09	Watanabe Herohero	14	no	--	YES	YES	no	no	2.	MSX1	noYES	1.
Gakko-tte Oishi	BEEP	1988/07	Tinyan	3	no	no	no	no	no	no	2.	MSX1	noYES	1. Make the width 30.
Invisible Dungeon	Mycom Basic	1998/06	Yasi Soft	14	YES	no	YES	no	no	no	2. sp*2	MSX1	noYES	1. Can't save the game, though!
J	POPCOM	1988/01	Ziraiya	23	no	--	YES	no	YES	no	4.	MSX1	noYES	1.
Kiseki no Okan	Micom Basic	1989/07	Nabe Soft	22	YES	no	YES	YES	no	YES	4. sp*2	MSX1	noYES	1. other. Can't save the game, too!
Makyu no Shinwa	POPCOM	1985/08	M&M	24	no	--	YES	YES	no	no	3.	MSX1	noYES	1.
Nazeka Boken	BEEP	1987/07	Tinyan	5	no	no	no	no	no	no	2.	MSX1	noYES	1. Make the width 30.
Peaple & Dragon	Technopolis	1985/11	Takayuki Tanaka	18	no	--	YES	no	no	no	2.	MSX1	noYES	1.
Sukeban Deka: Kessen! Asyuraso	Daizensyu II	1988/10	WIZ	12	no	--	YES	no	no	no	2.	MSX1	noYES	1.
Vampire Buster	Daizensyu II	1988/10	Eiji Tsukada	15	no	no	YES	YES	no	no	4.	MSX1	noYES	1.

These games in this group are similar to the games in Group A, but the location is only complex dungeons with fewer types of tiles used.
Therefore, each screenshot here is from a battle scene.

Group C: "RPG+Sub genre" games

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Title name (Click each cell.)	Magazine	Issue	Author	Sub genre / Quickmatch	Length	Save	NPC's figure	Enemy's figure	Scroll map	Magic	BGM	Note for CD32 (MC68EC020) users:	System	Joystick	Compatible with MSXAdvance?
Akazukin: Okami Taiji Densetsu	Micom Basic	1988/10	Koji Saito	Platformer	24	no	YES	YES	no	YES	no	4. onsp	MSX1	noYES	1. onsp
Blood Armor	LOG iN	1985/09	Yasunori Takahara	Platformer	21	no	--	YES	YES	no	no	3.	MSX1	noYES	1.
Crystal	POPCOM	1987/05	Mr.S	Hydlide	33	YES	--	YES	YES	no	no	4.	MSX1	noYES	1. Can't save the game, though!
Dark Cave	Mycom Basic	1992/08	Inko-Soft	Platformer	9	YES	--	YES	no	no	no	other	MSX1	YES	1. Can't save the game, though!
Dragonia	LOG iN	1987/06	Takehito Torita	Action	43	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	no	4. sp*2	MSX1	YES	1. Can't save the game, though!
Fa=Ryuhdill: Isekai-he no Izanai	Mycom Basic	1990/12	Noriaki U.	Action (1 on 1)	16	YES	no	YES	YES	no	no	5. sp*2	MSX1	noYES	1. Can't save the game, though!
Female World	MSX•FAN	1988/02	Hiroyuki Wada	Platformer	10	YES	YES	YES	YES	no	YES	other (Use fMSX.)	MSX1	noYES	1. Can't save the game, though!
Gin Wolf, the	LOG iN	1986/06	Takanori Nagata	Shooter	50	no	YES	YES	no	no	no	2.	MSX1	noYES	1.
Janken Quest	LOG iN	1986/12	Yasunori Takahara	Action	49	YES	YES	YES	no	no	no	3.	MSX1	noYES	1. Can't save the game, though!
Monochrome Venus	MSX•FAN	1989/05	Teijiro	Hydlide	4	no	YES	no	no	no	no	3.	MSX1	noYES	1.
Neo	MSX•FAN	1992/10	Zombie Soft	Board	18	no	YES	YES	no	no	no	3. sp*2	MSX1	YES	1. other
Palace de Eperne	(Individual)	1986/11	Seiju Takeyama & Ari Kamijo	Hydlide	8	no	--	no	no	no	no	3.	MSX1	noYES	1.
Power Play 2	MSX Magazine	1991/09	Shinichi Sakai	Action	9	no	--*	YES	no	YES	no	3. onsp	MSX1	noYES	1. onsp
Saber of Sivera	MSX•FAN	1991/01	Teijiro	Hydlide	6	no	YES	no	YES	no	no	2. sp*2	MSX1	noYES	1.
Sarnus	LOG iN	1987/05	Yasunori Takahara	Action (Tank)	51	PW	YES	YES	no	no	no	4. other	MSX1	noYES	1.
Souzan	POPCOM	1986/02	S.P.C.	Hydlide	21	no	--*	YES	no	no	no	4.	MSX1	noYES	1.
Sugoroku	Micom Basic	1987/12	XOR	Board	11	no	--	no	no	no	no	3. PAINT	MSX2	(noYES)	(MSX2 game doesn't work.)
Super Building	LOG iN	1986/07	Yasunori Takahara	Platformer	38	YES	YES	YES	YES	no	no	3.	MSX1	YES	1. Can't save the game, though!
Tako no Kaigan Monogatari 3	MSX•FAN	1988/10	Komeya no Cha-cha-cha	Platformer	23	YES	YES	YES	YES	no	YES	2. sp*2	MSX1	noYES	1. Can't save the game, though!
World	MSX Magazine	1987/11	K. Komura	Action	25	no	YES	YES	no	no	YES	2. Load the game on MSX1 mode.	MSX1	noYES	Can't load games need Basic-Kun.
Zukin-chan Monogatari	Mycom Basic	1990/05	KY-2	Board	12	no	no	YES	YES	no	YES	4.	MSX2	(YES)	(MSX2 game doesn't work.)

Group D: 3D dungeon crawler games

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Title name(Click each cell.)	Magazine	Issue	Author	Length	Save	NPC's figure	Enemy's figure	Random map	Magic	BGM	Note for CD32 (MC68EC020) users:	System	Joystick	Compatible with MSXAdvance?
Battle Man	MSX•FAN	1989/04	S-II Soft	22	YES	no	YES	no	no	no	4. onsp	MSX1	YES	1. onsp. Can't save the game, too!
Castle of Mineluba	(Individual)	1986/11	Seiju Takeyama & Ari Kamijo	31	YES	--	YES	no	no	no	4. sp*2	MSX1	noYES	1. Can't save the game, though!
D•E•E•P	MSX Magazine	1989/05	Iromo Akado	14	no	--	YES	YES	YES	YES	2.	MSX1	noYES	1.
Dungeon RPG	MSX•FAN	1990/10	Moro	20	no	--	YES	no	YES	no	4.	MSX2	(no)	(MSX2 game doesn't work.)
Dungeon Wanderer	Mycom Basic	1997/02	Tsuyoshi Murakami	11	no	no	YES	YES	no	no	2. sp*2	MSX2	(YES)	(MSX2 game doesn't work.)
Fairy Story	Program Pochette	1986/07	Teijiro	8	YES	no	YES	no	no	no	2.	MSX1	noYES	1. Can't save the game, though!
Graces ,the	Program Pochette	1986/09	Teijiro	12	YES	no	YES	no	no	no	2. sp*2	MSX1	noYES	1. Can't save the game, though!
Labyrinth	MSX Game Book	1985/08	Naoki Nisikawa & Hiroshi Ikuta	36	YES	no	YES	no	YES	no	other	MSX1	noYES	1. Can't save the game, though!
Lost World	Daizensyu II	1988/10	Mr.Yoshimura	13	YES	no	YES	no	no	no	4. sp*2	MSX1	noYES	1. Can't save the game, though!
Magic Master	Daizensyu II	1988/10	T-M	9	YES	no	YES	no	no	no	4.	MSX1	noYES	1. Can't save the game, though!
Ninja Girl O'chacha	[MOD]	1986/11	Seiju Takeyama & Ari Kamijo	+4	YES	--	YES	no	no	no	4. sp*2	MSX1	noYES	1. Can't save the game, though!
Truth	Daizensyu II	1988/10	KEMSX	22	no	no	YES	no	no	no	3.	MSX2	(YES)	(MSX2 game doesn't work.)

Group E: Not exactly role-playing games.

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Title name(Click each cell.)	Magazine	Issue	Author	True genre (rather than RPG)	Length	Save	NPC's figure	Enemy's figure	Scroll map	BGM	Note for CD32 (MC68EC020) users:	System	Joystick	Compatible with MSXAdvance?
Attack & Keep	Technopolis	1984/09	Masaki Sato	Pseudo RPG	6	no	YES	YES	no	no	3.	MSX1	noYES	1. other
Chops	MSX•FAN	1988/06	Teijiro	Platformer+Adventure	11	no	YES	YES	YES	no	3.	MSX1	noYES	1.
Daimaryu Hades	MSX•FAN	1989/09	Takemi Matsumoto	Pseudo RPG	1	no	--	YES	YES	no	2. sp*2	MSX1	noYES	1.
Dark Road	LOG iN	1987/03	Takehito Torita	Adventure	41	no	--	YES	YES	YES	2. other	MSX1	YES	1.
Delvindus	MSX•FAN	1992/10	TPM.CO Soft Works	Strategy	32	YES	YES	YES	no	YES	2. sp*2.	MSX1	noYES	1. Can't save the game, though!
Gem	POPCOM	1986/04	Kotaro Tanaka	Marble Madness	15	no	--	YES	no	no	3. other	MSX1	noYES	1.
Knight in the Forest, a	Mycom Basic	1991/02	Igachan Soft	Slot	11	no	--	YES	YES	YES	2. sp*2	MSX1	YES	other
Kotaguchi-kun Tsukareru!	MSX Magazine	1988/03	Ari Kamijo & others	Adventure	31	no	YES	--	no	YES	4.	MSX1	YES	1.
Kusoge Quest	MSX•FAN	1993/10	TPM.CO Soft Works	Adventure+Action	12	no	YES	YES	no	no	2.	MSX1	noYES	1.
Nyanzardry	BEEP	1986/08	Tinyan	Adventure	15	no	no	no	no	no	2.	MSX1	noYES	1.
Quick Knight	MSX•FAN	1992/11	Keyside	Pseudo RPG	1	no	--	no	no	no	2.	MSX1	noYES	1.
Red Desert	Micom Basic	1989/04	Tomohiro Nakahara	Adventure+Shooter (V)	21	PW	YES	YES	YES	no	3.	MSX1	YES	1.
Senso-kyo	Mycom Basic	1995/04	Yasuo Chinen	Pseudo RPG	10	no	YES	YES	YES	no	other	MSX2	(YES)	(MSX2 game doesn't work.)
Sword of Peace	MSX Magazine	1988/05	Takashi Hamaguchi	Adventure	48	no	no	--	no	YES	4.	MSX1	YES	1.
Tetsu no Karasu	Mycom Basic	1990/08	Hiroyuki Kubota	Adventure	13	no	no	YES	no	no	2. PAINT, XOR	MSX2	(noYES)	(MSX2 game doesn't work.)
Tower of Dragon, the	MSX•FAN	1988/04	Masakazu Tomisawa	Board+Adventure	8	no	--	YES	no	no	3. sp*2	MSX1	noYES	1.

There are some of the games that were presented as RPGs once have been classified into this group at this website.
The fact that a game has been classified into this group does not mean that I don't recommend it,
and it is even possible that RPG lovers will prefer these games.
However, if a game in this group uses a lot of Japanese, this website will not try to translate it into English.

Descriptions:
"Length(Screens)": The program length, the quantity you have to type. 40 characters x 24 rows = 960 characters =1 screen.

means that "Basic-Kun" must be need.

means that "MSX-MUSIC" or "FM-PAC" must be need to load the game. You can also make the game PSG version. Refer to each title's page for details.

means that "Kanji.ROM" must be enabled. Choose "Options">"Use Kanji ROM".

: These titles are originally for tape. You need to delete the "CAS:" string(s) and change "CLOAD" to "LOAD".

If this website doesn't show details about that, it means that there's no problem even though you don't modify the code.
Instead, it doesn't allow you to save its code again after run the game once.
If you want to correct the line(s) after you got errors, reset your MSX and load the code again,
then correct the line(s) and save before run the game.
In most cases, you should hold down the CTRL key when turn on MSX if you're real MSX user or modern emulator user.

	: These titles are originally ONLY for tape. It's because part of the program's area of use overlaps with the 1st disk's work area.
	Click each title name to see details for loading the game on Disk Basic. Needless to say, when you want to correct the line(s) after you got errors, reset your MSX and load the code again, then correct the line(s) and save before run the game.

About the background color of "Note for CD32 (MC68EC020) users:" cells, see this page.
A description about the game speed, that is represented by the number in "Note for CD32 (MC68EC020) users" and "Compatible with MSXAdvance?" cells, is also there.
[Lower case letters mean issues occur regardless of MSX1/MSX2.]
sp*2: AmiMSX can't enlarge sprites. You must either make the sprite after enlargement yourself or adjust the position of the sprite that cannot be enlarged.
onsp: "On Sprite Gosub" doesn't work with either AmiMSX or fMSX. You must define collision detection by specifying coordinates instead.
play: At the 020 speed, the game may hang up if the PLAY statement continues to run.
In many cases, the issue can be avoided by calling 90H, but in some cases the PLAY statement itself must be disabled.
other: Other issues that occur regardless of MSX1/MSX2.
[Upper case letters mean issues related to MSX2]
PAINT: AmiMSX fails to PAINT. You must create each page data in advance by another emulator (e.g. blueMSX).
COLOR-SP: If AmiMSX cannot display the particular sprite(s) correctly, you must modify the colors used and the shape of the sprite's overlapping area.
XOR: If this parameter is included in LINE or COPY statement, AmiMSX may not be able to correctly draw the game screen.
OTHER: Other issues related to MSX2.

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