Happy 30th birthday, Vandal Hearts!
Released in Japan on this day in 1996. A year later when it made its way over to Europe, it became one of my favourite PS1 games and another gateway to the wider world of TRPGs.
A recommended play any day ๐
The Way of Light teaches that non-holy magic is a vile inheritance of the Dragons slain ages ago. Its followers wear ever-burning monster-tallow candles that sputter near magic or monsters. Their beliefs are factually correct, but their methods of enforcing them verge on heresy.
Bioware's first game: Shattered Steel (1996) for DOS.
Developed after the fledgling company's medical software (hence the name Bioware) as the gaming itch that two of the founders felt just wouldn't go aware. So for their first game, mech simulation with a more arcade streak beckoned.
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Happy 25th anniversary, Grand Theft Auto III! Released in North America on 22/10/01 and then a few days later in Europe when I picked it with a 'Huh, I remember GTA on PS1; wonder if this is any good?'.
This is a pretty special game to me for being absolutely floored within minutes.
Low-Fantasy Body Armour
It's a normal Pan-European globose breastplate and skirt from around 1370-1420 but with articulated arm scyes, an innovation from later into the 15th and 16th centuries