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Sword of Vermilion

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Also known as
Vermilion ヴァーミリオン

An RPG with action combat where a prince collects eight magic rings to defeat an evil king.

Sword of Vermilion was developed by Sega AM2 and released for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive in 1989 in Japan; it was the original platform and no earlier version exists.

About Sword of Vermilion

Sword of Vermilion is a role-playing game set in a medieval fantasy world. The player controls a young man who learns he is a prince, the son of the late King Erik, and must journey across the land of Excalabria.

This quest involves gathering eight magic Rings of Good and facing numerous boss enemies, culminating in a confrontation with the evil King Tsarkon. The gameplay shifts between different visual perspectives: a top-down view for navigating towns, a first-person view for overworld travel, and a side-scrolling perspective for action-based combat sequences.

Sword of Vermilion Screenshots

12 images
Title
Japanese title screen
Choosing a name
In a town
Intro
Statistics screen
At home
Oh... good to know
In a bar
Traveling (1st person perspective)
Battle
Hey, hey, not so many at once!