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Rygar

Also known as Argos no Senshi: Legendary Warrior · Argos no Senshi (Japanese title - romanization) · Warrior of Argus (Japanese title - translated)
Developer
Tecmo
Publisher
Nintendo
Year
1987
Genre
Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Arcade
Modes
Single player

About this game

Rygar is a 1986 platform game developed and published by Tecmo for arcades. The player assumes the role of a "Legendary Warrior" who must navigate numerous levels and defeat enemies with a weapon called the "Diskarmor", a razor-sharp shield with a long chain attached to it that operates like a yo-yo. The warrior intends to defeat Ligar, an evil "dominator". Later ports, particularly the NES and Lynx versions, expanded on the near non-existent story from the original.

An open-world action-adventure game for the Nintendo Entertainment System that features a barbarian warrior with a distinctive "diskarmor" weapon. It is distinct from the original 1986 Arcade game Rygar, which saw numerous home console ports.

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