Chaos World
Encyclopedia
was an RPG/strategy game
for the Nintendo
Family Computer
created by Natsume, and released in Japan
on October 25, 1991.
is sick while the kingdom is occupied by monster
s. The king needs the player, who happens to be the offspring of the great warrior Mars, to investigate the cause of these incidents. The dark forces seek to conquer the world and the player must prevent it.
/night
cycle. Players are allowed to assign the initial available character with a particular gender
and job class
, which will affect the equipment and spells they can learn and acquire. Throughout the game other characters can be acquired and added to your party. There are guild
s in the various towns where the player can assign characters in his/her party to perform 'jobs'. When a character is performing a 'job', they are not available for use in the player's party until the job has been completed. After the job is finished, the character will return to the player's party and will receive extra money and/or equipment.
The combat in the game is simple. A formation and tactic can be picked at the onset of the battle, but from there the battle is handled automatically, and items/spell
s/attacks are used when needed as determined by the computer.
Strategy game
A strategy game or strategic game is a game in which the players' uncoerced, and often autonomous decision-making skills have a high significance in determining the outcome...
for the Nintendo
Nintendo
is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
Family Computer
Nintendo Entertainment System
The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987...
created by Natsume, and released in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
on October 25, 1991.
Story
The king's daughterPrincess
Princess is the feminine form of prince . Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince, or his daughters....
is sick while the kingdom is occupied by monster
Monster
A monster is any fictional creature, usually found in legends or horror fiction, that is somewhat hideous and may produce physical harm or mental fear by either its appearance or its actions...
s. The king needs the player, who happens to be the offspring of the great warrior Mars, to investigate the cause of these incidents. The dark forces seek to conquer the world and the player must prevent it.
Gameplay
The game has a basic good vs. evil plot like most of the role playing games of the time. This game is also one of the few games for the Family Computer that contains a dayDay
A day is a unit of time, commonly defined as an interval equal to 24 hours. It also can mean that portion of the full day during which a location is illuminated by the light of the sun...
/night
Night
Night or nighttime is the period of time when the sun is below the horizon. This occurs after dusk. The opposite of night is day...
cycle. Players are allowed to assign the initial available character with a particular gender
Gender
Gender is a range of characteristics used to distinguish between males and females, particularly in the cases of men and women and the masculine and feminine attributes assigned to them. Depending on the context, the discriminating characteristics vary from sex to social role to gender identity...
and job class
Job class
In many role-playing games , job class refers to a character's job or what abilities they know or can learn...
, which will affect the equipment and spells they can learn and acquire. Throughout the game other characters can be acquired and added to your party. There are guild
Guild
A guild is an association of craftsmen in a particular trade. The earliest types of guild were formed as confraternities of workers. They were organized in a manner something between a trade union, a cartel, and a secret society...
s in the various towns where the player can assign characters in his/her party to perform 'jobs'. When a character is performing a 'job', they are not available for use in the player's party until the job has been completed. After the job is finished, the character will return to the player's party and will receive extra money and/or equipment.
The combat in the game is simple. A formation and tactic can be picked at the onset of the battle, but from there the battle is handled automatically, and items/spell
Magic (gaming)
Some role-playing games or game systems can include a set of rules that are used to portray magic in the paranormal sense. These rules simulate the effects that magic would have within the game context, according to how the game designer intended the magic to be portrayed...
s/attacks are used when needed as determined by the computer.