Onimusha: Way of the Sword
Nintendo Switch 2 · PC
Game dossier
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A time-limited graphic adventure about recovering five stolen treasures
The briefing
Ashkeron! is a graphic adventure centered on a clear objective: recover five treasures stolen by an evil wizard before the local princess is crowned.
The quest must be completed within a time limit. Text passages are paired with graphical representations in the upper half of the screen, while encounters are presented as scenes without direct interaction. A simple parser lets you enter commands to explore and investigate your surroundings, and conversations with non-player characters take the form of dialogue sequences that provide hints.
Released in 1984 for Amstrad CPC and Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Ashkeron! offers straightforward, linear adventure gameplay developed by Texgate Computers Ltd. and published by Mirrorsoft.