Alcahest cover art

Alcahest

Alcahest is an action role-playing game with a top-down perspective that plays similar to The Legend of Zelda. It is divided into 8 stages that are progressed by finding items that aid the protagonist Alen on…

17 December 1993

Alcahest is a role-playing (rpg) developed by HAL Laboratory, released 17 December 1993 on Super Famicom.

Verified Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Alcahest is

Alcahest is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by HAL Laboratory and released in 1993. It was published by Square. It is available on Super Famicom only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Alcahest is an action role-playing game with a top-down perspective that plays similar to The Legend of Zelda. It is divided into 8 stages that are progressed by finding items that aid the protagonist Alen on his quest, and end with a boss battle. After specific boss fights, the player will gain the abilities of one of the four elemental Guardians. Alen will also find five allies that will join him at predetermined points of some levels. They are the young wizard Garstein, the princess Elikshil, the knight Sirius, the android Magna and the shape-shifter dragon goddess Nevis. Though they cannot be controlled directly, allies will attack and use special moves when the corresponding button is…
Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Alcahest launched on 17 December 1993, within three weeks of Doom, Mega Man X, SimCity 2000 and Theme Park.

Released around the same time: Doom, Mega Man X, SimCity 2000, Theme Park.

Official trailer

Gameplay Video thumbnail

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

All media

Quick answers

Alcahest — frequently asked questions

When did Alcahest come out?
Alcahest was released on 17 December 1993 for Super Famicom.

If you like this

Games like Alcahest

See all