Ancient Evil
The Crypt of the Ancients was built 500 years ago, with the finality of offering a place for rest to the Ancients, who are the supposed creators of the world, and no one, but two exceptions, got to come out of…
Ancient Evil is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Silver Lightning Software, released 31 December 1998 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Ancient Evil is
Ancient Evil is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Silver Lightning Software and released in 1998. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Crypt of the Ancients was built 500 years ago, with the finality of offering a place for rest to the Ancients, who are the supposed creators of the world, and no one, but two exceptions, got to come out of it alive. Alaric, a mysterious and restless man, and one of the two fortunate people that got the mentioned achievement, has converted the crypt in his particular shelter . From there, he challenges the world by offering a reward of 50.000 gold coins to whom can penetrate into the place and coming out alive to tell the carefully kept secret. For centuries, many would-be heroes tried to uncover these secrets with no success, because the powerful spirits living inside the crypt ended…
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
Ancient Evil launched on 31 December 1998, within three weeks of Suikoden II, Super Smash Bros., Crazy Taxi (1999) and Mario Party.
Released around the same time: Suikoden II, Super Smash Bros., Crazy Taxi (1999), Mario Party.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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