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Death Blade

Your name is Corwin Ironfist. You are part of the city guard, trapped in an underground complex of a city in grave danger. Due to a mishap very early in the morning, you have no sword and no armor. You have…

31 December 1996

Death Blade is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Robert Chancellor, released 31 December 1996 on Mac.

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What Death Blade is

Death Blade is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Robert Chancellor and released in 1996. It was published by Crystal Reality Software. It is available on Mac only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Your name is Corwin Ironfist. You are part of the city guard, trapped in an underground complex of a city in grave danger. Due to a mishap very early in the morning, you have no sword and no armor. You have reason to believe that whatever is plaguing the city, is located in this complex. You take a deep breath and move forward, to whatever awaits. Death Blade is a role playing game designed for the Macintosh. It's interface has been designed to be easy to use and quick to access. This is especially important since combat is real-time (well sorta). Death Blade is not overly complex as some roleplaying games are. It has been designed to allow even younger adventurers to take part in the…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Death Blade launched on 31 December 1996, within three weeks of Mario Kart 64, Wild Arms, Mega Man 8 and Money Puzzle Exchanger.

Released around the same time: Mario Kart 64, Wild Arms, Mega Man 8, Money Puzzle Exchanger.

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When did Death Blade come out?
Death Blade was released on 31 December 1996 for Mac.

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