Rygar is an arcade developed by Tecmo, released 1 May 1986 on PlayStation 4, Atari Lynx, Sega Master System/Mark III and Amstrad CPC.
What Rygar is
Rygar is an arcade game developed by Tecmo and released in 1986. It was published by Atari Corporation. It is available on PlayStation 4, Atari Lynx, Sega Master System/Mark III, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The arcade game begins with the following introduction: 4.5 billion years have passed since Earth's creation. Many dominators have ruled in all their glory, but time was their greatest enemy and it defeated their reign. And now a new dominator's reign begins... Information gleaned from console manuals reveals that the evil being Ligar has taken over the land of Argool, and Rygar, a dead warrior who has risen from his grave, must use his Diskarmor, along with a variety of other weapons, to stop him. In console versions clues and limited dialogue are given in the form of large, sage like men encountered in stone green temples throughout the game. In the Japanese original, references to…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Quick answers
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When did Rygar come out?
Rygar was released on 1 May 1986 for PlayStation 4, Atari Lynx, Sega Master System/Mark III, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
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