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The Faery Tale Adventure

You take on the role of three brothers wandering through the magical land of Holm. Real-time interaction reminiscent of Ultima 7. An extremely large world, touted at the time as the largest game world ever…

31 December 1987

The Faery Tale Adventure is a role-playing (rpg) developed by MicroIllusions, released 31 December 1987 on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Amiga, Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS.

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What The Faery Tale Adventure is

The Faery Tale Adventure is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by MicroIllusions and released in 1987. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Amiga, Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

You take on the role of three brothers wandering through the magical land of Holm. Real-time interaction reminiscent of Ultima 7. An extremely large world, touted at the time as the largest game world ever created, about 17,000 computer screens worth of terrain. The game was first developed for Amiga and after achieving a huge success, the game was ported to more platforms including PC.
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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

The Faery Tale Adventure launched on 31 December 1987, within three weeks of Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus and Head Over Heels.

Released around the same time: Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus, Head Over Heels.

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When did The Faery Tale Adventure come out?
The Faery Tale Adventure was released on 31 December 1987 for Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Amiga, Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS.

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