Wi-Philes

• Platform: GEN (VC)
• Genre: Adventure
• Players: 1
• Developer: SEGA
• Publisher: SEGA
• The word from N-Philes
• Cost: 800 points
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Gareth Trinkwon Beyond Oasis

Many years ago, a fierce battle raged between two powerful wizards. Each wizard wore a magical armlet to focus their powers. One gold, and one silver. When the battle was over, both armlets fell to the earth and laid dormant for centuries, until a young prince named Ali happened upon the golden armlet during one of his regular treasure hunts.

Beyond Oasis in a lot of ways, is like SEGA's answer to the The Legend of Zelda. It sports a similar top-down view point, combat is primarily based on sword and melee attacks (though other weapons are available), and the game drops the player into a vast fantasy-based world with a "mute" character and sets him the task of defeating monsters, solving puzzles and exploring huge dungeons. What sets it apart from other games in the genre is the armlet. By pressing the A button, Ali fires a bolt of energy from his armlet, and depending on what it touches, an elemental spirit is summoned. The spirit's powers and abilities are then free for use in combat, puzzle solving, and even travel. Firing a bolt at a river, for example, would summon the water fairy, Dytto, who would be able to attack foes with water based attacks, and also heal the player. Shooting a bolt at fire would summon a powerful fire genie named Efreet, who possesses highly damaging flame attacks. Other spirits include Shade, a shadow spirit that acts as Ali's "hookshot", and also gives him powers of illusion, and Bow, a plant which can probably best be described as the result of the joining between some broccoli and a chain chomp.

Legacy...

Beyond Oasis was originally released in 1994, and had a sequel on the SEGA Saturn by the name of Legend of Oasis two years later. The game hasn't found itself being rereleased on any system until now, so VC is definitely the easiest way of getting hold of it, and for an adventure of this size and quality, I'd say 800 points is a bargain.