Good luck saying that title. I've had this game since the mid nineties and have no clue how to say that. This is a fairly decent NES game I bet flys right under the radar for most people. The game combines Dragon Warrior and Zelda. Yes, that doesn't make any sense. It only gets more crazy from there.


Check out the box art for this thing. I think it rivals Mega Man.



Doesn't that just touch your old school heart?





Basic gameplay has two parts. RPG battles and top down Zelda style battles. There is lots of talking to people and the translation isn't wonderful, but for some reason this one stayed with me. Maybe the silly name or the Arabian theme of the artwork interested me. There is also some time travel which is always fun. I only made it about two thirds of the way through, but I found a fairly nice fan site with lots of information. And all the screenshots here came from there, so if you want more information go take a look.



I got this game years ago as a gift from someone who bought a bunch of nes games and didn't know what to do with them. Since I'm the guy that plays video games, they were unloaded on me. In a bag full of bad licensed games, The Magic of Scheherazade really stood out. I'll probably end up playing this one again soon.



One cool thing is that in the Zelda parts, you have two different ways to attack. A "rod" which shoots out a circle and a regular sword attack. Also with the RPG battles you could hire soldiers to fight with you, which would often result in some outrageously long combat sequences.



One major frustration I remember is the passwords. Quite possibly the most brutal passwords ever in a game. A quick look at gamefaqs has some examples.



I remember trying really hard to write down my password and re-enter it. I did not play the game again until a few years later, at which I got to the same "lost woods" puzzle I was on before, wrote down my password, lost it, and then never played it again.





I was surprised by this one and thought some of you out there would like to hear about a game you may have missed. Now have some video!