Cadash: The RPG You Never Knew Existed in Arcades
1🕹 Game Name: Cadash
📛 Alternate Names: N/A
📅 Release Date: 1989
🔫 Genre: Action RPG / Platformer
👨 🏻 💻 Developers: Taito
👨 🏻 💻 Publishers: Taito
🔢 Max Players: 2
⁉ Cooperative: Yes
🕹 Game Introduction:
Cadash is one of the rare gems in arcade history that dared to blend side-scrolling action-platformer mechanics with RPG depth. Combining classic fantasy elements with arcade adrenaline, it offered players character selection, leveling, and magic use—all inside a cabinet.
🕹 Game Description:
Set in a fantasy kingdom under siege by the evil Balrog, Cadash lets you choose between a Fighter, Mage, Priestess, or Ninja. With side-scrolling combat, RPG leveling, and item purchases, it was like playing an RPG speedrun on a coin timer.
🎴 Game Play:
👉 🏻 Choose one of four characters, each with unique stats and abilities.
👉 🏻 Defeat enemies to earn experience and gold.
👉 🏻 Level up to increase strength, magic, and survivability.
👉 🏻 Purchase healing items, equipment, and magic in towns.
👉 🏻 Play solo or team up in co-op for strategic synergy.
👉 🏻 Boss fights require both action skill and tactical use of spells or brute force.
📕 Background & History:
Taito was known for arcade shooters and puzzlers, but Cadash broke ground by injecting RPG mechanics into an arcade space. The game was later ported to home consoles, but the arcade version remains the definitive experience with tighter pacing and difficulty.
🐣 Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs:
👉 🏻 Certain gold farming spots let you level quickly if you're careful.
👉 🏻 Bosses can sometimes be glitched into repeating patterns.
👉 🏻 Hidden platforms and loot drops reward exploration.
🐱 💻 Hacks:
👉 🏻 Some bootleg versions allow infinite health or gold.
👉 🏻 MAME variants exist with unlocked characters and rapid XP gain.
🎉 Trivia:
👉 🏻 Cadash was one of the first arcade games to feature experience points and a leveling system.
👉 🏻 The Ninja was only available in certain cabinet versions.
👉 🏻 A co-op RPG in arcades was extremely rare at the time of release.
👓 Lonster's Review:
Cadash is a total game-changer. I love how it feels like playing Zelda II and Castlevania in a Dungeons & Dragons campaign. Tight controls, deep gameplay, and a killer soundtrack make it one of the most slept-on arcade hits ever. If you find a working cabinet—don’t walk, RUN to it.
🌟 Legacy:
Though not as commercially famous as other Taito titles, Cadash inspired other action RPG hybrids and proved that arcade games could offer deeper, more immersive adventures beyond simple button-mashing.
✨ Cultural Impact:
Cadash was ahead of its time, foreshadowing the RPG-lite mechanics that would define modern action games. Its class system and loot mechanics set the tone for future dungeon crawlers and co-op action games.
💭 Lonster's Final Thoughts:
This one’s pure fantasy fire. Cadash shows just how far you could stretch the limits of arcade design if you were brave enough to combine genres. It's everything I love about arcades and RPGs rolled into one pixel-perfect package.
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