Rastan Saga - Arcade (Taito, 1987) - Random Gameplay
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'Rastan is a fantasy-themed side-scrolling action game originally released for arcades in 1987 by Taito and later ported to various platforms. The player controls a barbarian warrior who has embarked on a quest to slay a dragon. While on his way to the dragon's lair, Rastan must fight hordes of enemy monsters based on mythical creatures such as chimeras and harpies.
Rastan Saga (the Japanese version) features an opening sequence, when the player starts the game, which explains the purpose of Rastan's journey. It is not included in the versions released in other countries (which are simply titled Rastan). Also, in the Japanese version when the player completes a stage ("Round") the "victory" screen has text pertaining to the storyline. In the international versions, there is a "generic" victory screen with generic text ("You are a brave fighter to have cleared such a difficult stage."). However, the international versions feature a different attract sequence which shows all the items that can be obtained by the player along with their effect.
In the Japanese version there are far fewer bats during the bat swarm sequences in the castle of level 1 than in other versions. '