I had devoured Final Fantasy IV and V, and with the next installment in my favorite RPG series still a year off, I was looking for anything to fill the void. Ogre Battle’s cover art immediately ...

Ogre Battle is essentially a hybrid of RTS and RPG gameplay styles. You direct units in real time across a battle map, and when they encounter enemies, you'll go into an RPG-style fight screen.

OGRE_ABS.TXT gives an overview of the game, OGRE_BIB.TXT gives a listing, and OGRE_CPY.TXT gives a copyright notice. You will need a Charm item to start with (which is sold for 50,000 goth in ...