Rastan (Arcade)

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Description

Rastan features five levels of hacking and slashing gameplay with a boss at the end of each level. Numerous enemies assault you on your journey such as flying demons, chimeras, valkyries, piranhas, skeleton undead and more. Fight through to the end and save the land of Lograth from certain doom.

The game features different weapons such as axes, maces and fire swords, each with its own attributes like extended range or attack power. Armour can also be picked up in the forms shields, cloaks and armour, reducing the damage from enemy attacks. Other items include rings (increase the speed of your weapon) and jewelry for bonus points.

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Alternate Titles

• "Rastan Saga" -- Japanese title
• "ラスタンサーガ" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Protagonist: Barbarian
• Rastan series

User Reviews

One of the arcade's best games, a Conan-like story as a simple 2D platformer

Andrew Fisher (700)

Critic Reviews

Retro Spirit Games	May 26, 2013		100
Commodore User	May, 1987	9 out of 10	90
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	May, 1987	Unscored	Unscored
Your Sinclair	Aug, 1987	Unscored	Unscored

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Trivia

Bats

If you stand around doing nothing for too long, bats come and attack you. They can be killed and were incentive to keep moving.

Cancelled conversions

ST and Amiga conversions were planned by Ocean, and advertised as 'coming soon' at one point, but never released, apparently due to 'technical difficulties' (WEC Le Mans never reached those systems for the same reason). However, in 2014 a working disk with a demo of Rastan for the Atari ST was found. The demo is running, but far from finished.

Game Gear version

Rastan was released for the Game Gear in Japan. However, unlike most other Game Gear games, it was a straight port of the Master System version, running not in a letterbox format, but instead using the GG's Master System compatibility mode, resulting in a fuzzy screen with small sprites which is difficult to render in screenshots.

Master System version

The instruction manual for the Master System version of this game is notorious for containing several nude female enemies (Harpie, Meduza, Gorgon), which have bare breasts and what appears to be pubic hair.

Information also contributed by Игги Друге, Jo ST, Martin Smith, and Psionic

Related Web Sites

• Wikipedia: Rastan (article in the open encyclopedia about the game)