Chronology of tactical role-playing video games: 1995 to 1999

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This is a comprehensive index of commercial tactical role-playing games for all platforms, sorted chronologically. Information regarding date of release, developer, publisher, platform and notability is provided when available. The table can be sorted by clicking on the small boxes next to the column headings.

• 1980s–1994
• 1995–1999
• 2000–2004
• 2005–2009
• 2010–2019
• Unreleased

Legend

Video game platforms

DC Dreamcast DOS DOS / MS-DOS GB Game Boy GG Sega Game Gear N64 Nintendo 64 PC98 NEC PC-9801 PCFX NEC PC-FX PS1 PlayStation / PSone SAT Sega Saturn SNES Super NES / Super Famicom WIN Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 WS WonderSwan

Types of releases

Rerel The game was re-released on the same platform with no or only minor changes. Port The game first appeared on a different platform and a port was made. The game is like the original, with few or no differences. Remake The game is an enhanced remake of an original, released on the same or different platform, with changes to graphics, sound and/or gameplay. Comp A compilation, anthology or collection of several titles, usually (but not always) belonging to the same series. Limit A special release (often called "Limited" or "Collector's Edition") with bonus collector's material. Often provided to people who pre-order a game.

List

Year	Title	Developer	Publisher	Setting	Platform	Series/Notes
1995 (JP)	2nd Super Robot Wars G	Banpresto	Banpresto	Sci-Fi	GB (Remake)	Remake of 2nd Super Robot Wars.
1995 (JP)	4th Super Robot Wars	Banpresto	Banpresto	Sci-Fi	SNES	Remake of 3rd Super Robot Wars.
1995 (KR)	War of Genesis, The[1]	Softmax	Softmax	Fantasy	DOS	Series debuts.
1995 (JP)	Arc the Lad	G-Craft	SCE	Fantasy	PS1	Series debuts.
1995 (JP)	Ball Bullet Gun: Survival Game Simulation			Sci-Fi	SNES
1995 (JP)	Langrisser, Der[2][3] Langrisser II デア ラングリッサー	Masaya	NCS	Fantasy	SNES (Remake)	Remake of Langrisser II for GEN. Sequel to Warsong.
1995 (JP)	Farland Story: Daichi no Kizuna Farland Story 5	TGL	TGL	Fantasy	DOS	Sequel to Farland Story: Shirogane no Tsubasa.
1995 (JP)	Farland Story	TGL	Banpresto	Fantasy	SNES (Port)	Port of Farland Story for DOS. Series debuts.
1995 (TW)	Flame Dragon 2: Legend of Golden Castle		Dynasty	Fantasy	DOS	Sequel to Flame Dragon: Demon's Seal.
1995 (JP)	Front Mission[2][4]	Square	Square	Sci-Fi	SNES	Series debuts.
1995 (JP)	Heian Fuuunden 平安風雲伝	KSS	KSS	Fantasy	SNES
1995 (NA)	Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games[2]	Sir-Tech	Sir-Tech	Modern	DOS	Spin-off of Jagged Alliance.
1995 (JP)	Kou Ryuu Ki[2]	Koei		Fantasy	SNES
1995 (JP)	Little Master 3 リトルマスター〜虹色の魔石〜		Tokuma Shoten	Fantasy	SNES	Sequel to Little Master 2.
1995 (JP)	Majin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis 魔神転生II SPIRAL NEMESIS	Atlus	Atlus	Fantasy	SNES	Sequel to Majin Tensei
1995 (??)	Mystaria: The Realms of Lore[2] Blazing Heroes and Riglord Saga	Sega	Sega	Fantasy	SAT	Series debuts.
1995 (JP)	Sengoku Cyber: Fujimaru Jigokuhen 戦国サイバー 藤丸地獄変	Sony	Sony	Historical	PS1
1995 (JP)	Shining Force Gaiden: Final Conflict[2]	Sonic!	Sega	Fantasy	GG	Sequel to Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention.
1995 (JP)	Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together[5]	Quest	Atlus	Fantasy	SNES
1995 (JP)	Tenchi Muyo! Game-hen	Banpresto		Fantasy	SNES
1995 (NA/EU)	X-COM: Terror from the Deep	MicroProse	MicroProse	Sci-Fi	DOS	Sequel to X-COM: UFO Defense.
1995 (NA/EU) 1997 (JP)	X-COM: UFO Defense[6][7]	MicroProse	MicroProse MediaQuest	Sci-Fi	PS1 (Port)	Port of X-COM: UFO Defense for AMI. Series debuts.
1995 (JP)	Farland Story 2[2] Farland Story Denki: Arc Ou no Ensei	TGL	Banpresto	Fantasy	SNES (Port)	Port of Farland Story Denki: Arc Ou no Ensei for DOS Sequel to Farland Story.
1996 (JP)	Arc the Lad II	ARC	SCEI	Fantasy	PS1	Sequel to Arc the Lad.
1996 (JP)	Bahamut Lagoon[2] バハムートラグーン	Square	Square	Fantasy	SNES
1996 (NA)	Birthright: The Gorgon's Alliance[2]	Synergistic	Sierra	Fantasy	DOS WIN	RTS/RPG.
1996 (JP)	Langrisser, Der[2][3] Langrisser II	Masaya	NCS	Fantasy	PCFX (Remake)	Remake of Langrisser II for GEN. Sequel to Warsong.
1996 (NA)	Dragon Force[2][3] ドラゴンフォース	Sega	Working Designs	Fantasy	SAT
1996 (JP)	Dragon Knight IV ドラゴンナイト4	ELF	Banpresto	Fantasy	SNES (Port)	Eroge. Port of Dragon Knight IV for PC98. Sequel to Dragon Knight III.
1996 (JP)	Energy Breaker	Neverland		Fantasy	SNES
1996 (JP)	Farland Saga: Toki no Douhyou	TGL	TGL	Fantasy	DOS	Continuation of the Farland Story series.
1996 (JP)	Farland Story: Kamigami no Isen Farland Story 6	TGL	TGL	Fantasy	DOS	Sequel to Farland Story: Daichi no Kizuna.
1996 (JP)	FEDA Remake!: Emblem of Justice[8]	Yanoman		Fantasy	SAT (Remake)	Remake of FEDA: Emblem of Justice.
1996 (JP)	Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu[2]	Intelligent	Nintendo	Fantasy	SNES
1996 (JP)	Langrisser III ラングリッサーIII	Masaya	NCS	Fantasy	SAT	Prequel to Warsong.
1996 (JP)	Sakura Taisen[2]	Sega	Sega Red Ent.	Steampunk	SAT	Series debuts.
1996 (JP)	Metajo	R-Force	R-Force	Fantasy	PC98
1996 (JP)	Monstania	Amccus Bits Laboratory	Pack-In-Video	Fantasy	SNES
1996 (JP)	Riglord Saga 2	Sega	Sega	Fantasy		Sequel to Mystaria: The Realms of Lore.
1996 (JP)	Shin Super Robot Wars	Banpresto	Banpresto	Sci-Fi	PS1
1996 (JP)	Super Robot Taisen Gaiden: Masō Kishin - The Lord Of Elemental	Banpresto	Banpresto	Sci-Fi	SNES
1996 (JP)	Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together	Quest	Atlus	Fantasy	SAT (Port)	Port of Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together for SNES.
1996 (JP)	Treasure Hunter G	Sting	Square	Fantasy	SNES
1996 (JP) 1997 (NA/EU)	Vandal Hearts[2][9]	Konami	Konami	Fantasy	PS1
1996 (EU)	X-COM: Terror from the Deep	MicroProse	MicroProse	Sci-Fi	PS1 (Port)	Port of X-COM: Terror from the Deep for DOS. Sequel to X-COM: UFO Defense.
1996 (EU)	X-COM: Unknown Terror	Mythos	MicroProse	Sci-Fi	DOS (Comp)	Compilation of X-COM: UFO Defense and X-COM: Terror from the Deep for DOS.
1997 (JP)	BS Fire Emblem: Akaneia Senki	Intelligent	Nintendo	Fantasy	SNES	Prequel to Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Ken and Fire Emblem: Monshō no Nazo.
1997 (JP)	Dark Law: Meaning of Death	ASCII	ASCII	Fantasy	SNES
1997 (JP)	Dragon Knight IV ドラゴンナイト4	ELF	Banpresto	Fantasy	PS1 (Port)	Eroge. Port of Dragon Knight IV for PC98. Sequel to Dragon Knight III.
1997 (JP)	Dragon Knight IV ドラゴンナイト4	ELF	NEC	Fantasy	PCFX (Port)	Eroge. Port of Dragon Knight IV for PC98. Sequel to Dragon Knight III.
1997 (JP)	Farland Saga 2: Toki no Michishirube	TGL	TGL	Fantasy	WIN	Sequel to Farland Saga: Toki no Douhyou.
1997 (JP)	Farland Story[2]	TGL	TGL	Fantasy	PS1 (Port)	Port of Farland Story for DOS. Series debuts.
1997 (JP)	FEDA 2: White Surge the Platoon[10]	Yanoman		Fantasy	PS1	Sequel to FEDA: Emblem of Justice.
1997 (JP) 1998 (NA)	Final Fantasy Tactics[2][5][4] ファイナルファンタジータクティクス	Square	Square SCE	Fantasy	PS1
1997 (JP)	Front Mission 2	Square	Square	Sci-Fi	PS1	Sequel to Front Mission.
1997 (JP)	Galaxy Fraulein Yuna 3: Lightning Angel	Hudson Soft		Sci-Fi	SAT	Sequel to Galaxy Fraulein Yuna II: Eternal Princess.
1997 (NA)	Incubation: The Wilderness Missions	Blue Byte	Blue Byte	Sci-Fi	WIN	Expansion to Incubation: Time Is Running Out Part of the Battle Isle series.
1997 (NA)	Incubation: Time Is Running Out[7]	Blue Byte	Blue Byte	Sci-Fi	WIN	Part of the Battle Isle series.
1997 (JP)	Langrisser IV ラングリッサーIV	CareerSoft		Fantasy	SAT PS1	Sequel to Langrisser III
1997 (JP)	Langrisser I & II[2] ラングリッサーI&II			Fantasy	PS1 (Remake)	Remake and compilation of Langrisser and Langrisser II for GEN.
1997 (KR)	War of Genesis 2, The[1]	Softmax	Softmax	Fantasy	DOS	Sequel to The War of Genesis.
1997 (JP)	Ronde 輪舞曲	MIT	Atlus	Fantasy	SAT
1997 (JP) 1998 (NA)	Master of Monsters: Disciples of Gaia[2]	ASCII	ASCII Toshiba	Fantasy	PS1
1997 (JP)	Ogre Battle: Limited Edition[2][11]	Enix		Fantasy	PS1 (Comp)	Compilation of Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen and Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together.
1997 (JP) 1998 (NA/EU)	Shining Force III[2] (Scenario I of III)	Camelot	Sega	Fantasy	SAT	Sequel to Shining Force II: Ancient Sealing.
1997 (JP)	Söldnerschild S	Koei		Fantasy	SAT
1997 (JP)	Super Robot Wars F	Banpresto	Banpresto	Sci-Fi	SAT
1997 (JP) 1998 (NA)	Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together[12]	Quest	Atlus	Fantasy	PS1 (Port)	Port of Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together for SNES.
1997 (JP)	Vandal Hearts[2]	Konami	Konami	Fantasy	SAT (Port)	Port of Vandal Hearts for PS1.
1997 (JP)	Vantage Master V2 Vantage Master Online	Nihon Falcom		Fantasy	WIN	Sequel to Vantage Master.
1997 (JP) 1998 (TW/KR)	Vantage Master ヴァンテージ・マスター	Nihon Falcom	Nihon Falcom	Fantasy	WIN	Series debuts.
1997 (NA)	X-COM: Apocalypse	Mythos	MicroProse	Sci-Fi	DOS WIN	Real-time (optional). Sequel to X-COM: Terror from the Deep.
1998 (JP)	Simulation RPG Construction SRC	Kei		N/A	WIN	Video game creation suite.
1998 (JP)	Black/Matrix	Flight-Plan	NEC	Fantasy	SAT PS1
1998 (JP)	Brave Saga II ブレイブサーガ2	Takeda		Sci-Fi	PS1	Sequel to Shin Sedai Robot Senki: Brave Saga.
1998 (JP)	Shin Sedai Robot Senki: Brave Saga Brave Saga	Takeda		Sci-Fi	PS1
1998 (NA)	Brigandine: The Legend of Forsena[2]	Hearty Robin	Atlus	Fantasy	PS1
1998 (JP)	Castle Fantasia	Studio E-Go!	Studio E-Go!	Fantasy	WIN	Eroge. Series debuts.
1998 (JP)	Farland Saga: Toki no Douhyou	TGL	TGL	Fantasy	SAT (Port)	Port of Farland Saga: Toki no Douhyou for DOS. Continuation of the Farland Story series.
1998 (TW)	Flame Dragon Plus: Marks of Wind		Dynasty	Fantasy	DOS	Sequel to Flame Dragon 2: Legend of Golden Castle.
1998 (JP)	Galaxy Fraulein Yuna 3: Final Edition	Hudson Soft		Sci-Fi	PS1 (Port)	Port of Galaxy Fraulein Yuna 3: Lightning Angel. Sequel to Galaxy Fraulein Yuna II: Eternal Princess.
1998 (NA)	Incubation: Hidden Worlds[7]	Blue Byte	Blue Byte	Sci-Fi	WIN (Limit)	Collector's edition version of Incubation: Time Is Running Out Part of the Battle Isle series.
1998 (JP/NA) 1999 (EU)	Kartia: The Word of Fate[2][11][12] The Legend of Kartia	Atlus	Atlus Konami	Fantasy	PS1
1998 (JP)	Langrisser V: The End of Legend ラングリッサーV ～The End of Legend～	Masaya	NCS	Fantasy	SAT	Sequel to Langrisser IV.
1998 (JP)	Langrisser Tribute			Fantasy	SAT (Port)	Port and compilation of Langrisser IV through Langrisser V.
1998 (JP)	Sakura Taisen 2: Kimi, Shinitamou koto Nakare	Sega	Sega Red Ent.	Steampunk	SAT	Sequel to Sakura Taisen.
1998 (EU) 1999 (NA)	Magic & Mayhem[2]	Mythos (Julian Gollop)	Virgin Bethesda	Fantasy	WIN	RTS/RPG.
1998 (JP) 1999 (NA)	Monsterseed[2]	Sunsoft	Sunsoft	Fantasy	PS1
1998 (JP) 2000 (NA)	Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure[12]	Nippon Ichi	Atlus	Fantasy	PS1
1998 (JP)	Shining Force III[2] (Scenario II of III)	Camelot	Sega	Fantasy	SAT	Sequel to Shining Force II: Ancient Sealing.
1998 (JP)	Shining Force III[2] (Scenario III of III)	Camelot	Sega	Fantasy	SAT	Sequel to Shining Force II: Ancient Sealing.
1998 (JP)	Simulation RPG Tsukūru 95	ASCII	ASCII	N/A	WIN	Part of the RPG Maker line of video game creation suites.
1998 (JP)	Simulation RPG Tsukūru	Pegasus Japan	ASCII	N/A	SAT PS1	Part of the RPG Maker line of video game creation suites.
1998 (KR)	War of Genesis Side Story I, The: Rhapsody of Zephyr[2] The Rhapsody of Zephyr	Softmax	Softmax	Fantasy	WIN
1998 (JP) 2000 (NA)	Vanguard Bandits[2]	Human Working	Human Working	Fantasy	PS1
1998 (JP)	Wachenröder	Sega	Sega	Sci-Fi Fantasy	SAT
1998 (NA)	X-COM: Collector's Edition	Mythos MicroProse	MicroProse	Sci-Fi	WIN (Comp)	Compilation of X-COM: UFO Unknown, X-COM: Terror from the Deep and X-COM: Apocalypse.
1998 (NA)	X-COM: UFO Defense	Mythos	MicroProse Spectrum Holobyte	Sci-Fi	WIN (Port)	Port of X-COM: UFO Defense for AMI. Series debuts.
1999 (JP)	Aizouban Houshinengi	Fu-Qi	KOEI	Fantasy	PS1
1999 (JP)	Arc the Lad III	ARC	SCEI	Fantasy	PS1	Sequel to Arc the Lad II.
1999 (JP)	Black/Matrix Advanced[2] Black/Matrix A/D	Flight-Plan	NEC	Fantasy	DC (Remake)	Remake of Black/Matrix for SAT.
1999 (JP)	Castle Fantasia 2: Seima Taisen	Studio E-Go!	Studio E-Go!	Fantasy	WIN	Eroge. Prequel to Castle Fantasia.
1999 (JP) 2000 (UK) 2001 (NA)	Eternal Eyes[2]	TamTam Alpha-Unit	Sunsoft TAMM	Fantasy	PS1
1999 (JP)	Farland Odyssey	TGL	TGL	Fantasy	WIN	Spin-off of the Farland Story series.
1999 (JP)	Farland Saga 2: Toki no Michishirube	TGL	TGL	Fantasy	PS1 (Port)	Port of Farland Saga 2: Toki no Michishirube for WIN. Sequel to Farland Saga: Toki no Douhyou.
1999 (JP)	Fire Emblem: Thracia 776[2]	Intelligent	Nintendo	Fantasy	SNES	Followup to Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu.
1999 (TW)	Flame Dragon Plus: Marks of Wind	DII		Fantasy	DOS	Sequel to Flame Dragon 2: Legend of Golden Castle.
1999 (JP) 2000 (NA/EU)	Front Mission 3[12]	Square	Square Square EA	Fantasy	PS1	Sequel to Front Mission 2. First game in the series to be published in North America.
1999 (NA/EU)	Gorky 17 Odium	Metropolis	1C Company TopWare Monolith	Fantasy	WIN
1999 (JP)	Growlanser[2] グローランサー	Atlus	Atlus	Fantasy	PS1	Series debuts.
1999 (NA)	Jagged Alliance 2[2][13]	Sir-Tech	TalonSoft	Modern	WIN	Sequel to Jagged Alliance.
1999 (JP)	Langrisser Millennium ラングリッサーミレニアム	Masaya	NCS	Fantasy	DC
1999 (JP)	Little Witching Mischiefs 魔女っ子大作戦	Toys For Bob	Bandai	Fantasy	PS1
1999 (JP) 2003 (CN)	Mamatoto: A Record of War ママトト -a record of war-	Alice	Alice	Fantasy	WIN	Eroge.
1999 (JP) 2000 (NA)	Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber[2][11] オウガバトル64 Person of Lordly Caliber Ōga Batoru Rokujūyon Person of Lordly Caliber	Quest Nintendo	Atlus	Fantasy	N64	Sequel to Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen.
1999 (JP)	Ouka Houshin[2]	Media Works		Fantasy	DC
1999 (JP) 2001 (NA)	Saiyuki: Journey West 西遊記 (さいゆうき)	Koei	Koei	Fantasy	PS1	Based loosely on the novel, Journey to the West.
1999 (JP)	SD Gundam G Generation-0[3] SD Gundam G Generation-0: G Zero SDガンダム　ジージェネレーション・ゼロ	Bandai	Bandai	Sci-Fi	PS1
1999 (JP)	Super Robot Wars 64	Banpresto	Banpresto	Sci-Fi	N64
1999 (JP)	Super Robot Wars Compact	Banpresto	Banpresto	Sci-Fi	WS
1999 (JP)	Super Robot Wars F Final	Banpresto	Banpresto	Sci-Fi	SAT
1999 (JP/NA) 2000 (PAL)	Vandal Hearts II[2]	Konami	Konami	Fantasy	PS1	Sequel to Vandal Hearts.
1999 (NA)	X-COM Collection	Mythos	MicroProse Mythos	Sci-Fi	WIN (Comp)	Compilation of all X-COM titles to date.

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