Taito has revealed that its 1987 action platformer Rastan Saga (also known as plain old Rastan) is joining the Arcade Archives range this week.
Directed, produced and partly programmed by Yoshinori Kobayashi, Rastan Saga takes inspiration from the Conan series of fantasy novels, comics and movies, and places you in the loincloth of the titular barbarian.
A huge commercial success at the time of release, Rastan Saga would be ported to a wide range of home systems, including the Amstrad CPC, C64, Master System, MSX2, and ZX Spectrum.
Rastan Saga II (AKA Nastar and Nastar Warrior) followed in 1988, while Warrior Blade: Rastan Saga Episode III would arrive in 1991.
Beyond that, Rastan has sadly been committed to the mists of time by Taito; the 2002 PS2 and GameCube title Barbarian was released in Japan by Taito as Warrior Blade: Rastan vs. Barbarian, but it's not an official sequel as such.
Hamster has revealed that the game released on May 15th – which marks the 10th anniversary of the Arcade Archives series – will be a special Namco title.
[source twitter.com]
Comments 11
Nice, I like this one, also remember that the C64 version had a bug with an impossible jump over a fire pit. Master Sytem version was great though.
Well that's made my week, I've been waiting for them to drop this one for so long.
I have rastan 1 arcade on analogue pocket, rastan 2 is not a good game, but rastan 3 arcade is a great game 😃
This is a difficult game and i am pretty sure i’ve never beaten it. That ship has probably sailed, but i will grab this classic and am still excited to be crushed by my enemies, driven before them, and to hear the lamentations of myself.
I love Rastan. Had the Master System version as a kid. I say 'had', but I've still got it and still play it every once in a while. I wonder if this means it will be on the next Taito collection though...
At last!!!!
I've been waiting years for this one!
I was a very young kid at the time and I remember briefly trying Rastan in an arcade. I didn't do very well, but it was memorable. I was quite surprised when my mom got me the game for the Master System because it was not a special occasion, I didn't know it was on the Master System, and because it was a Taito game for the system(what???). I revisited it. It's a little clunky to go back to at first, but after getting used to it, I still love it. It was one of my most played MS games back in the day. The arcade version is a bit different, and brutal, but I like it too. Both are worth playing.
This is Christmas for me. I have been waiting for this release for a very very long time.
I’ll probably pick this up. My buddy and I have really enjoyed playing this on my retropie arcade cab and have never beaten it, even have a custom made repro marquee to get the feel of the og, and maybe I’ll give it another go on switch.
Rygar, now Rastan. Those were good barbarian times.
Crom, it's about time to sharpen my swords and axes again!
Leave A Comment
Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment...