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Instruction booklet · May 1992

Arcana

Role-playing (RPG)1 playerPre-ESRB

The story

In this game you play as a young boy named Rooks. He's the only one that can save the world from the evil Galneon. With the power of the cards he begins his adventure. All of the people you fight with and against are displayed on cards. They can have an elemental attribute or not. Rooks is able to summon an elemental to aid him.

Specifications

Released: May 1992
Developer: HAL Laboratory
Publisher: HAL Laboratory
Players: 1
Genre: Role-playing (RPG)
Rating: Pre-ESRB
Themes: Fantasy
View: First person

What the magazines said

EGM · not on record yet

Famitsu · four reviewers

Players: 70/100 (8 ratings)
Nintendo Power: 3.55/5
GameRankings: 76%
Nintendo Life: 7/10
RPGFan: 81%
Super Play: 6/10
VideoGames & Computer Entertainment: 7/10
Control: 62%
RPG Site: 8/10
SNES Force: 57%
Super Action: 69%
The Super Famicom: 62/100
Super Pro: 55%

BE KIND, REWINDMay 1992

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Vol. 2 · No. 37Omaha, Nebraska · Late edition25¢

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Week of May 1, 1992

May. 1

Eric Houston of Yuba County kills four, injures nine, and holds many others hostage at Lindhurst High School in Olivehurst, California.

💵 A Super NES was $199.99 at launch · about $473 today

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