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Ankoku Shinwa: Yamato Takeru Densetsu

Ankoku Shinwa: Yamato Takeru Densetsu

Aka: Ankoku Shinwa: The Dark Myth
Console: Nintendo Entertainment System
TV Standard: NTSC
Country: Japan
Developer(s): Another, Zap
Publisher(s): Tokyo Shoseki Co., Ltd.
Release Date: 1989-03-24
Players: 1
Co-op: No
ESRB: Not Rated
Type: Adventure

The game is based on old Japanese legends about Yamato Takeru, a legendary hero of ancient Japan. The game starts when Yamato Takeru is a thirteen-year-old boy. His father was killed under mysterious circumstances. Searching his things, the boy found a postcard that gave him his first clue for the investigation. From that moment, his adventure begins.