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My hubby is playing a game on ps2 and it looks like one I played years ago on nintendos nes or super nes, called kings field... Same look and feel. Did nintendo have an old game named Kings field or another name that was just like the one sony have for ps1...
Well Sue, there actually are no King's Field games for any older systems before the Playstation. And in addition, the numbering for the games that were released in America was thrown off due to the first game not being released here. This is how the games wound up being numbered:
Japan - America
King's Field - Not released here
King's Field 2 - King's Field
King's Field 3 - King's Field 2
King's Field 4 - King's Field: The Ancient City
Here is a link to wikipedia if you would like to read more about each individual game:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Field_Series
Now, onto the game that you thought was similar to King's Field for either the NES or Super NES. There are several games for each of these systems that use a first person type perspective, but since only the Super NES was capable of full 3D movement, they are stuck being tile based dungeon crawlers where you moved around square by square. Some had enemies that roamed around on the actual world map as you walked and were fought there. Others used a separate combat screen with health and mana bars or numbers.
These are the NES games:
Dungeons and Dragons: Hillsfar and Pool of Radiance
Dungeon Magic: Sword of the Elements
Might and Magic
Swords and Serpents
Ultima series (the dungeon sections)
Wizardy series
There are also three point and click adventure games for the NES that at first glance look like they are first person, but the images are only static pictures depicting the areas. These are:
Shadowgate
Dejavu
Uninvited
Now for the Super NES games.
AD&D: Eye of the Beholder
Arcana
Drakkhen
Dragon View
Dungeon Master
Faceball 2000 (not an RPG)
Ultima series
Wizardy series
There is also a Sega Master System game, Phantasy Star, that uses a first person view while traversing dungeons.
The game I think you are remembering is more than likely Drakkhen or Dragon View on Super NES due to both of them having full 3D overworlds. However, unlike in King's Field where enemies were fought in real time 3D, monsters in both games were fought in separate battle screens that paused overworld travel till they were defeated.
I hope the info I have furnished helps you figure out which game you were thinking of. And if for some reason none of these ring a bell, message me again and I can try some more. Though these are all the first person 3D view games for both systems that I know of.
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