Line #24 VideoGame/DungeonMagic


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:The Four Playable Heroes]]
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4	Dungeon Magic (also known as Lightbringer) is a BeatEmUp dungeon crawler by Taito, released for the Arcades in 1993, with a localization in 1994. Unlike other titles which worked as side-scrollers, Dungeon Magic worked on an isometric plane, and also added in various platforming sections.
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6	Plot-wise, an evil magician known as Venom plots to revive the Demon Lord, and as such kidnaps the princess to use her as a sacrifice. It's up to 4 adventures to stop his plans--
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8	Ash, the sword-wielding knight.
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10	Cisty, the bow-wielding Elf.
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12	Gren, the martial artist from the far East.
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14	Vold, the elderly magician.
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16	Aside from a four-hit combo, characters can also charge up attacks, perform a dash attack, and when things get troublesome, use a special skill that provides invincibility and a possible screen-clear, depending on the character.
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18	This game is available on the Taito Arcade Legends 2 disc for Playstation 2.
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20	Not to be confused with the RPG, ''Dungeon Magic: Sword of the Elements''.
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22	!Tropes:
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24	%%* Action Girl: Again, Cisty.
25	* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: Vold, if selected, recognizes Venom, whom was once his apprentice. Due to this, in his ending he retires from tutoring anyone else, not wanting a repeat of Venom.
26	* AttractMode: Shows off the various characters, their profiles, and some gameplay instructions.
27	* BaitAndSwitchBoss: [[spoiler: After spending the entire plot tricking the heroes into his plot to summon the Demon Lord, the latter unceremoniously torches Venom and becomes the TrueFinalBoss.]]
28	* BalancePowerSkillGimmick: Gren is the balanced fighter type, Ash is the slow but powerful knight, Cisty is fast and can snipe from afar, while Vold's magic has the best area-effect attacks.
29	* BlackKnight: One serves to harass the players during the first and final stages. Ash, however, [[LukeIAmYourFather finds him familiar...]]
30	* {{BFS}}: The Dark Knight wields one, and it can fly back to him if he's disarmed.
31	* BigBad: Venom.
32	* ChargedAttack: Hold type. Characters glow white for a low charge, then yellow when full.
33	** Ash performs a rising slash. Fire is added if at full.
34	** Cisty fires her bow, gaining an elemental shot at full.
35	** Gren slices with the sword on his back. At full, there is a wave of red energy along the ground.
36	** Vold gets a different attack based on his current staff.
37	* DemBones: Like most fantasy-based action games, this one has skeletons as a recurring enemy type.
38	* DisappearedDad: Ash has one, whom he is searching for. [[spoiler: To nobody's surprise, he's the BlackKnight mentioned above.]]
39	* ElementalWeapon: These can hit weaknesses on enemies, which makes some fights much shorter.
40	** EleventhHourSuperpower: [[spoiler: If Ash is present at the second Dark Knight battle, the latter reveals himself to be Ash's DisappearedDad, and hands over the Lightbringer before passing on of his wounds. Lightbringer is Ash's best weapon, dealing Holy Damage, which the FinalBoss is weak to.]]
41	* EvilIsNotAToy: [[spoiler: Venom learns this the hard way, as the Demon Lord kills him in a single hit for disturbing his sleep.]]
42	* ExperiencePoints: Represented by the character's score. Kill enemies and pick up treasure to increase their CharacterLevel, and gain an increased health meter and a faster charge attack.
43	* FanRemake: Two of them were made by the fan-game group ''Danksmith Games'', using both the game engines of [=OpenBOR=] and [=RPG Maker 2003=].
44	** ''Lightbringer 2''. The RPG sequel that takes place after the events of the arcade game. It about the tale of a half-human, half-monkey amazoness and a young boy named Ralph as they journey through the land of Hemethia, [[spoiler: (the world setting of the arcade game.)]], after she saved him from her [[BrokenPedestal untrustworthy comrades]] [[DoomedHometown when they set his village ablaze]]. This fan game heavily borrows sprites and sound effects from different beat em' up and fighting games such as ''VideoGame/DenjinMakai''. The main characters from the arcade game returns to this sequel, [[DemotedToExtra but they end up taking a second seat while being recruitable members of Illatisha's party]]. A playable demo is that was released in 2016 is available [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRJmSySLR-Q here.]]
45	** ''Dungeon Magic (OpenBOR)'' is the side scroller retelling of the Taito beat em' up that introduces 8 additional playable characters and extra scenarios that tie in to the arcade story. Like the example above, this mod also includes many sprites and sound effects from the arcade games ripped from MAME. The mod is available to play and download here at [[http://www.chronocrash.com/forum/index.php?resources/dungeon-magic.25/ ChronoCrash]].
46	* HeroesPreferSwords: Ash is the main hero of the game, and the team's sword-wielder.
47	* InfinityPlusOneSword: Each character has one ultimate holy weapon, all effective against most undead and demonic foes near the end of the game. These weapons can only be found by taking ''very'' specific routes during the 3rd chapter, while Ash can only obtain his holy sword [[spoiler: after defeating his father, the Dark Knight]]. Taking the wrong route with the wrong character and you may miss the holy weapon entirely.
48	* KickChick: Cisty.
49	* LimitBreak: Magic Stocks allow your characters to use a special attack, granting invincibility frames and damage.
50	** Ash goes berserk, wildly swinging his blade.
51	** Cisty summons two holy-aligned spirits to damage the enemy.
52	** Gren causes a series of explosions around himself.
53	** Vold summons several meteors to rain down from above.
54	* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Shields of various kinds can be found throughout the stages, and they work well in preventing damage, though they can only take so many hits before breaking. The Dark Knight has one in his rematch before the FinalBoss, and his can fire a damaging beam at the player when it's not in the Knight's hands before flying back to him.
55	* OldSoldier: Vold is 88 years old, and a wizard to boot, but he can easily keep pace with the other characters.
56	* PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling: There are hidden rooms in the first and second chapters that are filled with tiny BlobMonster types worth 10 exp each. There are also red ''[[MetalSlime invincibles]]'' that are immune to normal weapons. However, they are one-hit killed by Magic Stocks, awarding a whopping 10,000 exp each and a chance to drop high-quality treasure worth 40-50,000 exp. This behooves the player to save those magic attacks and stay in the mentioned secret rooms for a while to earn several level-ups early on.
57	* PowerFist: Gren's weapon set.
58	* ManEatingPlant: Fanged pitcher plants are a recurring enemy in the forest levels, using their heads to chomp on the heroes.
59	* ManipulativeBastard: Venom, in the third stage, tricks the heroes into reactivating the ruins, allowing him the power he needs with the Magical Stones. He thanks you by siccing a Lesser Demon on you.
60	* MetalSlime: The red "invincible" blobs, which can only be killed by magic stock attacks and worth a ton of experience.
61	* NavelDeepNeckline: Cisty's outfit is open in the middle, exposing her cleavage and midriff.
62	* SaveThePrincess: As is fairly standard for games such as this, doubly so since she is to be used as a medium to summon the Demon Lord. [[spoiler: In Gren's ending, she apparently falls for him, but he wants to ensure he can run a kingdom before he would accept her proposal.]]
63	* SnakesAreSinister: A giant snake serves as the mid-boss of the first stage. It will try to eat your characters whole, and can deal a nasty poison status to whomever it gets. The second chapter has a more stationary Viper King (that also breathes fire) guarding a cave with an ice-elemental weapon.
64	* SpiderPeople: The second stage boss is a water spirit named Fontaine, whom gets cursed into this form by Venom. Cisty takes this personally, as Fontaine was a good friend of hers.
65	* StalkedByTheBell: The time limit for each room can only go up to 2 minutes, and time running out will cause the player's health to deplete.
66	* SwallowedWhole: If the giant snake in the first stage grabs your character, it will swallow them, and then a moment later spit out their skeleton.
67	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Cisty is the only female character on your team.

Context VideoGame / DungeonMagic