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Rolan's Curse (USA)

Game Boy
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1990
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✪ Reviewed on August 27, 2025
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American Sammy action-RPG. Top-down dungeons to explore, simple combat, thin writing. The genre is just starting on Game Boy in 1990, and it shows. Very modest production. For Western-portable JRPG archaeologists; otherwise Final Fantasy Adventure (id 304/733) remains widely preferable.

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Category
Action RPG 1 player 7+
Description
Action-RPG with a hero exploring castles and dungeons to lift Rolan's curse across a fantasy world. Published by American Sammy, released in 1990 in Europe and North America. Top-down dungeon exploration, real-time combat, distinct playable characters, and end-of-dungeon bosses.

Rolan's Curse review

3/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Polished"
3/5
Music
★★★★★
"Memorable"
3/5
Story
★★★★★
"Solid"
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"Mild"
Addictiveness
"Engaging"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Long"
Technical info
💾0,04 MB 📅01/11/1990
Published by Seika

Rolan's Curse (Game Boy) price, value & rarity

Highly sought-after
Q1 loose
 $40 Q6 complete
 $395 Q10 new
 $500 !
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Collector interest

Very early Game Boy action-RPG from late 1990, brought to the US by American Sammy under the Seika label. A modest Western print run and no reissue already push the complete copies up. The appeal rests on its status as a clumsy genre pioneer on the handheld, sought by collectors of early Westernized JRPGs rather than by players chasing a great game.

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