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You wander through blocky EGA towns squinting at walls that might be doors, occasionally mashing buttons in awkward combat between NPC chats that barely move the story along. It’s the kind of janky DOS RPG where the real puzzle is figuring out what anything’s supposed to be.

Developer: Micro League

Released: 1995

File size: 5.42 MB

Game Overview

Realm of the Paladin: Deception’s Plague came out in 1995 as part of the MS-DOS Classic Games series, published by Micro League. It was a time when many role-playing games tried to capture the feel of exploring vast worlds with limited graphical tools, and this one fit right into that era without standing out too much from the crowd.

You control a lone paladin tasked with lifting a curse that has twisted the land. The game uses screen by screen exploration, moving through forests, towns, and dungeons one static view at a time. Combat is straightforward, relying on simple sword strikes and occasional magic, while you gather keys and items to progress. The pacing is slow, and the difficulty comes more from obscure puzzles than tough enemies. Playing it feels like patiently untangling a knot with stubborn, deliberate hands.

Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".