1991 · Taito · Adventure · Beat 'em up

Saint Sword

Sega exclusive

You are Macress, a mythical warrior, and you have been called upon to destroy the evil demon, Gorgon before the world succumbs to his power. This is a platform style, hack 'n slash action game where you gain powerups by destroying wee mythical beasties. These powerups provide you with special physical attributes like angel wings and the body of a horse.

Released: 27 June 1991
Platforms: Sega Genesis
Genres: Adventure Beat 'em up Platformer
Developers: Taito
Publishers: Taito
Modes: Single-player
Themes: Action
Country: Japan

About

Saint Sword (セイントソード) is a hack-and-slash action game developed by Cyclone Systems and published by Taito for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive in 1991.

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

There are seven stages for gamers to play through; most of the enemies in each stage are merely a palette swap of each other. Defeating enemies allows Macress to gain access to power-ups that will give him physical enhancements which let the player progress past places within the stages, like angel's wings, a merman-like tail, and the strong body of a horse-like centaur.

Story

Taking place in a Greek Mythological setting, players control the Greek Titan Macress (unique to this work of fiction) as he travels back in time in order to prevent the demoness Gorgon from taking over the entire world.

Reception

Mean Machines gave it a score of 72%, opining "this Rastan-like game could have done with better graphics and sound, but as it stands, Saint Sword is a fairly playable effort."