Magic Sword: Heroic Fantasy is a 1990 hack-and-slash arcade game by Capcom. The game casts the player as a hero who must fight his way through a mystical...

Sword and sorcery (S&S) or heroic fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy characterized by sword-wielding heroes engaged in exciting and violent adventures....

"High Fantasy and Heroic Romance", which was originally given at the New England Round Table of Children's Librarians in October 1969. Many high fantasy stories...

notably in sword and sorcery, evil is not opposed by the unambiguously good but by the morally unreliable. Heroic characters are a mainstay of fantasy, particularly...

magic sword is a sword with magical powers or other supernatural qualities. Renowned swords appear in the folklore of every nation that used swords....

of the Round (1991) Last Duel: Inter Planet War 2012 (1988) Magic Sword: Heroic Fantasy (1990) Mega Twins (1990) Quiz & Dragons: Capcom Quiz Game (1992)...

The Heroic Legend of Arslan (Japanese: アルスラーン戦記, Hepburn: Arusurān Senki, lit. 'Arslan War Records') is a Japanese fantasy novel series written by Yoshiki...

Makers of Heroic Fantasy, p. 6 ISBN 0-87054-076-9 Carter, Lin, Imaginary Worlds, the Art of Fantasy. Ballantine, 1973. Brian Attebery, The Fantasy Tradition...

popular works. Many works of fantasy use magic or other supernatural elements as a main plot element, theme, or setting. Magic, magic practitioners (sorcerers...

structure of an adventure novel. Adventure fantasy Heroic fantasy Lost world Sword-and-sandal Sword-and-sorcery Sword-and-soul Wuxia Nautical Pirate Robinsonade...

"dark fantasy" has sometimes been applied to sword and sorcery and high fantasy fiction that features anti-heroic or morally ambiguous protagonists. Another...

provided as an overview of and topical guide to fantasy: Fantasy – genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary...

notes for Final Fantasy V and VI, tasked him with designing Final Fantasy VII's main characters. Nomura's notes listed Cloud's job as magic swordsman (魔法剣士...

The Sword of Shannara is a 1977 epic fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks. It is the first book in a titular trilogy. The novel interweaves two...

Capcom in the 1980s, writing music for games such as Dynasty Wars, Mercs, Magic Sword, and the original Mega Man. She previously worked for Capcom, where she...

people from the real world. Magic, the supernatural and magical creatures are common in many of these imaginary worlds. Fantasy literature may be directed...

Horus, Prince of the Sun The Good Witch of the West The Heroic Legend of Arslan The Irregular at Magic High School The Law of Ueki The Legend of the Legendary...

and Final Fight". RePlay. Vol. 15, no. 4. January 1990. pp. 32, 34. "Magic Sword". RePlay. Vol. 16, no. 1. October 1990. p. 19. "CP System arcade system...

fantasy authors, authors known for writing works of fantasy, fantasy literature, or related genres of magic realism, horror fiction, science fantasy....

Heroic Fantasy is a computer-moderated, dungeon crawl play-by-mail game. It has been active since 1982 when it was published by Flying Buffalo. The initial...

Although fantasy had long existed in various forms around the world before his time, J. R. R. Tolkien has been called the "father of fantasy", and The...

viable. Today, fantasy continues as an expansive, multi-layered milieu encompassing many subgenres, including traditional high fantasy, sword and sorcery...

The Colour of Magic is a 1983 fantasy comedy novel by Terry Pratchett, and is the first book of the Discworld series. The first printing of the British...

The Broken Sword is a fantasy novel by American writer Poul Anderson, originally published on 5 November 1954. It was issued in a revised edition by Ballantine...

the transformation of Narsil to Andúril is directly heroic; but both weapons, like the magic swords of medieval legend, shine with their own light in the...

Warhammer (formerly Warhammer Fantasy Battle or just Warhammer Fantasy) is a tabletop miniature wargame with a medieval fantasy theme. The game was created...

Inside Games, Sephiroth stands out from previous Final Fantasy games because his humanity and heroic nature is early explored which draws parallels to famous...

Chronicle: Day One, is a heroic fantasy novel written by American author Patrick Rothfuss. It is the first book in the ongoing fantasy trilogy The Kingkiller...

also known as The Sword and the Dragon (US) and The Epic Hero and the Beast (UK), is a 1956 Soviet fantasy film by noted fantasy director Aleksandr Ptushko...

an epic fantasy world, has been one of the most successful and critically acclaimed settings. Many campaign settings include standard sword and sorcery...