The Legend of Kage cover art

Game entry

The Legend of Kage

1985 · Beat 'em up, Strategy, Puzzle, Arcade · Commodore 64, Arcade, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Amstrad CPC, Sharp X1 · Taito

The Legend of Kage is listed in the GameForever catalogue but not in the duel pool: this game is never offered for a vote, its 1,500 points are never at stake and it does not appear in the world ranking. Its entry and its debate stay open.

World rank

ELO score

1,500

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Duels played

0

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About The Legend of Kage

The Legend of Kage is a 1985 arcade game by Taito and was released for several contemporary video game home systems in 1986.

The player is armed with a kodachi shortsword and an unlimited amount of shuriken. Grabbing a crystal ball causes the player character's Kage's clothes to change to the next level in colour and thereby attain certain powers (bigger shuriken and/or faster speed); if Kage is hit while in green or orange clothes, he does not die but revert to his normal red clothes. Grabbing a scroll causes Kage to stand still and meditate for several seconds while approaching enemies drop to the ground dead (although the scrolls appear in the arcade version, the crystal balls do not).

This MSX version was brought without a license to the SG-1000 in Taiwan.

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