Wachenröder (バッケンローダー, Bakkenrōdā) is a Strategic Role Playing Game (SRPG) for the Sega Saturn developed by Sega and released on August 6, 1998. Up to now, it has only been released in Japan.
The story takes place in a dark future on the island Edoald, which is ruled by the noble and magnanimous King Wizar (who is imprisoned by the evil prime minister Vlad at the time which the game begins). In this alternate history, steam power is very sophisti...
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Wachenröder (バッケンローダー, Bakkenrōdā) is a Strategic Role Playing Game (SRPG) for the Sega Saturn developed by Sega and released on August 6, 1998. Up to now, it has only been released in Japan.
The story takes place in a dark future on the island Edoald, which is ruled by the noble and magnanimous King Wizar (who is imprisoned by the evil prime minister Vlad at the time which the game begins). In this alternate history, steam power is very sophisticated and the people hold it dear: vehicles, gadgetry or weapons driven by vapor in place of electricity. This links Wachenröder, based on its contents and its overall design, to the steampunk genre.
Since the building of several wastewater treatment plants for the rich upper class, the citizens of Edoalds suffer more and more from diseases caused by hazardous waste contaminated drinking water.
The gamer assumes the role of Lucian Taylor, who is in search of Imperator Duran, to avenge the illness-caused death of his younger sister which he...
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