Rastan is a fantasy action video game series created by Taito.
Video games[]
- Rastan Saga (March 1987) for Arcade, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, MSX2, Master System, IBM PC, ZX Spectrum, Apple IIGS, Game Gear, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch. Known in North America as Rastan.
- Rastan Saga II (1988) for Arcade, PC Engine, Sega Genesis, Wii Virtual Console, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch. Known in Europe as Nastar and North America as Nastar Warrior.
- Warrior Blade: Rastan Saga Episode III (1991) for Arcade, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch
- Warrior Blade: Rastan vs. Barbarian (March 27th, 2003) for PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Xbox. Released earlier as the non-Rastan game Barbarian.
Links to Other Series[]
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Champion Wrestler | 1989 | Rastan appears in Champion Wrestler as "Miracle Rastan". | 1 |
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Cameltry | June 26, 1992 | The ending image from the 4th Plane Beginner course in the SNES port of Cameltry features Rastan holding the fire sword, while the head of Rastan is a preset ball in the Ball Edit Mode from the Sharp X68000 port of Cameltry. | 1 |
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Dino Rex | November 1992 | The beast master is revealed to be Rastan in the ending of Dino Rex. | 1 |
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Bubble Bobble | 1994 | "Rastansa" (for Rastan Saga) and "Warriorb" (for Warrior Blade: Rastan Saga Episode III) are two of the random secret high score screen names in Bubble Symphony. | 3 |
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Kyuukyoku Harikiri Stadium | August 12, 1994 | One of the players in the "Taito Planets" team from Super Kyuukyoku Harikiri Stadium 2 is named "Rastan", after the series. | 3 |
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Barbarian (Titus) | March 27, 2003 | Barbarian is released in Japan as Warrior Blade: Rastan vs. Barbarian, changing one of the characters to Rastan while keeping the other elements the same. | 1 |
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Taito Memories | July 28, 2005 | Taito Memories Joukan and Taito Pocket Memories include Rastan, Taito Memories Gekan includes Rastan Saga II and Taito Memories Gekan II includes Warrior Blade: Rastan Saga Episode III. | 2 |
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Taito Legends | October 14, 2005 | Taito Legends and Taito Legends Power-Up include Rastan, Taito Legends 2 includes Rastan Saga II. | 2 |
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Taiko no Tatsujin | June 16, 2016 | Taiko no Tatsujin: Dokodon! Mystery Adventure and Taiko no Tatsujin: Session de Dodon ga Don! feature a music track from Warrior Blade: Rastan Saga Episode III. | 2 |
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GameCenter CX | November 25, 2021 | Arino plays the Genesis port of Rastan Saga II in episode 328. | 2 |
