Light Crusader

Light Crusader is a game for the Mega Drive. It was developed by Treasure, a company well-known for Gunstar Heroes.

Plot
Sir David is invited to visit Green Row after a recent journey. He has not been there for a long time and was eager to return. However, the king informs David that townspeople have been disappearing. The king asks him to search for the missing people. After finding a hidden stairway in the graveyard, he discovers a large dungeon of many floors underneath the town.

In the dungeon, as he begins to find the missing people, he gradually learns the story of an evil wizard named Ragno Roke, who was angered by the queen's rejection of his marriage proposal. As revenge, Lord Roke has planned to use the kidnapped townspeople as a sacrifice to reawaken the evil demon Ramiah, sealed long ago in the dungeon. As David descends, he passes through a town of goblins, and a guild of wizards who have been operating in the dungeon.

At the end of the game, David confronts both Roke and Ramiah. At this point the townspeople have been rescued, but Roke tells David that his own life would be sufficient revive Ramiah and sacrifices himself, bringing Ramiah to life for a final battle with David. After a victory, David leaves on horseback.

Gameplay
Light Crusader is a top-down game with a square map, similar to titles like Beyond Oasis and Crusader of Centy.

Trivia

 * In the first area of the game, in one of the houses, a painting of Bino from Dynamite Headdy can be seen. Dynamite Headdy was also developed by treasure and was released a year before Light Crusader.