Taking the role of an undead (zombie?) hero –once a feared barbarian warrior, now turned “Legendary Warrior”- who has risen from his grave, in Rygar you’ll have to battle your way through 27 rounds in a hostile landscape with the only help of a very powerful weapon known as the “Diskarmor”, a shield with a long chain attached to it, in order to reclaim the land of Argool from an evil Dominator called Ligar.
In this arcade side-scrolling platform and action game created by Tecmo in 1986 and originally released in Japan as Argus no Senshi ("Warrior of Argus"), you’ll need to pick up insignias and stars while facing a horde of Ligar’s various minions. Including a wide set of attack and movement capabilities, the only way to stand a chance of getting to the later levels, was mastering these skills and putting them to good use by stopping everything on sight.
It was one of the first adventures to be released for the NES, and it had the particularity of offering multiple viewpoints (for example, an overhead view that could lead to combat situations) besides the typical side-scrolling dynamic. In console versions, the player would receive clues and limited dialogue from large, sage like men that were encountered in stone green temples throughout the game.
According to Wikipedia, in the Japanese original, references to "Ligar" and "Rygar" are one and the same because the Roman syllables "Li" and "Ry" come from the same Japanese character. In this version, the hero is only referred to as "The Legendary Warrior", while both "Rygar" and "Ligar" refer to the main villain.
Clicking on the link you'll be able to feel like the "Legendary Warrior" once more, as you play a far from perfect but still enjoyable Rygar online version (and it is free after all). And since I'm recommending stuff, here is a good article from Hardcore Gaming 101 about the Rygar series.
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