History VideoGame / SwordOfVermilion

''Sword of Vermilion'' is a RolePlayingGame, made for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis by Creator/{{Sega}}'s [=AM2=] team in 1989. It was part of the Sega Genesis Collection for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and was also available as a download for the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}.

* WarpWhistle: Aries teleports you to any town you've visited; Extrios teleports you out of dungeons.

''Sword of Vermilion'' is a RolePlayingGame, made for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis by Creator/{{Sega}}'s [=AM2=] team in 1989. It was part of the Sega Genesis Collection for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and is also available as a download for the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}.

* PlayableEpilogue: A minor one. After defeating the FinalBoss and obtaining the last of the PlotCoupons, there are no more RandomEncounters and you can freely visit all towns and talk with the {{NPC}}s, which compliment you with your achievements. But there is little else left to do except taking the PlotCoupons to their rightful place and watching the credits roll.

This game [[JustForFun/IThoughtThatWas has nothing to do with]] Laevateinn, the sword wielded by [[LightNovel/ChivalryOfAFailedKnight Stella Vermillion]].

* GuideDangIt: If you have the ''Sega Genesis Classics'' collection, you can't tell what a spell does unless you experiment with it.

* RandomEncounters: Each step or rotation in the world or dungeon map has a chance of an encounter.

* ShockinglyExpensiveBill: If you stayed in Wesclif for free, then stay there after restoring the village, you get a rather expensive bill for 1200, which is more then resting there for 50 times.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: The hero of the game really stands out for having literal blue hair in a game world where everyone else has much more typical colors.

* SpellBook: A more literal example. The hero can use magic, but only if he has a spell book handy, which are bought from the local gypsy/witch. What they all do is anyone's guess, but some of their names imply what the spell does: "Volti" with "volt" in its name implies electricity, which is what that chain of books does, and "Hydro" literally means "water". Others are a little more obscure with trying the hint-by-name method: "Sangua" presumably comes from "sanguine" which implies a relation to blood, and that chain of books heal you. And a few just make no sense: "Ferros" and "Copperos" are books of fire spells, for example.

* ButThouMust: Slightly subverted early on, the first king you meet wants you to stop adventuring and become captain of the guard. You can't say no, and once you say yes you are forbidden to leave town. However, if you go back and confront the king again [[spoiler: [[FakeKing he loses his temper and reveals that he is actually the first boss]]]]. It's played straight later on with a princess who wants to marry you. (And since she's pretty hot for a collection of 16-bit pixels, this may not be a bad thing for the hero...)

* {{Curse}}: The "equip a cursed item and you can't take it off until you visit a church" variety. Being cursed also restricts you from using magic in any way. There's a total of three pieces of cursed equipment in the game: Dark Swords, the Death Sword, and the Old Nick Armor.

* FryingPanOfDoom: You'd better be ready to [[JumpedAtTheCall jump at The Call]] as refusing to be a hero has painful consequences in one village..

** The second strongest shield (the dragon shield) does have an additional advantage of making you immune to some sources of poison.

* LukeIAmYourFather: Tsarkon tries to play this one on you at the final confrontation, but [[spoiler: he is lying]].