Ever stumble onto an SNES RPG that feels like it got lost in translation? Arabian Nights - Sabaku No Seirei Ou is one of those—except now someone finally patched it into English. You start off in this dusty desert town, all winding alleys and merchants haggling over weird trinkets, and within minutes some ghostly figure starts whispering about a cursed king. Classic JRPG setup, but the atmosphere’s thick with that One Thousand and One Nights vibe—lanterns flickering, sandstorms rolling in, the works.

Combat’s turn-based but with a twist: your party’s got these elemental spirits you can summon, and figuring out which ones wreck certain enemies is half the fun. (Pro tip: don’t sleep on the wind djinn early on—those sand wraiths hate getting blown into oblivion.) The pixel art’s gorgeous for a late-era SNES game, especially when you hit the oasis dungeons with their tile puzzles and traps. Just expect some grind; this isn’t one of those breezy modern RPGs where everything hands itself to you.

If you’re into 16-bit hidden gems with a side of mystic desert folklore, this one’s worth dusting off.