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Warlock came out for the Super Nintendo in 1995, developed by Realtime Associates. It was part of that wave of action-adventure games on the system, the kind that tried to capture a certain exploratory feel. You don't hear about it as much as some of the bigger titles from that era, but it had its own approach to the genre.

You control a warrior named Kyle, and your goal is to travel through different time periods to gather runestones before the evil Warlock can get them. The game is played screen by screen; you move through these discrete areas, fighting monsters with your sword and a bow. A big part of the play is figuring out the environmental puzzles, like finding keys or triggering switches to open new paths. The pacing is deliberate, and some of the enemy patterns can be tricky to learn. It feels like a methodical challenge, where careful exploration is just as important as combat.