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Ancient enemy

Other (objects, etc.) theme

Deals with the return of some ancient evil or other terrible foe from long "forgotten" past.

115
games
27
platforms

Alternate name: Ancient evil

Classic NES: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (Game Boy Advance)
Classic NES: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
GBA 2004
Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas (Nintendo Switch)
Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas
SWTC 2017-06-22
Mini Ninjas (Xbox 360)
Mini Ninjas
X360 2009-09-08
The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night (Wii)
The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night
WII 2007-10-16
Hunted: The Demon's Forge (Windows)
Hunted: The Demon's Forge
WIN 2011-05-30
Ganon's Claim (Linux)
Ganon's Claim
LIN 2005-01-11
Mini Ninjas (PlayStation 3)
Mini Ninjas
PS3 2009-09-08
The Legend of Zelda: A Time to Triumph (Linux)
The Legend of Zelda: A Time to Triumph
LIN ? *
Dungeons of Dredmor (Linux)
Dungeons of Dredmor
LIN 2011-11
Risen (Windows)
Risen
WIN 2009-10-02
Ōkami HD (Nintendo Switch)
Ōkami HD
SWTC 2018-08-09
1st Quest Revamp (Linux)
1st Quest Revamp
LIN 2002
This is not for cases where an active conflict has lasted for eons, but for some long forgotten enemy rearing its ugly head again. Usually a prophecy is involved and poorly remembered legends.

The enemy is likely but not necessarily an evil or dark god or other near immortal entity.

Including things that were supposedly defeated years ago.

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Parent group

Antagonists

Games by year

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The first Ancient enemy video game was released on July 1987.

Nintendo, Zelda s9larus and Eidos Interactive published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 29
Linux 27
PS3 9
X360 7
MS-DOS 4
Pandora 4
PS2 4
SNES 4
Mac OS X 4
Wii 3
BSD 2
Switch 2
GBA 2
GBC 1
3DS 1
NEC PC8801 1
Dreamcast 1
Sharp X1 1
GameCube 1
Xbox 1
NES 1
Mega Drive 1
Flash 1
Amiga 1
BeOS 1
PS 1
Android 1

Most common companies

Nintendo7
Zelda s9larus6
Eidos Interactive5
Capcom5
Bethesda Softworks4
Gaslamp Games4
Ubisoft4
Trendy Entertainment3
Molleindustria3
CodeMasters3
Sierra Entertainment2
Loriciel2
Game Arts2
Konami2
Microsoft Game Studios2