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Class-based equipment

Other (objects, etc.) concept

All or certain (specialist) items, tools and such can't be used at all unless the character is of certain class.

149
games
32
platforms

Alternate name: Class restricted equipment

Dungeon Siege (Windows)
Dungeon Siege
WIN 2002-04-04
Hexen II (Windows)
Hexen II
WIN 1997-08-31
Rainbow Moon (PlayStation Vita)
Rainbow Moon
VITA 2013-12-03
Shining Force Gaiden: Final Conflict (Game Gear)
Shining Force Gaiden: Final Conflict
GG 1995-06-30
Shining Force II (Mega Drive)
Shining Force II
GEN 1993-10-01
Shining Force CD (Sega-CD/Mega-CD)
Shining Force CD
SCD 1994-07-22
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (GameCube)
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
GC 2002-11-19
Hexen (Macintosh OS Classic)
Hexen
MAC 1995
Diablo II: Lord of Destruction (Windows)
Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
WIN 2001-06-29
Fire Emblem: Fūin no Tsurugi (Game Boy Advance)
Fire Emblem: Fūin no Tsurugi
GBA 2002-03-29
Grand Kingdom (PlayStation Vita)
Grand Kingdom
VITA 2015-11-19
Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Ken (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Ken
NES 1990-04-20
Related:
* Class-based
* Attribute-based equipment
* Level-based equipment
* Skill-based equipment
Becomes obvious when, for example, a mage can't use a mace even though they are quite trivial to use in a basic manner even without any training.

Also for some more open systems where classes place restrictions on what skills they can learn.

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Parent groups

Class-based, Artificial limitations

Games by year

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The first Class-based equipment video game was released on April 20, 1990.

Nintendo, Sega and Beamdog published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 39
Linux 21
Mac OS Classic 7
PS3 6
PS Vita 6
Saturn 6
Nintendo DS 6
Mac OS X 5
GBA 5
PS 5
MS-DOS 4
3DS 4
iOS 3
Game Gear 3
PS4 3
SNES 3
NES 3
PSP 3
PS2 2
GameCube 2
Mega Drive 2
N64 1
X360 1
Amiga AGA 1
Mega-CD 1
Flash 1
BeOS 1
Xbox 1
Pandora 1
Android 1

Most common companies

Nintendo14
Sega13
Beamdog9
Valve7
eastasiasoft5
Interplay4
Square Enix4
2K Games4
MacPlay3
SSI3
NIS America3
GT Interactive3
Capcom2
Graphic Simulations2
Black Cat Games2