Square no Tom Sawyer

Square no Tom Sawyer (スクウェアのトム・ソーヤ) is an RPG produced by SquareSoft that was released exclusively in Japan in 1989 for the Famicom. The game is directly based on Mark Twain's renowned 1876 novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and was developed in the role-playing video game niche that made Square famous with its acclaimed Final Fantasy series of video games, and released in between Final Fantasy II and Final Fantasy III.

Gameplay
Players control Tom Sawyer and his friends as they join the party, such as Jim and Huck, and they each have RPG game statistics such as health, power, and speed. Characters can equip no weapons, and fight with their fists, but there are a large number of collectible items. Key cards and black magic are also present in the game. The game features an enemy that triggers the reset button on a players controller bringing them back to the title screen.

Plot
Square's Tom Sawyer is based on Mark Twain’s 19th century book “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” and features many characters from that book. The plot takes place in 1855 on the Mississippi River in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. The game begins with Tom Sawyer having a dream saying that in a southern location a pirate treasure is buried. Aunt Polly wakes Tom the next morning, and Tom sets out to find the treasure.