The Black Sage/Gameplay

Genre
The Black Sage is an game, with some role-playing elements. In particular, it belongs to the sub-genre, since it lacks any graphics (except for the title screen and the castle map).

As it is, the standalone game is just an adventure game. If any other Ogres and Orcs Adventure was ever released, the series would have been made of proper role-playing games, with character development and an inventory of items with different effects.

Similar games

 * The other video games based on the  franchise.
 * Some s give multiple choices to the player, as in this game, although most of them feature a text parser instead.
 * Check also the Lone Wolf series of game books, that is now available online for free (officially licensed).