Shin Satomi Hakkenden: Hikari to Yami no Tatakai

Shin Satomi Hakkenden: Hikari to Yami no Tatakai (新 里見八犬伝 光と闇の戦い) is a traditional Japanese RPG developed by Micronics for the Famicom and published in Japan by Toei Animation in 1989.

Story
It follows the story of the 19th century historical novel Nansou Satomi Hakkenden, or Eight Dog Chronicles, based on eight half-brother samurai who were all descended from a dog and team up for various adventures across Sengoku period Japan. In particular, the game is based on the 1983 live-action movie, localized in the west as Legend of the Eight Samurai which in turn was based on a 1982 reworking of the epic novel named Shin Satomi Hakkenden.

Gameplay
The game has a then-distinct feature of being able to start the game as any of the eight samurai, each of which begins the game in a different location. Their goal is to meet up and recruit their brothers, eventually forming a group of eight. The game is otherwise standard for the genre: the player splits their time between exploring towns and talking to NPCs, and fighting monsters and enemy soldiers in dungeons and the overworld map via a turn-based combat system.