|image=Hera_title.png <!-- no box available, released as shareware only -->
|developer={{dev|Jeff Hendrix & Anders Knudsen}}
|developer=Jeff Hendrix, <br>Anders Knudsen
|publisher={{dev|Jeff Hendrix}}
|publisher=Jeff Hendrix
|year=1987
|released=[[1995]] <br>''(developed in [[1987]])''
|systems={{syslist|a2|msdos}}
|genre=[[RPG|Role-playing]]
|genre=[[Role-playing]]
|systems=[[Apple II]], [[MS-DOS]]
|modes=[[Single player]]
|modes=Single player
|pcgamingwiki=Hera: The Sword of Rhin
|ratings=
|series=
}}
}}
'''Hera: The Sword of Rhin''' is a role-playing game developed from 1985 to 1987, but the authors only managed to release it in 1995.
'''Hera: The Sword of Rhin''' is a role-playing game developed from 1985 to 1987, but the authors only managed to release it in 1995.
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It is considered an [[Ultima]] clone, as it draws inspiration mostly from ''[[Ultima 2]]'', but also from ''[[Dragon Warrior|Dragon Quest 1]]''. This is probably the main reason authors met difficulties in finding a publisher.
It is considered an {{c|Ultima clone}}, as it draws inspiration mostly from ''[[Ultima 2]]'', but also from ''[[Dragon Warrior|Dragon Quest 1]]''. This is probably the main reason authors met difficulties in finding a publisher.
Still, the game adds several original innovations, e.g. heat strokes in deserts, freezing snow storms, and submarines.
Still, the game adds several original innovations, e.g. deadly-hot deserts, freezing snow storms, and submarines.
== See also ==
* [http://crpgaddict.blogspot.com/2017/08/game-260-hera-1987.html The Computer Role-Playing Games Addict] on blogspot.
Hera: The Sword of Rhin is a role-playing game developed from 1985 to 1987, but the authors only managed to release it in 1995.
It is considered an Ultima clone, as it draws inspiration mostly from Ultima 2, but also from Dragon Quest 1. This is probably the main reason authors met difficulties in finding a publisher.
Still, the game adds several original innovations, e.g. heat strokes in deserts, freezing snow storms, and submarines.
