Hero of Zeanad

Hero of Zeanad was a mid-90s action-adventure role-playing game for the short-lived GameKid handheld videogame console. With less than 100,000 units sold worldwide, most games for the system have been lost to obscurity. Having recently cleared out the attic at my parent's house I found my old GameKid as well as some classic games like Super Super Land, Kombat Kart, and Bubble Bobble Part Deux.

Rereading the manual for Hero of Zeanad brought back many great memories of hiding under the covers with a flashlight on long car journeys to play the game as a child. One thing that struck me now is how, even without the game cartridge, the information in the manual could be used to play the game as tabletop RPG. So I have scanned in the manual as a PDF and uploaded it in the hope that others can use it to recreate the game and explore the world of Zeanad for themselves.

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Hero...hear my words...the Fiend Lord Vorzath has spread his dark corruption across the realm of Zeanad, turning the once peaceful land into one full of dangers, and transforming the native animals into aggressive monsters. 

His minions, led by the dark witch Dayan, have sealed away the five Magi to prevent them from using their power against him.

Hero, please free the Magi, defeat Vorzath, and save the realm before it’s too late.