About seven years in the past person pikablu of the Resetera discussion board began a thread about an outdated Dragon Ball Z fan RPG that had lengthy fallen into obscurity. It was an MS-DOS sport that “used a variety of sprites from the Tremendous Butōden video games”, which had been Dragon Ball Z video games launched for SNES consoles within the ’90s. In response to the person, this rugged fan RPG was out there on a Dragon Ball Z web site known as Planet Namek.
The thread attracted 14 responses. Nobody might assist.
However all the pieces modified as we speak when new person BenjiBrew entered the fray. They too have spent years searching for this Dragon Ball Z RPG, and fortuitously had some success discovering it. BenjiBrew “stumbled throughout an outdated backup CD of considered one of my outdated PCs from 2004” and located the unusual artefact, whose full title is Dragon Ball Z – Want for Immortality. Not solely that, they provided a MediaFire hyperlink and a few screenshots in order that the sport will not “vanish into the void once more”.
Listed here are the screenshots BenjiBrew posted:
It wasn’t lengthy earlier than the thread creator confirmed that the sport is certainly the one they had been in search of. “I’ve 100% confirmed it’s it,” pikablu wrote. “I streamed the sport with my pal who additionally performed it earlier than and we each misplaced our collective minds after we discovered Icebox is within the sport!!!”
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(Icebox, because the person explains earlier within the thread, is the RPG’s identify for its equal to the Cooler character.)
Due to BenjiBrew’s discovery the sport now has a house on archive.org, the place a bit of bit extra data is offered. The sport was made in O.H.R.RPG.C.E., or Official Hamster Republic Position Taking part in Sport Development Engine. It is a free and open-source sport creation engine first launched in 1997 and most just lately up to date in January 2026. Whereas RPG Maker predates it, it wasn’t till 2005 when RPG Maker XP made its PC debut within the west, so for a very long time O.H.R.RPG.C.E. was the go-to choice for handmade 8-bit type RPGs within the west.
To play Want for Immortality, you may must obtain the O.H.R.RPG.C.E. consumer, which is offered right here. Then you’ll be able to head to the archive.org web page to seize the sport itself.
I do not know whether or not the sport is value enjoying for those who weren’t there, however the story of its re-emergence jogs my memory that the web stays indispensable for some issues. I performed numerous throwaway DOS video games as a baby, a handful of which I’ve later struggled to place a reputation to, not to mention discover. Considered one of these was Trugg, the obscure reminiscence of which haunted me for years earlier than an opportunity on-line encounter. There’s nonetheless an outdated third-person mech PS2 sport that I have never managed to seek out (and no, it is not an Armored Core sport).
So I assume the ethical of the story is: if you cannot discover something, put up one thing. Somebody later Googling with an analogous itch might be able to assist.
