Sega AM2

Rent-A-Hero

Rent A Hero is an action role-playing video game series released by Sega for the Mega Drive console in 1991 with a large emphasis on humor. The game features the same graphic engine previously used in the development of Sword of Vermilion. However, Rent A Hero has an unusual innovation for the genre. Instead of using standard turn-based battles, fights are in a similar format to 2D fighting games.

Released: 20 September 1991
Developer: Sega AM2
Publisher: Sega
Platforms: Wii · Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Genres: Fighting · Role-playing (RPG)
Also known as: Rent A Hero '91 · Rent A Hero Sega · Rent-A-Hero 1991 · Renta Hiirou

Rent-A-Hero

The story

Taro Yamada lives in the town of Corja in Japan with his mother, eccentric father and younger sister Alyssa; the family moved there after his father changed jobs. He received his Combat Armor by accident during their house-warming party, when he ordered pizza from 'Sensational Cafeteria' or SECA and instead received the Rent-A-Hero suit. After realizing the suit gave him incredible strength and that he is required to pay for the armor, Taro decides to become a hero for hire, performing various heroic tasks and odd-jobs for the townspeople of Corja.

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