Cadash

Story & Game Mechanics:

Cadash is a platform action role-playing game. The player chooses one of the four character classes in the beginning of the game: fighter, priestess, mage, or ninja. The protagonist fights his or her way through dungeons, attacking physically or casting spells (as priestess or mage). Like in regular platform games, there are places where the player character is required to jump, duck, or climb. The protagonist gains experience for defeating monsters, and their level rises in a true RPG fashion.

Hardware & Novelty:

Two arcade cabinets could be linked to support up to 4 simultaneous players. A single cabinet supported two simultaneous players. The hardware was typical for reasonably powerful arcade machines of the time: a 12 MHz 68000 CPU with a 4 MHZ Z80 and a 4 MHz YM2151. The architecture was similar to Asuka & Asuka, another Taito game that was developed by Visco. However, that game had a slower CPU and no multiplayer support.