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Summary

Defenders of Oasis (often just called Oasis) drops you into a richly imagined world drawn from One Thousand and One Nights, where you play as the Prince of Shadam. The game’s overhead view lets you wander bustling villages and looming castles, chatting with townsfolk, buying gear, and resting to recover both hit points and spell points. As you trek across the desert, random encounters trigger a text‑based command menu that lets you direct a party of four, each with their own spells and equipment, while an autosave quietly records your progress. Reviewers at the time praised the vibrant, detailed sprites that push the Game Gear’s four‑megabyte limit, and a dynamic Oriental soundtrack that adds extra flair to the adventure. Despite occasional grind in combat, the title earned high scores and is still remembered as the best RPG on the handheld.

Storyline

In *Defenders of Oasis* the ancient hero Jamshid once sealed the dark god Ahriman and founded the kingdom of Shadam. A thousand years later the kingdom enjoys peace under King Shadam VII, but Ahriman’s servant Zahhak’s descendants stir trouble, seeking the three holy rings that keep the evil bound. The king sends his son, the Prince, to escort Princess Mariam of Mahamoud—keeper of one ring—away from the invading Yufurat Empire.

The Prince is ambushed by the traitorous General Gaddafi, rescued by a hidden resistance, and learns of a magic lamp in the royal treasury. The lamp houses a powerful Jinn who becomes his ally, allowing the Prince to defeat Gaddafi and avenge his dying tutor. After a shipwreck on an island, the Prince and the sailor Sindbad are separated, but the Jinn’s spell teleports them to Mahamoud, where they meet the magician Kala Han and obtain a passport to infiltrate the Yufurat capital.

With the help of a thief named Agmar, the Prince recovers the remaining rings from a tomb near Uruk, confronts the treacherous Al Karria, and learns that the king has been turned into a zombie puppet. The rings are shattered in a ceremony, prompting Ahriman’s return, and the group races to the Tower of Ziggurat.

At the tower’s summit the Roc carries them to the spiritual realm, where they battle Ahriman. Using Mariam’s amulet and the restored rings, they seal the dark god once more. The Prince ascends the throne, marries Mariam, Sindbad resumes his captaincy, and Agmar returns to prison, ending the saga of *Defenders of Oasis*.