Rance

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For Rance River, see Rance River.

Rance is a series of Japan-exclusive eroge computer role-playing games by Alice Soft featuring the title character, Rance. Starting in 1989, the series has lasted for 17 years, making it one of the longest running adult themed games ever.^[1]

The name Rance is likely an Engrish misspelling of 'Lance'.^[2] This is particularly likely due to a lance being visible in the logo for the first two games.

1 Rance
2 Rance II
3 Rance III
4 Rance IV
5 Rance 4.1
6 Rance 4.2
7 Kichikuō Rance
8 Rance 5D
9 Rance VI
10 Sengoku Rance
11 Screenshots
12 Boxart
13 Notes and references
14 External links

[edit] Rance

Rance: Hikari o Motomete (Rance -光をもとめて-, Rance: Hikari o Motomete^?) was Alice Soft's debut title^[3] and was first released on July, 1989 for the MSX. It was also later released in 1990 for Windows 3.x.

[edit] Rance II

Rance II: Hangyaku no Shōjotachi (Rance II -反逆の少女たち-, Rance II: Hangyaku no Shōjotachi^?)

[edit] Rance III

Rance III: Riizasu Kanraku (Rance III -リーザス陥落-, Rance III: Riizasu Kanraku^?)

[edit] Rance IV

Rance IV: Chōdan no Isan (Rance IV -教団の遺産-, Rance IV: Chōdan no Isan^?)

[edit] Rance 4.1

Rance 4.1: Ogusuri Kōba o Sukue! (ランス4.1 ~お薬工場を救え!~, Rance 4.1: Ogusuri Kōba o Sukue!^?)

[edit] Rance 4.2

Rance 4.2: Angel Kumi (ランス4.2 ~エンジェル組~, Rance 4.2: Angel Kumi^?)

[edit] Kichikuō Rance

Kichikuō Rance (鬼畜王ランス, Kichikuō Rance^?) - an "IF" story not part of the official timeline.

[edit] Rance 5D

Rance 5D: Hitori Bocchi no Onna no Ko (Rance5D -ひとりぼっちの女の子-, Rance 5D: Hitori Bocchi no Onna no Ko^?)

[edit] Rance VI

Rance VI: Zezu Hōkai (Rance VI -ゼス崩壊-, Rance VI: Zezu Hōkai^? lit. Rance VI - Collapse of Zeth -) was released on August 27, 2004. It features new (relative to the Alice Soft's games) 3D graphics for exploring dungeons.

[edit] Sengoku Rance

Sengoku Rance (戦国ランス, Sengoku Rance^? lit. Warring States Rance) is the latest game in the series and was released on December 15, 2006. While it is the first game to not have a number in the title, the katakana 'ス' is made to strongly resemble a '7'. This game takes place in a land known as "ＪＡＰＡＮ" (spelled that way in Japanese using full-byte English letters), which is partially modeled on medival Japan. It is especially interesting because two of the characters in the game, Ogawa Kentarō and Raisui Miki, actually came from the Japan (日本) in the real world.

[edit] Screenshots

Rance: Hikari o Motomete	Rance II: Hangyaku no Shōjotachi	Rance III: Riizasu Kanraku	Rance VI: Zezu Hōkai
Sengoku Rance

[edit] Boxart

Rance: Hikari o Motomete	Rance II: Hangyaku no Shōjotachi	Rance III: Riizasu Kanraku	Rance IV: Chōdan no Isan
Rance 4.1: Ogusuri Kōba o Sukue!	Rance 4.2: Angel Kumi	Rance 5D: Hitori Bocchi no Onna no Ko	Rance VI: Zezu Hōkai
Sengoku Rance

[edit] Notes and references

^ However, it is not the longest. For instance, the Leisure Suit Larry series has been around since Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards released in 1987.
^ The L sound does not exist in the Japanese language. The closest sound to it is an alveolar lateral flap, which is romanized as R. This makes for the common mistake of the Japanese misspelling Ls as Rs.
^ List of Alice Soft's games