The only game in Sqaure’s line-up created by their North American developers, Secret of Evermore begins our list. It also began the video game career of composer Jeremy Soule, known later for his work with the Dungeons & Dragons franchise, the Guild Wars games, and The Elder Scrolls series.

Despite having a similar name as well as similar mechanics to Secret of Mana, Secret of Evermore is separate from the Mana series. Instead of being set in the world of Mana, it is set in the world of Evermore. Actually, it starts out on Earth in the small town of Podunk, USA. It’s here that our protagonist comes across a laboratory and, through unfortunate circumstances, gets sent to Evermore.

And from there, you travel through the four realms of Evermore, trying to find a way back and meeting up with scientists from Earth who experienced the same mishap 30 years prior. On top of that, the game—while looking like a JRPG of the era—has a very American feel to it, with cultural references that are more familiar to a North American player than other JRPGs of the time.