Silver is an action role-playing video game for Microsoft Windows, Dreamcast and Mac OS, released in 1999.

The story focuses around a young warrior called David and his quest to retrieve his wife from the clutches of the villain Silver.

The battle system of Silver is notable for being completely real-time, as opposed to many similar light role-playing games, which usually have turn-based combat.

The story focuses largely on collecting eight magic orbs representing different elements: Fire, Ice, Health, Earth, Acid, Lightning, Time and Light.

Silver takes place in the island region of Jarrah, commonly known as the 'Wheel of Life' for the fact that it is shaped like a wheel.

In the faraway Forest of Verdante, David, a young man, peacefully lives together with his wife Jennifer and his grandfather.

They hear rumors about the resistance, a rebel group with the goal to finally set an end to Silver's reign.

After his escape, David, now full of pain and anger, finally joins the rebels to fight Silver.

They make a coordinated move on Rain, a huge city, only to barely miss the galleon carrying the women.

William (who lost his wife Camille at the start of the game) is furious and leaves, while the others meet at the Oracle.

As prophecy foretold, Silver can only be defeated by collecting eight magic spheres, each resembling another region of Jarrah: Fire, Ice, Earth, Lightning, Poison, Regeneration, Time and Light.

Also in knowledge of the prophecy, Silver previously found some of the spheres and sealed them in other castles under his control, but most of them are still lost.

Thus, David and his friends have to travel to differently themed locations like a lost underwater station or a castle made from ice.

Spires houses the healing orb - an underwater city in which Silver's guards are laying in ambush.

Ruben's home contains the fourth (lightning), while earth and acid are found in Glass' palace and the Sewers respectively.

They take a ship from Verdante and manage to find the dead rebel, who tells them it was William - in hopes of getting his wife back from Silver.

It is revealed that Silver plans to seal a pact with the demon of apocalypse, first formed by his murdering of his own wife.

By sacrificing every woman capable of child birth, Silver wants to appease the dark god Apocalypse and gain ultimate power.

Silver's fortress Metalon crumbles as the adventurers are making their escape while Glass teleports everyone to safety.

The Library Of Gno also has caverns underneath it, and, in the beginning of the game, has a lot of trouble with imps and summoned demons.

The large, dark city hosts several important places like Chains, Silver's dungeon, the pub and the harbor.

It houses two orbs (Ice and Earth) and has caverns underneath, on top of which a big icy castle awaits (the property of Glass, Silver's daughter).

During the game, he joins the rebels and sets off to find the eight magical orbs that will aid the player to defeat Silver.

[9][10] John Lee of NextGen's January 2000 issue called the PC original "A good way to spend a promising (k)night.

"[27] Nine issues later, Greg Orlando of the same magazine said of the Dreamcast port, "Grand in scale but mundane in delivery, Silver shines like bronze.

"[26] PlanetDreamcast gave the same console version a mixed review, over a month before the game was released Stateside.

[22] Anthony Baise of AllGame gave the PC version four stars out of five, calling it "an amazing game.

"[33] Edge gave the PC version seven out of ten, saying, "Essentially, Silver just wants to sit you on its knee and spin you a yarn, rather than give you the freedom to make one for yourself.

But as long as you accept that, you'll find it a refreshingly light alternative to the usual PC RPG fare.