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[[Flight-Plan]]'s first [[Strategy RPG]] series. The games, particularly the first one, have a strong Abrahamic motif to them. Unlike Flight-Plan's [[Summon Night|other SRPG series]], the Black/Matrix games do not share the same universe with each other. They do, however, share many common characteristics. In all of them, there are three races of people: the white-winged angels, the black-winged devils, and the wingless humans. The angels and devils hate each other for one reason or another. The humans are relatively weak compared to the winged people and tend to believe the angels are good and that the devils are evil. The truth is usually a bit murkier than that.
 
When the first game came out, it was described as [[X 1999|X]] or [[Angel Sanctuary]] [[X Meets Y|meets]] [[Final Fantasy Tactics]]. Nowadays, the series can also be described as a [[Darker and Edgier]] [[Disgaea]].<ref>[[Disgaea: Hour of Darkness|The first Disgaea game]] can be considered an [[Alternate Company Equivalent]]. It shares many similarities with the B/M games that predate it. For starters, both series are SRPGs that feature humans, angels, and devils/demons (both ''akuma'' in Japanese) with their own generically-named worlds, the same across both. The demons of Disgaea have a [[Bad Is Good and Good Is Bad]] mentality much like the first B/M. The general plot of Disgaea mirrors B/M 2. Both protagonists are family members of their somewhat-dead Maou, are recently awakened/resurrected, working to stabilize Makai in the absence of the Maou, have to contend with humans being manipulated by angels, spend most of the game in Makai with the end part in Tenkai, revolve mostly around a [[Power Trio]] dynamic in terms of plot, have a token angel party member, come with multiple endings, and have a new game plus feature. The main differences are general tone and mechanics. Flight-Plan's offering is [[Darker and Edgier]] with [[Anti-Grinding]] whereas [[Nippon Ichi]]'s offering is [[Lighter and Softer]] with [[Level Grinding]]</ref>.
 
== List of Black/Matrix games (indents indicate re-releases or remakes): ==
* ''Black/Matrix'' (Sega Saturn; 2727th August 1998)
** ''Black/Matrix AD'' (Sega Dreamcast; 3030th September 1999)
** ''Black/Matrix Cross'' (Sony Playstation; 1414th December 2000 <ref>PSone Classics; 24th December 2009 to 24th December 2010</ref>)
* ''Black/Matrix II'' (Sony Playstation 2; 2828th March 2002)
* ''Black/Matrix Zero'' (Nintendo Game Boy Advance; 3030th August 2002)
** ''Black/Matrix 00'' (Sony Playstation; 1313th May 2004 <ref>PSone Classics; 10th February 2010 to 24th December 2010</ref>)<ref>Excluding re-releases, this was the last PS1 game released in Japan. It was also the last Black/Matrix game as the division in charge was [https://web.archive.org/web/20111215190206/http://rpgfan.com/features/interviews2007/index1.html sold to GungHo Online Entertainment] after this.</ref>
 
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