Slayers
Slayers is a role-playing video game adaptation of the Slayers light novel series developed by BEC and published by Banpresto for the Super Famicom (SNES) exclusively in Japan in 1994. Powerful, avaricious…
Slayers is a role-playing (rpg) developed by BEC, released 24 June 1994 on Super Famicom.
What Slayers is
Slayers is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by BEC and released in 1994. It was published by Banpresto. It is available on Super Famicom only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Powerful, avaricious sorceress Lina Inverse travels around the world, stealing treasures from bandits who cross her path. Her latest victims, a band of thieves, wait in ambush in a forest, thirsting for revenge. When Lina is about to effortlessly pummel her would-be attackers, the swordsman Gourry Gabriev suddenly announces his presence. Assuming Lina to be a damsel in distress, the foolish yet magnanimous man confronts the brigands in order to rescue her. After defeating them posthaste, the oblivious cavalier decides to escort Lina to Atlas City. Though not very keen on this idea, she ends up accepting his offer. However, without realizing it, Lina has chanced upon a mighty magical item…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Slayers series
Slayers is the second of 7 entries we hold in the Slayers series. The next entry was Slayers Royal in 1997.
What it launched against
Slayers launched on 24 June 1994, within three weeks of Donkey Kong, Jazz Jackrabbit, Disney's The Jungle Book and Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors.
Released around the same time: Donkey Kong, Jazz Jackrabbit, Disney's The Jungle Book, Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors.
Official trailer
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