Xanadu
In Legend of Xanadu, the player controls a young adventurer named Areios. Monsters attack his homeland, and he is forced to flee. After traveling by ship and arriving at the town Bolda, Areios finds out that…
Xanadu is a platform developed by Nihon Falcom, released 27 October 1985 on MSX, MSX2, PC (Microsoft Windows) and PC-8800 Series.
What Xanadu is
Xanadu is a platform game developed by Nihon Falcom and released in 1985. It is available on MSX, MSX2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PC-8800 Series and Sharp X1.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game begins with the player directly in control of the protagonist, with little to no introduction. To progress, one must speak with the king, who gives the player the bare essentials and a small amount of cash to train. After selecting which attributes to raise, the player must find his way out of the city and into the vast underground complex. Finding this exit is the first of many cryptic puzzles the player will encounter, though the game is not a puzzle game but an role-playing video game with puzzle game and adventure game elements far ahead of its time.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Xanadu series
Xanadu is the second of 10 entries we hold in the Xanadu series. It arrived a year after Dragon Slayer. The next entry was Xanadu Scenario II in 1986.
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