The Legend of Xanadu
An overhead fantasy ARPG that uses a similar bump-attack style to the Ys games. Some unique features include a day/night cycle, some side-on action sequences and the ability to level up your weapons and armour.
The Legend of Xanadu is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Nihon Falcom, released 18 February 1994 on Wii and Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD.
What The Legend of Xanadu is
The Legend of Xanadu is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Nihon Falcom and released in 1994. It is available on Wii and Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD.
The premise, in the publisher's words
An overhead fantasy ARPG that uses a similar bump-attack style to the Ys games. Some unique features include a day/night cycle, some side-on action sequences and the ability to level up your weapons and armour.
How it plays
Its themes are fantasy and party. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Xanadu series
The Legend of Xanadu is the fifth of 10 entries we hold in the Xanadu series. It arrived 6 years after Faxanadu. The next entry was Revival Xanadu in 1995.
What it launched against
The Legend of Xanadu launched on 18 February 1994, within three weeks of X-COM: UFO Defense, Beneath a Steel Sky and Gunbird.
Released around the same time: X-COM: UFO Defense, Beneath a Steel Sky, Gunbird.
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