Dragon Slayer - Definition and Overview

Dragon Slayer is a computer role-playing game published in 1984 by Falcom on the NEC PC8801 computer system, giving rise to a series of sequels, all created by Falcom. Many of the early titles in this series were released for the MSX computer console.

Of the games originally released for the Nintendo Family Computer , Dragon Slayer Family was released on the North American Nintendo Entertainment System as Legacy of the Wizard and Faxanadu was released on that console as well. An English version of Sorcerian was also released in North America, for many different platforms.

The game in the series include:

• 1.1 - Dragon Slayer (1984)
• 2.1 - Xanadu (1985)
• 2.2 - Xanadu Scenario II (1986)
• 2.3 - Faxanadu (1986)
• 3.1 - Romancia (1986)
• 4.1 - Dragon Slayer Family (1987)
• 5.1 - Sorcerian (1987)
• 5.2 - Sorcerian Additional Scenarios Vol.1 (1988)
• 5.3 - Sengoku Sorcerian (1988)
• 5.4 - Pyramid Sorcerian (1988)
• 6.1 - The Legend of Heroes (1989)
• 6.2 - The Legend of Heroes II (1992)
• 7.1 - Lord Monarch (1991)
• 7.2 - Advanced Lord Monarch (1991)
• 7.3 - Monarch Monarch (1994)
• 8.1 - The Legend of Xanadu (1994)
• 8.2 - The Legend of Xanadu II (1995)

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