<s>
Arc	B-Application
the	I-Application
Lad	I-Application
is	O
a	O
tactical	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
G-Craft	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sony	O
Computer	O
Entertainment	O
exclusively	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
best-selling	O
Japanese	O
PlayStation	B-Device
game	B-Application
of	I-Application
1995	I-Application
with	O
over	O
a	O
million	O
copies	O
sold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
a	O
heavy	O
push	O
for	O
a	O
North	O
American	O
release	O
from	O
RPG	O
fans	O
,	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
media	O
,	O
and	O
third-party	O
publishers	O
,	O
Arc	B-Application
the	I-Application
Lad	I-Application
was	O
never	O
formally	O
released	O
outside	O
of	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
years	O
later	O
it	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
North	O
American	O
compilation	O
Arc	B-Application
the	I-Application
Lad	I-Application
Collection	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arc	B-Application
the	I-Application
Lad	I-Application
is	O
a	O
tactical	O
RPG	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
battle	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
has	O
an	O
area	O
where	O
each	O
character	O
may	O
move	O
,	O
much	O
like	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Tactics	I-Application
or	O
Tactics	B-Application
Ogre	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Tactics	I-Application
,	O
Arc	B-Application
the	I-Application
Lad	I-Application
is	O
not	O
isometric	O
,	O
therefore	O
all	O
tiles	O
are	O
the	O
same	O
size	O
and	O
shape	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
save	O
data	O
is	O
actually	O
cleared	O
save	O
game	O
data	O
that	O
they	O
can	O
use	O
to	O
transport	O
to	O
a	O
new	O
game	O
in	O
Arc	B-Application
the	I-Application
Lad	I-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Arc	B-Application
the	I-Application
Lad	I-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
the	O
towns	O
of	O
these	O
areas	O
,	O
fields	O
,	O
dungeons	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
new	O
continents	O
are	O
accessible	O
in	O
Arc	B-Application
the	I-Application
Lad	I-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
terms	O
of	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
begins	O
10	O
years	O
after	O
Yoshua	O
's	O
departure	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
opening	O
sequence	O
in	O
Arc	B-Application
the	I-Application
Lad	I-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
but	O
before	O
the	O
actual	O
storyline	O
of	O
Arc	O
II	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
release	O
,	O
Famicom	O
Tsūshin	O
scored	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
31	O
out	O
of	O
40	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Arc	B-Application
the	I-Application
Lad	I-Application
sold	O
697,000	O
units	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
ninth	O
best-selling	O
game	B-Application
of	I-Application
1995	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
decision	O
prompted	O
a	O
deluge	O
of	O
letters	O
and	O
emails	O
calling	O
for	O
a	O
North	O
American	O
release	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
early	O
1996	O
SCEA	O
caved	O
and	O
announced	O
that	O
Arc	B-Application
the	I-Application
Lad	I-Application
would	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
in	O
the	O
fourth	O
quarter	O
of	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
planned	O
release	O
date	O
approached	O
,	O
insiders	O
said	O
the	O
North	O
American	O
release	O
would	O
contain	O
both	O
Arc	B-Application
the	I-Application
Lad	I-Application
and	O
Arc	B-Application
the	I-Application
Lad	I-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
with	O
an	O
end-of-game	O
save	O
being	O
used	O
to	O
unlock	O
the	O
second	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
a	O
North	O
American	O
localization	O
did	O
eventually	O
appear	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Arc	B-Application
the	I-Application
Lad	I-Application
Collection	I-Application
in	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
