<s>
Ishar	B-Application
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
three	O
role-playing	O
video	O
games	O
by	O
Silmarils	O
for	O
IBM	O
PC	O
compatibles	O
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
preceded	O
by	O
Crystals	B-Application
of	I-Application
Arborea	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
games	O
are	O
played	O
in	O
first-person	O
perspective	O
,	O
with	O
all	O
but	O
Crystals	B-Application
of	I-Application
Arborea	I-Application
allowing	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
direct	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
five	O
characters	O
,	O
each	O
with	O
a	O
selectable	O
race	O
,	O
gender	O
,	O
and	O
class	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crystals	B-Application
of	I-Application
Arborea	I-Application
was	O
published	O
by	O
Silmarils	O
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
precedes	O
Ishar	B-Application
both	O
chronologically	O
and	O
by	O
its	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Morgoth	O
,	O
the	O
main	O
antagonist	O
of	O
Crystals	B-Application
of	I-Application
Arborea	I-Application
,	O
is	O
the	O
father	O
of	O
Krogh	O
,	O
the	O
one	O
of	O
Ishar	B-Application
:	O
Legend	O
of	O
the	O
Fortress	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moreover	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
heroes	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Jarel	O
's	O
companions	O
,	O
can	O
be	O
met	O
in	O
Ishar	B-Application
or	O
even	O
in	O
Ishar	B-Application
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
came	O
out	O
in	O
1992	O
on	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
DOS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
takes	O
its	O
name	O
from	O
Krogh	O
's	O
fortress	O
,	O
Ishar	B-Application
,	O
whose	O
name	O
means	O
"	O
unknown	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
fictional	O
elf	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ishar	B-Application
2	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
1993	O
on	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
DOS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Ishar	B-Application
2	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
starts	O
with	O
the	O
character	O
of	O
Zubaran	O
,	O
who	O
is	O
the	O
new	O
lord	O
of	O
Ishar	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
possible	O
to	O
import	O
a	O
party	O
of	O
characters	O
from	O
the	O
first	O
Ishar	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
game	O
has	O
a	O
combat	O
system	O
that	O
's	O
more	O
ergonomic	O
than	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
Ishar	B-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
day-night	O
cycle	O
in	O
which	O
shops	O
are	O
closed	O
at	O
night	O
and	O
the	O
nightclub	O
is	O
closed	O
by	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ishar	B-Application
3	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
period	O
,	O
like	O
the	O
islands	O
of	O
Ishar	B-Application
2	O
,	O
has	O
its	O
own	O
climate	O
and	O
type	O
of	O
landscape	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
fourth	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
Ishar	B-Application
4	O
,	O
was	O
in	O
development	O
and	O
announced	O
in	O
1995	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
CD	I-Device
under	O
the	O
working	O
title	O
Ishar	B-Application
Genesis	O
and	O
was	O
intended	O
for	O
a	O
December	O
1995	O
release	O
but	O
development	O
was	O
discontinued	O
for	O
unknown	O
reasons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Former	O
Silmarils	O
programmer	O
Cyril	O
Cogordan	O
stated	O
that	O
ideas	O
created	O
for	O
the	O
unreleased	O
fourth	O
installment	O
were	O
later	O
implemented	O
in	O
Asghan	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Dragon	I-Application
Slayer	I-Application
,	O
released	O
three	O
years	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
