<s>
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Climax	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Taito	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
in	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
spinoff	O
of	O
Landstalker	B-Application
and	O
was	O
designed	O
with	O
female	O
gamers	O
in	O
mind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Challenge	O
from	O
the	O
Past	O
is	O
the	O
only	O
game	O
related	O
to	O
Landstalker	B-Application
that	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
outside	O
Japan	O
,	O
though	O
the	O
main	O
character	O
appeared	O
in	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
title	O
Time	B-Application
Stalkers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
game	O
entitled	O
Lady	B-Application
Stalker	I-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
mobile	O
phones	O
in	O
Japan	O
only	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
not	O
a	O
remake	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Lady	B-Application
Stalker	I-Application
,	O
but	O
an	O
entirely	O
new	O
game	O
,	O
not	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Lady	B-Application
Stalker	I-Application
shares	O
the	O
same	O
isometric	O
viewpoint	O
with	O
Landstalker	B-Application
,	O
gameplay	O
is	O
remarkably	O
different	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Landstalker	B-Application
the	O
player	O
character	O
cannot	O
jump	O
,	O
abandoning	O
the	O
most	O
prominent	O
aspect	O
of	O
its	O
predecessor	O
compared	O
to	O
other	O
games	O
of	O
the	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whereas	O
in	O
Landstalker	B-Application
the	O
enemies	O
are	O
visible	O
at	O
all	O
times	O
and	O
freely	O
move	O
around	O
the	O
map	O
,	O
in	O
Lady	B-Application
Stalker	I-Application
the	O
battles	O
are	O
randomly	O
triggered	O
and	O
cannot	O
be	O
avoided	O
until	O
all	O
enemies	O
are	O
defeated	O
,	O
shifting	O
the	O
gameplay	O
focus	O
more	O
from	O
its	O
action-adventure-roots	O
to	O
an	O
RPG	O
style	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Lady	B-Application
Stalker	I-Application
storyline	O
begins	O
with	O
Lady	O
,	O
a	O
mischievous	O
young	O
girl	O
who	O
tends	O
to	O
disobey	O
authority	O
and	O
travel	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
as	O
an	O
adventurer	O
,	O
despite	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
she	O
comes	O
from	O
a	O
rich	O
,	O
upper-class	O
family	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
initial	O
pitch	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
spinoff	O
of	O
the	O
1990	O
Famicom	O
game	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
IV	I-Application
that	O
featured	O
Princess	O
Alena	O
and	O
her	O
two	O
companions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
this	O
proposal	O
was	O
rejected	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
made	O
into	O
its	O
own	O
intellectual	O
property	O
instead	O
,	O
and	O
became	O
Lady	B-Application
Stalker	I-Application
.	O
</s>
