<s>
is	O
a	O
1988	O
post-apocalyptic	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
NEC	B-Device
PC-8801	I-Device
,	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
,	O
Sharp	B-Device
X68000	I-Device
,	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
PC	O
Engine	O
CD-ROM²	O
,	O
and	O
Nintendo	O
Family	O
Computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Described	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
antithesis	O
of	O
the	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
series	O
,	O
the	O
introductory	O
story	O
deals	O
with	O
life	O
after	O
all	O
organisms	O
(	O
humans	O
and	O
animals	O
)	O
have	O
been	O
wiped	O
out	O
by	O
a	O
mysterious	O
force	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
had	O
a	O
sequel	O
,	O
After	O
Armageddon	O
Gaiden	O
,	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Working	O
Designs	O
planned	O
to	O
release	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
as	O
A	O
Side	O
Story	O
of	O
Armageddon	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
localization	O
was	O
cancelled	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
demise	O
of	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
history	O
of	O
humanity	O
ended	O
and	O
dominion	O
of	O
the	O
planet	O
returned	O
to	O
the	O
demons	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Meanwhile	O
,	O
an	O
army	O
of	O
robots	O
wage	O
World	O
War	O
IV	O
against	O
the	O
demons	B-Operating_System
in	O
order	O
to	O
conquer	O
what	O
is	O
now	O
known	O
as	O
Makai	O
-	O
the	O
Demon	B-Operating_System
World	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
demons	B-Operating_System
attempt	O
to	O
gain	O
dominion	O
on	O
the	O
humans	O
 '	O
old	O
planet	O
while	O
the	O
robots	O
intend	O
to	O
impose	O
a	O
millennium	O
of	O
logic	O
and	O
dictatorial	O
force	O
throughout	O
Makai	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
featuring	O
turn-based	O
fights	O
viewed	O
from	O
a	O
third-person	O
perspective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
the	O
demon	B-Operating_System
soldiers	O
and	O
their	O
enemies	O
may	O
cast	O
magic	B-Application
spells	B-Application
or	O
physical	O
attacks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
magic	B-Application
attacks	O
have	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
inflict	O
poison	O
damage	O
on	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
creatures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
a	O
creature	O
is	O
poisoned	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
spare	O
some	O
of	O
their	O
creature	O
's	O
magic	B-Application
points	I-Application
in	O
order	O
to	O
cure	O
the	O
affected	O
monster	O
through	O
the	O
spell	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
plays	O
like	O
a	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
and	O
graves	O
of	O
fallen	O
demons	B-Operating_System
by	O
the	O
home	O
base	O
remind	O
the	O
player	O
of	O
the	O
situation	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
two	O
groups	O
of	O
four	O
monsters	O
that	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
;	O
a	O
"	O
daytime	B-Protocol
"	O
group	O
and	O
a	O
"	O
nighttime	O
"	O
group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
it	O
becomes	O
night	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
daytime	B-Protocol
group	O
becomes	O
inactive	O
and	O
the	O
nighttime	O
group	O
takes	O
over	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
monsters	O
can	O
use	O
their	O
healing	O
spells	B-Application
to	O
cure	O
conditions	O
like	O
poisoning	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
known	O
way	O
to	O
cure	O
HP	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
other	O
than	O
via	O
items	O
spread	O
throughout	O
the	O
dungeons	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
or	O
by	O
using	O
the	O
magic	B-Application
spell	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
None	O
of	O
the	O
background	O
music	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
resembles	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
PC	O
Engine	O
or	O
the	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
versions	O
existed	O
for	O
the	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
version	O
;	O
a	O
"	O
large	O
memory	O
version	O
"	O
with	O
normal	O
levels	O
of	O
animation	O
and	O
the	O
"	O
small	O
memory	O
version	O
"	O
with	O
slightly	O
reduced	O
levels	O
of	O
animation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
version	O
also	O
comes	O
in	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
three	O
CD-ROMs	O
and	O
requires	O
1	O
megabyte	O
of	O
RAM	O
(	O
for	O
the	O
low	O
memory	O
version	O
)	O
and	O
2	O
megabytes	O
of	O
RAM	O
(	O
for	O
the	O
high	O
memory	O
version	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
3.5	B-Device
"	I-Device
floppy	I-Device
disk	I-Device
is	O
needed	O
to	O
save	O
the	O
game	O
;	O
which	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
purchased	O
separately	O
from	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Transition	O
time	O
between	O
"	O
daytime	B-Protocol
"	O
and	O
"	O
nighttime	O
"	O
characters	O
has	O
been	O
eliminated	O
in	O
the	O
PC	O
Engine	O
version	O
,	O
leading	O
to	O
an	O
immediate	O
swap	O
of	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
