<s>
NEStalgia	B-Application
is	O
game	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
created	O
by	O
American	O
indie	O
developer	O
Silk	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NEStalgia	B-Application
was	O
launched	O
on	O
February	O
23	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
then	O
released	O
for	O
Steam	B-Application
on	O
April	O
15	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
core	O
gameplay	O
follows	O
the	O
classic	O
Japanese	O
role-playing	O
game	O
format	O
(	O
particularly	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
)	O
with	O
turn-based	O
battles	O
,	O
random	O
encounters	O
,	O
and	O
explorable	O
towns	O
and	O
dungeons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
focus	O
of	O
NEStalgia	B-Application
is	O
a	O
cooperative	O
party	O
system	O
in	O
which	O
players	O
join	O
up	O
to	O
battle	O
monsters	O
and	O
complete	O
quests	O
together	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
designed	O
by	O
Ben	O
Mallahan	O
,	O
who	O
has	O
been	O
creating	O
online	O
games	O
using	O
the	O
BYOND	O
game	B-Application
creation	I-Application
system	I-Application
since	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NEStalgia	B-Application
was	O
in	O
development	O
for	O
two	O
years	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
an	O
11-month	O
public	O
beta	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
release	O
,	O
NEStalgia	B-Application
has	O
undergone	O
many	O
changes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
NEStalgia	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
and	O
powered	O
using	O
BYOND	O
,	O
it	O
became	O
downloadable	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
game	O
in	O
June	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NEStalgia	B-Application
was	O
submitted	O
to	O
Steam	B-Application
Greenlight	O
in	O
August	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
Greenlit	O
on	O
August	O
28	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
then	O
launched	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
on	O
April	O
15	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
