<s>
is	O
a	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
adaptation	O
of	O
the	O
Slayers	B-Application
light	O
novel	O
series	O
developed	O
by	O
BEC	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Banpresto	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
(	O
SNES	B-Application
)	O
exclusively	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
not	O
to	O
be	O
mistaken	O
for	O
another	O
Slayers	B-Application
game	O
that	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Banpresto	O
for	O
the	O
NEC	B-Operating_System
PC-9801	I-Operating_System
that	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
system	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
early	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
games	I-Application
and	O
other	O
classic	O
Japanese	O
role-playing	O
games	O
of	O
that	O
era	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
main	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
protagonist	O
and	O
her	O
party	O
navigates	O
different	O
areas	O
from	O
a	O
top-down	O
perspective	O
,	O
much	O
like	O
in	O
many	O
other	O
SNES	B-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
from	O
the	O
Slayers	B-Application
Special	O
series	O
(	O
Naga	O
the	O
Serpent	O
,	O
Lemmy	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
characters	O
from	O
the	O
Slayers	B-Application
Special	O
novels	O
are	O
present	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
introducing	O
the	O
manga	O
Slayers	B-Application
:	O
Knight	O
of	O
Aqualord	O
,	O
Slayers	B-Application
creator	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
co-writer	O
Hajime	O
Kanzaka	O
described	O
several	O
of	O
the	O
alternative	O
continuities	O
across	O
mediums	O
,	O
mentioning	O
this	O
game	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
them	O
taking	O
place	O
after	O
the	O
first	O
arc	O
of	O
the	O
novel	O
series	O
,	O
namely	O
after	O
the	O
eighth	O
novel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
follows	O
her	O
adventures	O
across	O
different	O
locations	O
in	O
the	O
Slayers	B-Application
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slayers	B-Application
was	O
Japan	O
's	O
#3	O
best-selling	O
SNES	B-Application
game	O
during	O
July	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
