<s>
Taloon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Great	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
:	O
Mystery	O
Dungeon	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
larger	O
Mystery	O
Dungeon	O
franchise	O
,	O
featuring	O
Torneko	O
,	O
the	O
merchant	O
from	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
IV	I-Application
,	O
and	O
his	O
adventures	O
around	O
the	O
Mystery	O
Dungeon	O
in	O
search	O
of	O
items	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taloon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Great	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
is	O
the	O
first	O
spin-off	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
failed	O
attempts	O
on	O
creating	O
a	O
roguelike	O
game	O
in	O
a	O
home	O
console	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Sega	O
's	O
Fatal	B-Device
Labyrinth	I-Device
and	O
Dragon	B-Application
Crystal	I-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
a	O
success	O
with	O
over	O
800,000	O
copies	O
sold	O
,	O
which	O
led	O
to	O
Chunsoft	O
turning	O
it	O
into	O
a	O
franchise	O
and	O
worked	O
on	O
both	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
indirect	O
sequel	O
and	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
original	O
series	O
,	O
Mystery	B-Application
Dungeon	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Shiren	I-Application
the	I-Application
Wanderer	I-Application
,	O
in	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
character	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
Torneko	O
,	O
originally	O
localized	O
as	O
Taloon	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
a	O
merchant	O
and	O
playable	O
character	O
from	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
IV	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
continues	O
his	O
story	O
from	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
IV	I-Application
,	O
where	O
he	O
wishes	O
to	O
make	O
his	O
store	O
famous	O
and	O
ventures	O
into	O
mystery	O
dungeons	O
to	O
retrieve	O
items	O
to	O
stock	O
in	O
his	O
store	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Torneko	O
explores	O
the	O
dungeons	O
,	O
he	O
collects	O
items	O
and	O
fights	O
monsters	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
ones	O
found	O
in	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
it	O
is	O
unknown	O
how	O
many	O
years	O
went	O
by	O
between	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
IV	I-Application
and	O
this	O
game	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
continuing	O
linear	O
story	O
thereafter	O
;	O
Torneko	B-Device
:	I-Device
The	I-Device
Last	I-Device
Hope	I-Device
happens	O
half	O
a	O
year	O
later	O
,	O
and	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
Characters	I-Application
:	I-Application
Torneko	I-Application
no	I-Application
Daibōken	I-Application
3	I-Application
seven	O
years	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taloon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Great	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Chunsoft	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
five	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Mystery	O
Dungeon	O
series	O
of	O
roguelike	O
games	O
,	O
of	O
which	O
over	O
thirty	O
have	O
been	O
produced	O
,	O
including	O
five	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
spin-offs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
and	O
finishing	O
development	O
for	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
V	I-Application
in	O
1992	O
,	O
Chunsoft	O
ceased	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
series	O
and	O
began	O
working	O
on	O
other	O
genres	O
,	O
now	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Sound	O
Novel	O
and	O
Mystery	O
Dungeon	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
a	O
week	O
,	O
Koichi	O
Nakamura	O
,	O
founder	O
of	O
Chunsoft	O
and	O
co-creator	O
of	O
the	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
series	O
,	O
played	O
Rogue	O
at	O
the	O
recommendation	O
of	O
a	O
colleague	O
,	O
Seiichiro	O
Nagahata	O
,	O
trying	O
to	O
understand	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
appeal	O
,	O
and	O
concluded	O
the	O
high	O
degree	O
of	O
challenge	O
made	O
the	O
game	O
rewarding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tasked	O
with	O
creating	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
"	O
rogue-like	O
"	O
games	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
,	O
a	O
home	O
console	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
a	O
computer	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
decided	O
to	O
use	O
characters	O
from	O
a	O
recognizable	O
franchise	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nakamura	O
initially	O
asked	O
Yuji	O
Horii	O
,	O
scenarist	O
and	O
creator	O
of	O
the	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
series	O
,	O
for	O
permission	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
games	O
as	O
the	O
template	O
,	O
including	O
Torneko	O
,	O
the	O
merchant	O
from	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
IV	I-Application
,	O
on	O
which	O
he	O
was	O
given	O
permission	O
soon	O
after	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
major	O
change	O
from	O
the	O
normal	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
game	O
was	O
the	O
replacement	O
of	O
the	O
hero	O
,	O
who	O
normally	O
had	O
a	O
grand	O
mission	O
to	O
save	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
kind	O
of	O
person	O
who	O
would	O
go	O
hunting	O
for	O
treasure	O
in	O
dungeons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
this	O
reason	O
,	O
Nakamura	O
chose	O
Torneko	O
,	O
the	O
well-loved	O
shopkeeper	O
from	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
IV	I-Application
,	O
imagining	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
exploring	O
for	O
items	O
to	O
put	O
in	O
his	O
shop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
same	O
prototype	O
was	O
later	O
put	O
on	O
sale	O
on	O
eBay	B-Application
in	O
2022	O
,	O
including	O
in-game	O
screenshots	O
and	O
an	O
official	O
translation	O
named	O
Taloon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Great	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
:	O
Mystery	O
Dungeon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
other	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
series	O
,	O
the	O
musical	O
score	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
Koichi	O
Sugiyama	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taloon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Great	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
September	O
19	O
,	O
1993	O
,	O
exclusively	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
catchphrase	O
that	O
will	O
be	O
re-used	O
throughout	O
the	O
series	O
;	O
"	O
The	O
RPG	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
1000	O
times	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
spawned	O
two	O
sequels	O
starring	O
Torneko	O
,	O
Torneko	B-Device
:	I-Device
The	I-Device
Last	I-Device
Hope	I-Device
in	O
1999	O
and	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
Characters	I-Application
:	I-Application
Torneko	I-Application
no	I-Application
Daibōken	I-Application
3	I-Application
in	O
2002	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
follow-up	O
,	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
:	I-Application
Shōnen	I-Application
Yangus	I-Application
to	I-Application
Fushigi	I-Application
no	I-Application
Dungeon	I-Application
in	O
2006	O
,	O
where	O
Torneko	O
would	O
appear	O
as	O
a	O
cameo	O
instead	O
of	O
the	O
protagonist	O
.	O
</s>
