<s>
A	O
magical	O
girl	O
plot	O
,	O
the	O
games	O
tell	O
the	O
story	O
of	O
a	O
Japanese	O
schoolgirl	O
who	O
is	O
fated	O
to	O
protect	O
three	O
realms	O
by	O
wielding	O
a	O
mystical	O
sword	O
known	O
as	O
Valis	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
game	O
,	O
Valis	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Fantasm	I-Application
Soldier	I-Application
(	O
1986	O
)	O
,	O
was	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
PC-88	B-Device
and	O
ported	O
to	O
several	O
other	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
platform	O
games	O
released	O
during	O
the	O
16-bit	B-Application
era	I-Application
for	O
various	O
home	O
consoles	O
,	O
most	O
notably	O
the	O
TurboGrafx-16	B-General_Concept
and	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Mega	I-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
Valis	B-Application
games	O
are	O
platform	O
games	O
except	O
Valis	B-Application
X	I-Application
,	O
an	O
erotic	O
visual	O
novel	O
released	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
in	O
2006	O
on	O
the	O
20th	O
anniversary	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Valis	B-Application
X	I-Application
is	O
divided	O
into	O
five	O
episodes	O
that	O
retell	O
the	O
stories	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
four	O
games	O
,	O
containing	O
copious	O
amounts	O
of	O
lesbian	O
acts	O
and	O
tentacle	O
erotica	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2021	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
35th	O
anniversary	O
of	O
the	O
Valis	B-Application
series	O
,	O
Edia	O
announced	O
a	O
crowdfunding	O
campaign	O
to	O
bring	O
ports	O
of	O
the	O
Valis	B-Application
games	O
to	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
collection	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
three	O
games	O
,	O
Valis	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Fantasm	I-Application
Soldier	I-Application
Collection	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
December	O
2021	O
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
in	O
March	O
2022	O
in	O
Western	O
territories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2022	O
,	O
Edia	O
also	O
announced	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
a	O
second	O
collection	O
of	O
Valis	B-Application
that	O
will	O
feature	O
Valis	B-Application
IV	I-Application
(	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
)	O
,	O
Syd	B-Application
of	I-Application
Valis	I-Application
(	O
Genesis	O
/	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
)	O
and	O
Valis	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Fantasm	I-Application
Soldier	I-Application
(	O
Genesis	O
/	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
+YearTitleOriginal	O
platformNotes1986Valis	O
:	O
The	O
Fantasm	O
SoldierPC-88011989Valis	O
IIPC	O
Engine	O
CD-ROM²1990Valis	O
III1991Valis	O
IVPC	O
Engine	O
Super	O
CD-ROM²1992Super	O
Valis	B-Application
IVSuper	O
NESDespite	O
a	O
similar	O
name	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
significantly	O
different	O
from	O
Valis	B-Application
IVSyd	O
of	O
Valis	B-Application
(	O
SD	O
Valis	B-Application
)	O
Sega	O
GenesisSuper	O
deformed	O
remake	O
of	O
Valis	B-Application
II2006Valis	O
XWindowsErotic	O
visual	O
novelValis	O
CompleteCompilation	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
four	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
four-volume	O
Valis	B-Application
manga	O
series	O
by	O
the	O
artist	O
ZOL	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Kill	O
Time	O
Communication	O
and	O
featured	O
in	O
the	O
seinen	O
manga	O
magazine	O
Comic	O
Valkyrie	O
in	O
2007-2012	O
.	O
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