<s>
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Xanadu	B-Application
:	I-Application
Dragon	I-Application
Slayer	I-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Nihon	O
Falcom	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
1985	B-Application
for	O
the	O
PC-8801	B-Device
,	O
X1	B-Device
,	O
PC-8001	B-Device
,	O
PC-9801	B-Operating_System
,	O
FM-7	B-Device
and	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enhanced	O
remakes	O
were	O
later	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
,	O
PC-9801	B-Operating_System
and	O
Windows	B-Application
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
second	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
Dragon	B-Application
Slayer	I-Application
series	O
,	O
preceded	O
by	O
Dragon	B-Application
Slayer	I-Application
and	O
followed	O
by	O
Dragon	B-Application
Slayer	I-Application
Jr	I-Application
:	I-Application
Romancia	I-Application
,	O
which	O
,	O
as	O
most	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
Dragon	B-Application
Slayer	I-Application
series	O
,	O
have	O
very	O
little	O
relation	O
with	O
each	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xanadu	B-Application
set	O
a	O
sales	B-Application
record	I-Application
for	I-Application
computer	I-Application
games	I-Application
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
with	O
over	O
400,000	O
copies	O
sold	O
there	O
in	O
1985	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
foundations	O
of	O
the	O
role-playing	O
genre	O
,	O
particularly	O
the	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
subgenre	O
,	O
featuring	O
real-time	O
action	B-Application
combat	O
combined	O
with	O
full-fledged	O
character	O
statistics	O
,	O
innovative	O
gameplay	O
systems	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Karma	B-Application
meter	O
and	O
individual	O
experience	O
for	O
equipped	O
items	O
,	O
and	O
platform	O
game	O
elements	O
combined	O
with	O
the	O
dungeon	O
crawl	O
gameplay	O
of	O
its	O
predecessor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
year	O
saw	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Xanadu	B-Application
Scenario	O
II	O
,	O
an	O
early	O
example	O
of	O
an	O
expansion	O
pack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
spawned	O
the	O
Xanadu	B-Application
series	O
,	O
a	O
spin-off	O
from	O
the	O
Dragon	B-Application
Slayer	I-Application
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dragon	B-Application
Slayer	I-Application
laid	O
the	O
foundations	O
for	O
the	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
genre	O
,	O
influencing	O
future	O
series	O
like	O
Ys	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xanadu	B-Application
was	O
an	O
early	O
real-time	O
action	B-Application
RPG	I-Application
with	O
full-fledged	O
character	O
statistics	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
introduced	O
several	O
innovative	O
gameplay	O
mechanics	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Karma	B-Application
morality	O
system	O
,	O
individual	O
experience	O
for	O
equipped	O
items	O
,	O
a	O
heavy	O
emphasis	O
on	O
puzzle-solving	O
,	O
equipment	O
that	O
changes	O
the	O
player	O
character	O
's	O
visible	O
appearance	O
,	O
food	O
that	O
is	O
consumed	O
slowly	O
over	O
time	O
and	O
is	O
essential	O
for	O
keeping	O
the	O
player	O
character	O
alive	O
,	O
magic	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
attack	O
enemies	O
from	O
a	O
distance	O
,	O
and	O
training	O
facilities	O
to	O
improve	O
various	O
statistics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
Falcom	O
's	O
own	O
later	O
Ys	B-Application
series	O
,	O
damage	O
is	O
done	O
by	O
walking	O
directly	O
into	O
the	O
enemy	O
,	O
but	O
unlike	O
with	O
Ys	B-Application
,	O
in	O
Xanadu	B-Application
it	O
does	O
n't	O
matter	O
which	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
target	O
's	O
body	O
the	O
player	O
character	O
runs	O
into	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
view	O
in	O
Xanadu	B-Application
is	O
a	O
side-scrolling	O
platformer	O
view	O
,	O
though	O
it	O
is	O
more	O
in	O
line	O
with	O
Sorcerian	B-Application
than	O
a	O
typical	O
platformer	O
such	O
as	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
player	O
kills	O
too	O
many	O
good	O
enemies	O
,	O
the	O
Karma	B-Application
statistic	O
will	O
rise	O
,	O
at	O
which	O
point	O
the	O
temples	O
will	O
refuse	O
to	O
level	O
up	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xanadu	B-Application
has	O
a	O
limited	O
number	O
of	O
enemies	O
in	O
each	O
area	O
,	O
to	O
deter	O
powerleveling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
requires	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
think	O
ahead	O
about	O
how	O
he	O
handles	O
the	O
enemies	O
,	O
how	O
to	O
get	O
the	O
most	O
experience	O
out	O
of	O
them	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
keep	O
Karma	B-Application
from	O
getting	O
too	O
high	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
autosaves	B-General_Concept
right	O
before	O
a	O
boss	O
fight	O
and	O
after	O
leaving	O
a	O
building	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
remake	O
did	O
away	O
with	O
this	O
by	O
adding	O
a	O
Save	O
command	O
in	O
the	O
status	O
menu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Xanadu	B-Application
OVA	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1988	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
the	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
a	O
manga	O
,	O
titled	O
Xanadu	B-Application
:	O
The	O
Legend	O
of	O
Dragon	B-Application
Slayer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
Fieg	O
is	O
a	O
21st-century	O
soldier	O
from	O
the	O
near	O
future	O
who	O
is	O
dropped	O
into	O
Xanadu	B-Application
after	O
a	O
bloody	O
ambush	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
soundtrack	O
to	O
the	O
movie	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
record	O
,	O
cassette	B-Device
,	O
and	O
compact	O
disc	O
shortly	O
thereafter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
manga	O
follows	O
the	O
plot	O
of	O
the	O
movie	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
drawn	O
by	O
Tsuzuki	O
Kazuhiko	O
( 都築和彦	O
)	O
,	O
who	O
also	O
did	O
work	O
on	O
Falcom	O
's	O
Ys	B-Application
and	O
Sorcerian	B-Application
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
republished	O
as	O
a	O
17	O
part	O
serial	O
webcomic	O
by	O
Falcom	O
for	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Revival	O
Xanadu	B-Application
on	O
the	O
Falcom	O
website	O
,	O
with	O
accompanying	O
music	O
and	O
an	O
English	O
translation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
its	O
original	O
PC-8801	B-Device
release	O
,	O
Xanadu	B-Application
features	O
music	O
composed	O
by	O
Toshiya	O
Takahashi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
promote	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Japanese	O
heavy	O
metal	O
band	O
Anthem	O
released	O
an	O
LP	O
with	O
two	O
image	O
songs	O
,	O
titled	O
"	O
XANADU	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
1987	O
,	O
have	O
a	O
different	O
score	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xanadu	B-Application
Scenario	O
II	O
,	O
an	O
expansion	O
pack	O
,	O
features	O
a	O
much	O
larger	O
set	O
of	O
songs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Revival	O
Xanadu	B-Application
and	O
Revival	O
Xanadu	B-Application
II	O
Remix	O
,	O
two	O
loose	O
remakes	O
made	O
by	O
Falcom	O
in	O
the	O
1990s	O
,	O
feature	O
their	O
own	O
unique	O
soundtracks	O
as	O
well	O
,	O
composed	O
by	O
Falcom	O
's	O
sound	O
team	O
members	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aside	O
from	O
Xanadu	B-Language
Next	I-Language
and	O
Legend	O
of	O
Xanadu	B-Application
,	O
no	O
Xanadu	B-Application
titles	O
have	O
received	O
a	O
full	O
,	O
independent	O
original	O
soundtrack	O
on	O
compact	O
disc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
a	O
soundtrack	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
both	O
Xanadu	B-Application
and	O
Xanadu	B-Application
Scenario	O
II	O
on	O
a	O
12	O
"	O
vinyl	O
record	O
album	O
,	O
titled	O
Xanadu	B-Application
Anthem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Selections	O
from	O
Xanadus	B-Application
music	O
can	O
be	O
heard	O
in	O
various	O
Falcom	O
albums	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
1987	O
"	O
All	O
Over	O
Xanadu	B-Application
"	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
featuring	O
arranged	O
versions	O
of	O
Xanadu	B-Application
and	O
Scenario	O
IIs	O
soundtrack	O
being	O
played	O
by	O
a	O
rock	B-Application
band	I-Application
combined	O
with	O
a	O
live	O
orchestra	O
and	O
synthesizers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
theme	O
of	O
the	O
Xanadu	B-Application
franchise	O
,	O
"	O
La	O
Valse	O
Pour	O
Xanadu	B-Application
"	O
,	O
has	O
been	O
featured	O
in	O
the	O
PC-88	B-Device
and	O
PC-98	B-Operating_System
versions	O
of	O
Xanadu	B-Application
and	O
remixed	O
into	O
several	O
audio	O
tracks	O
in	O
Xanadu	B-Language
Next	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xanadu	B-Application
was	O
a	O
pioneer	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
industry	O
,	O
and	O
received	O
critical	O
praise	O
from	O
Japanese	O
gaming	O
magazines	O
and	O
a	O
large	O
fan	O
base	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2005	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Falcom	O
,	O
its	O
1985	B-Application
sales	B-Application
record	I-Application
of	O
over	O
400,000	O
copies	O
sold	O
in	O
Japan	O
has	O
yet	O
to	O
be	O
broken	O
by	O
any	O
role-playing	O
PC	O
game	O
released	O
in	O
that	O
country	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Tokihiro	O
Naito	O
of	O
T&E	O
Soft	O
has	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
first	O
Hydlide	B-Application
(	O
1984	O
)	O
,	O
an	O
action-RPG	B-Application
like	O
Xanadu	B-Application
,	O
sold	O
one-million	O
copies	O
across	O
all	O
computer	O
formats	O
when	O
combining	O
the	O
sales	O
-	O
matching	O
the	O
Famicom	O
version	O
's	O
sales	O
of	O
also	O
one	O
million	O
copies	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
French	O
magazine	O
Joypad	O
reviewed	O
the	O
PC-Engine	B-General_Concept
version	O
and	O
gave	O
it	O
a	O
97%	O
score	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xanadu	B-Application
is	O
the	O
only	O
title	O
Falcom	O
has	O
given	O
a	O
complete	O
commemorative	O
re-release	O
in	O
its	O
original	O
1980s	O
packaging	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
they	O
had	O
various	O
degrees	O
of	O
success	O
with	O
older	O
titles	O
,	O
Xanadu	B-Application
was	O
Falcom	O
's	O
breakthrough	O
that	O
brought	O
them	O
into	O
the	O
spotlight	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Origin	O
Systems	O
founder	O
and	O
Ultima	O
series	O
creator	O
Richard	O
Garriott	O
flew	O
into	O
Tokyo	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
meeting	O
with	O
Nihon	O
Falcom	O
about	O
having	O
Origin	O
release	O
Xanadu	B-Application
in	O
the	O
US	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
having	O
Falcom	O
help	O
with	O
releasing	O
a	O
port	O
of	O
Ultima	B-Application
IV	I-Application
:	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Avatar	I-Application
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xanadu	B-Application
contained	O
artwork	O
directly	O
lifted	O
from	O
the	O
manuals	O
of	O
the	O
role-playing	O
game	O
Ultima	B-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
Exodus	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
presentation	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
several	O
digitized	O
pictures	O
from	O
the	O
manual	O
of	O
Ultima	B-Application
III	I-Application
appeared	O
in	O
various	O
shops	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xanadu	B-Application
received	O
the	O
following	O
expansions	O
and	O
re-releases	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Xanadu	B-Application
Scenario	O
II	O
:	O
An	O
expansion	O
pack	O
released	O
in	O
1986	O
and	O
requiring	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
still	O
have	O
the	O
original	O
Xanadu	B-Application
disk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
creating	O
a	O
new	O
custom	O
Xanadu	B-Application
Scenario	O
II	O
disk	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
needs	O
to	O
insert	O
the	O
original	O
Xanadu	B-Application
disk	O
,	O
create	O
a	O
character	O
as	O
done	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
Xanadu	B-Application
,	O
and	O
then	O
insert	O
the	O
Scenario	O
II	O
disk	O
when	O
prompted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Revival	O
Xanadu	B-Application
:	O
A	O
PC-9801	B-Operating_System
remake	O
produced	O
by	O
Falcom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
"	O
Easy	O
Mode	O
"	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
Revival	O
Xanadu	B-Application
II	O
Remix	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Revival	O
Xanadu	B-Application
II	O
Remix	O
:	O
A	O
PC-9801	B-Operating_System
semi-remake	O
of	O
Scenario	O
II	O
,	O
though	O
it	O
has	O
a	O
completely	O
different	O
soundtrack	O
and	O
new	O
maps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Falcom	O
Classics	O
:	O
A	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
compilation	O
,	O
featuring	O
remade	O
versions	O
of	O
Ys	B-Application
,	O
Dragon	B-Application
Slayer	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Xanadu	B-Application
along	O
with	O
emulated	B-Application
copies	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
things	O
were	O
altered	O
,	O
including	O
an	O
easier-to-understand	O
"	O
Saturn	B-Device
Mode	O
"	O
and	O
a	O
graphic	O
style	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
Revival	O
Xanadu	B-Application
with	O
a	O
larger	O
color	B-Data_Structure
palette	I-Data_Structure
.	O
</s>
<s>
Revival	O
Xanadu	B-Application
(	O
Memorial	O
Games	O
)	O
:	O
A	O
port	O
of	O
Revival	O
Xanadu	B-Application
to	O
Windows	O
95/Windows	O
98	O
by	O
developer	O
Unbalance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
faster-tempo	O
battle	O
songs	O
are	O
sped	O
up	O
to	O
a	O
higher	O
pitch	O
instead	O
of	O
a	O
swifter	O
tempo	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphics	O
are	O
overly	O
saturated	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
PC-9801	B-Operating_System
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xanadu	B-Application
Complete	O
Reprint	O
Edition	O
:	O
A	O
commemorative	O
reprint	O
of	O
the	O
1985	B-Application
original	O
version	O
,	O
down	O
to	O
the	O
soft	O
plastic	O
case	O
and	O
manual	O
,	O
aside	O
from	O
the	O
game	O
being	O
on	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
instead	O
of	O
diskette	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
CD-ROM	B-Device
using	O
Project	O
EGG	O
's	O
emulator	B-Application
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
influence	O
of	O
Xanadu	B-Application
has	O
been	O
felt	O
in	O
many	O
games	O
developed	O
by	O
Falcom	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
development	O
houses	O
which	O
have	O
copied	O
the	O
look	O
and	O
feel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ys	B-Application
featured	O
a	O
similar	O
but	O
quicker	O
and	O
more	O
complex	O
"	O
bump	O
"	O
system	O
for	O
combat	O
used	O
in	O
Ys	B-Application
I	I-Application
,	O
Ys	B-Application
II	I-Application
and	O
Ys	B-Application
IV	O
,	O
while	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
later	O
Dragon	B-Application
Slayer	I-Application
games	O
Romancia	B-Application
,	O
Dragon	B-Application
Slayer	I-Application
IV	I-Application
and	O
Sorcerian	B-Application
all	O
had	O
similar	O
side-scrolling	O
viewpoints	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
this	O
bump	O
system	O
did	O
not	O
start	O
with	O
Xanadu	B-Application
,	O
but	O
with	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
Dragon	B-Application
Slayer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
smaller	O
companies	O
copied	O
the	O
"	O
bump	O
"	O
system	O
,	O
mostly	O
in	O
obscure	O
PC-8801	B-Device
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
influence	O
also	O
extended	O
beyond	O
action	B-Application
RPGs	I-Application
,	O
with	O
the	O
way	O
the	O
game	O
reworked	O
the	O
entire	O
game	O
system	O
considered	O
an	O
influence	O
on	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
,	O
which	O
would	O
do	O
the	O
same	O
for	O
each	O
of	O
its	O
installments	O
,	O
as	O
its	O
developer	O
Square	O
was	O
previously	O
the	O
publisher	O
for	O
the	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Dragon	B-Application
Slayer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xanadu	B-Application
is	O
also	O
like	O
"	O
Zelda	B-Application
2	I-Application
"	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
being	O
an	O
"	O
RPG	O
turned	O
on	O
its	O
side	O
"	O
that	O
allowed	O
players	O
to	O
run	O
,	O
jump	O
,	O
collect	O
,	O
and	O
explore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
spawned	O
the	O
Xanadu	B-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
a	O
large	O
set	O
of	O
follow-ups	O
,	O
despite	O
itself	O
being	O
technically	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
Dragon	B-Application
Slayer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beside	O
Faxanadu	O
,	O
these	O
include	O
the	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
games	I-Application
The	O
Legend	O
of	O
Xanadu	B-Application
( 風の伝説ザナドゥ	O
,	O
Kaze	O
no	O
Densetsu	O
Xanadu	B-Application
)	O
and	O
its	O
sequel	O
The	O
Legend	O
of	O
Xanadu	B-Application
II	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1994	O
and	O
1995	O
respectively	O
for	O
the	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
CD	I-General_Concept
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Xanadu	B-Language
Next	I-Language
,	O
released	O
in	O
2005	O
for	O
the	O
Nokia	B-Device
N-Gage	I-Device
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Tokyo	B-Application
Xanadu	I-Application
,	O
released	O
in	O
2015	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
and	O
re-released	O
in	O
2016	O
as	O
an	O
enhanced	O
version	O
titled	O
Tokyo	B-Application
Xanadu	I-Application
eX+	I-Application
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
