<s>
is	O
a	O
1987	O
role	O
playing	O
platform	O
game	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
NEC	B-Device
PC-8801	I-Device
and	O
published	O
by	O
Game	O
Arts	O
in	O
1987	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
struck	O
a	O
deal	O
with	O
Game	O
Arts	O
and	O
had	O
the	O
game	O
re-published	O
for	O
Europe	O
and	O
North	O
America	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
compatible	O
operating	O
systems	O
in	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Zeliard	B-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
the	O
knight	O
Duke	O
Garland	O
,	O
whose	O
task	O
is	O
to	O
save	O
the	O
Kingdom	O
of	O
Zeliard	B-Application
by	O
destroying	O
the	O
evil	O
overlord	O
Jashiin	O
,	O
and	O
recovering	O
the	O
Nine	O
Tears	O
of	O
Esmesanti	O
,	O
magic	O
jewels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
ancient	O
demon	O
,	O
called	O
Jashiin	O
(	O
and	O
self-dubbed	O
as	O
the	O
Emperor	O
of	O
Chaos	O
)	O
,	O
emerges	O
from	O
a	O
two-thousand-year-old	O
sleep	O
to	O
unleash	O
his	O
wrath	O
upon	O
the	O
Kingdom	O
of	O
Zeliard	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Justifying	O
his	O
actions	O
as	O
a	O
revenge	O
upon	O
the	O
ancient	O
kings	O
of	O
Zeliard	B-Application
,	O
Jashiin	O
does	O
so	O
by	O
causing	O
a	O
sand	O
rain	O
to	O
continue	O
for	O
115	O
days	O
,	O
turning	O
the	O
kingdom	O
into	O
desert	O
;	O
as	O
well	O
,	O
he	O
turns	O
King	O
Felishika	O
's	O
only	O
daughter	O
,	O
the	O
beautiful	O
princess	O
Felicia	O
,	O
into	O
stone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
protagonist	O
and	O
player-controlled	O
character	O
,	O
Duke	O
Garland	O
,	O
is	O
sent	O
by	O
the	O
spirits	O
to	O
aid	O
Zeliard	B-Application
and	O
save	O
Felicia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zeliard	B-Application
is	O
a	O
role	O
playing	O
platform	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
