| Legacy of the Wizard | |
|---|---|
 North American box art | |
| Developer(s) | Nihon Falcom |
| Publisher(s) | Nihon Falcom (MSX) Namco (FC) Broderbund (NES) |
| Designer(s) | Yoshio Kiya[3] |
| Composer(s) | Yuzo Koshiro Mieko Ishikawa |
| Series | Dragon Slayer |
| Platform(s) | MSX2 Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Release | MSX2
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| Genre(s) | Action RPG, platform-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Dragon Slayer IV: Drasle Family,[a] released outside Japan as Legacy of the Wizard, is a 1987 action role-playing platform video game developed and published by Nihon Falcom for the MSX2. A port for the Nintendo Entertainment System was released in Japan in July 1987 by Namco and internationally in 1989 by Broderbund.[3] It is the fourth installment of the Dragon Slayer series, and one of only five Dragon Slayer games that were localized outside Japan. The game was an early example of an open-world, non-linear action RPG, combining action-RPG gameplay with what would later be called "Metroidvania"-style action-adventure elements.[4] Namco's successor, Bandai Namco Entertainment later released the NES version on the international version of Namcot Collection.[5]
- ^ "Availability Update" (PDF). Computer Entertainer. Vol. 8, no. 2. May 1989. p. 14.
- ^ "The Official Game Pak Directory". Nintendo Power. Nintendo of America. May 1993.
- ^ a b John Harris (July 2, 2009). "Game Design Essentials: 20 RPGs - Dragon Slayer". Gamasutra. p. 13. Archived from the original on October 12, 2011. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
- ^ Kohler, Chris (March 26, 2007). "Bonus Stage: Debunking Metroidvania". Wired. Archived from the original on September 21, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
Legacy of the Wizard... Is that a metroidvania? Yeah. Loosely.
- ^ Wales, Matt (June 18, 2020). "NES arcade bundles Namco Museum Archives Vol. 1 & 2 out today". Eurogamer.net. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
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