Exile (1988 video game series)

Exile XZR
Genre(s)	Action role-playing game
Developer(s)	Telenet, Riot
Publisher(s)	Telenet, Working Designs, Renovation Products
Platform(s)	PC-8801 MSX2, PC-9801, X1 turbo, TurboGrafx-16, Sega Genesis
First release	XZR 1988
Latest release	Exile: Wicked Phenomenon 1993

Exile (エグザイル, Eguzairu, originally stylized XZR) is an action role-playing video game series developed by Telenet Japan. The first two games in the series, XZR and XZR II were both released in Japan in 1988, with versions available for the NEC PC-8801, NEC PC-9801, MSX2 and the X1 turbo (for the first game only). In 1991, a remake of XZR II simply titled Exile was released for the PC Engine and Mega Drive. These versions were both released in North America the following year, with Working Designs handling the localization for the TurboGrafx-CD version, while Renovation Products published the Genesis version. A sequel exclusive to the Super CD-ROM² format, titled Exile: Wicked Phenomenon, was released in 1992, which was also localized by Working Designs for the North American market.

The Exile series centers on Sadler, a Syrian Assassin, who is the main character of each game. The original computer versions were notorious for featuring various references to religious historical figures, modern political leaders, iconography, drugs, and time-traveling assassins, although some of these aspects were considerably toned down or omitted in the later console games, with the English versions rewriting all the historical religious organizations into fictional groups.^[1]