The Legend of Sword and Fairy

The Legend of Sword and Fairy (Chinese: 仙劍奇俠傳; pinyin: Xiānjiàn Qíxiá Zhuàn), also known as Sword and Fairy (仙劍) or Chinese Paladin, is a Chinese language fantasy video game series and media franchise centered on a series of nine Chinese mythology/xianxia-themed adventure role-playing computer games created by Yao Zhuangxian. The eponymous first game in the series is released for MS-DOS CLI in 1995 by the "Crazy Boyz" team (狂徒創作群) of the Taiwanese game developing and publishing company Softstar Entertainment (大宇資訊). It is one of the so-called "Twin Swords of Softstar" (大宇雙劍) along with the sister Xuan-Yuan Sword series, and has been widely regarded as one of the (if not the) most iconic Chinese RPG series ever made.

The original Sword and Fairy game became both a commercial and critical success across Greater China, dominating the "Favourite Singleplayer PC Game" list for ten years,^[1] and multiple sequels, prequels and sidequels (nearly all developed by Softstar's Mainland China subsidiaries) have been spawned due to its unprecedented popularity. The game franchise itself has since branched into other video game genres such as online games, mobile games, business simulation, MMORPG and digital card games. Additionally, there are numerous spin-off adaptations such as live-action television series, web series, stage productions, audio dramas, novelizations and comic books adapted from the main games, as well as associated fan fictions, artbooks, soundtracks, tabletop games, digital skins and collectible merchandises such as trading cards, figurines, action figures and plush dolls.