Celebrating 40 years of Dragon Slayer

Dragon Slayer was the game, and series, that launched Nihon Falcom to the kind of success that has them still making role-playing games played worldwide, 40 years on.

This page is meant to serve as a hub for all of the features written to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Nihon Falcom’s breakout franchise, Dragon Slayer.

9/2/2024: 40 years of Dragon Slayer (dev: Falcom, publisher: Falcom, PC-88, 1984)

9/6/2024: Xanadu: Dragon Slayer II (dev: Falcom, publisher: Falcom, PC-88, 1985)

9/9/2024: The Legend of Heroes, from subseries to successor

9/11/2024: Faxanadu (dev: Hudson Soft, publisher: Nintendo, NES, 1989)

9/13/2024: Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes (dev: Falcom, publisher: Falcom/Hudson Soft, PC-88/TG-CD, 1989/1992)

9/18/2024: Dragon Slayer IV: Drasle Family/Legacy of the Wizard (dev: Falcom, publisher: Broderbund, MSX2, NES, 1987/1989)

9/23/2024: Dragon Slayer V: Sorcerian (dev: Falcom, publisher: Falcom, PC-88/PC-98/Windows/Switch, 1987-2024)

9/25/2024: Tokyo Xanadu (eX+) (dev: Falcom, publisher Aksys Games, Vita/PS4/Windows/Switch, 2015-2024)

9/27/2024: Remakes, localizations, and unofficial translations

9/30/2024: Xanadu Next (dev: Falcom, publisher: Xseed, Windows, 2016)

Other Retro XP Dragon Slayer features

10/12/2022: Past meets present: The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero

11/2/2022: It’s new to me: The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd

2/15/2023: It’s new to me: Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga

4/8/2023: Past meets present: The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure

8/7/2023: Games inside games: Pom! Pom! Party! (The Legend of Heroes: Trails series)

Paste Magazine Dragon Slayer features

7/27/2023: Trails into Reverie continues the most ambitious epic in games

8/5/2024: Trails End: Nihon Falcom ending the Trails series is the right call

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