Gimmick was not only re-released in 2023 after decades of obscurity, but the series was revived in 2024 for a quality sequel, too.
Falcom placed Xanadu game rules on top of the kinds of dungeon-crawling, action RPGs it had inspired for 20 years, and the result is a spin-off you should play.
Dragon Slayer is 40 years old, and still, much of it remains unavailable to legally play in a language other than Japanese.
An attempt to weave together multiple Falcom threads into something new, and finally done right in its latest form.
The fifth Dragon Slayer title built on the concept of Dragon Slayer III, but with a far more expansive, and permanent, goal in mind.
The first Dragon Slayer released in North America is a wildly underrated NES game that deserves a second chance.
The studio and series known for action RPGs gave a turn-based RPG a shot, and with success.
Hudson Soft ended up being a frequent partner with Falcom in the console space, and this Xanadu spin-off for the NES was one of the earliest projects.
The Legend of Heroes began as a one-off, like every other Dragon Slayer entry, but it became its own thing, then grew and grew until it became the series people know Falcom for.
The first of many loosely connected sequels to Dragon Slayer became its own series after exploding on the PC sales charts in a way that
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.
