Faxanadu
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Faxandu is for the Famicom and NES. The name was licensed by Falcom and was developed and released in Japan in 1987. Nintendo also released the game to the world market in 1990. It can be considered a side-story of Xanadu, which is the second installment of Falcom's long-running RPG series, Dragon Slayer. The title is a combination of "Famicom" and "Xanadu"
- Released
- 1987
- Genres
- Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
- Platforms
- Wii, Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System
- Game modes
- Single player
- Franchise
- Xanadu, Dragon Slayer
- Developer
- Hudson Soft, Konami
- Publisher
- Hudson Soft, Konami, Nintendo
Key facts
- Video game.title
- Faxanadu
- Video game.image
- Faxanadu NES US box.jpg
- Video game.caption
- North American box art
- Video game.developer
- Hudson Soft
- Video game.designer
- Hitoshi OkunoToshiaki Takimoto
- Video game.composer
- Jun Chikuma
- Video game.series
- Dragon Slayer
- Video game.platforms
- Nintendo Entertainment System
- Video game.genre
- Action role-playing, platform
- Video game.modes
- Single-player
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is an action role-playing platform video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The name was licensed by computer game developer Falcom and was developed and released in Japan by Hudson Soft in 1987. Nintendo released the game in the United States and Europe as a first-party title under license from Hudson Soft.
Faxanadu is a spin-off or side-story of Xanadu, which is the second installment of Falcom's long-running RPG series, Dragon Slayer. The title Faxanadu is a portmanteau formed from the names Famicom and Xanadu. The game uses side-scrolling and platforming gameplay, while employing role-playing elements with an expansive story and medieval setting.
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