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| Genre | RPG | ||
| Players | 1 | ||
| Language | Japanese | ||
| Platform | NEC PC-9800 | ||
| Format | 6 Floppy Disks | ||
| Developer | Banpresto | ||
| Publisher | Banpresto | ||
| Release Date | 03/25/1994 | ||
| Price | Unknown | ||
Slayers (Japanese: スレイヤーズ Romaji: sureiyāzu) is the first Slayers game, released for a Japanese computer named NEC PC-9800. Usually called Slayers (PC98) not to confuse it with the also called Slayers videogame released for the Super Famicom (Super Nintendo) later the same year.
Gameplay[]
The game is a single-player, turn-based RPG where the player controls only Lina's actions. Lina can attack with her sword, take a defensive position to try to dodge incomming attacks, use a series of items, cast different spells or run from the battle. Other party members can take the same actions during their turns (except running from battle), but all of them are controlled at all times by the AI. There are 4 party member slots, with Lina and Gourry being permanent party members along the entire game. The third slot can be for 1 out of 7 selectable characters, all of them known past companions from Lina's adventures (Naga, Zelgadiss, Amelia, Sylphiel, Meena, Philionel, Lemy). The fourth slot will always be occupied by a new character on each area of the game (dungeon, forest, canyon, mine).
Characters don't level-up and have the same skills and spells during the entire game.
Story[]
During the game's opening scene, Lina destroys a castle full of monsters with her Dragon Slave... thought the owner of the castle, who hired her to take care of the monsters, is not very happy with her methods. Lina and Gourry complain they barely have any money left when they're attacked by a couple of bandits. Not to be killed by the "robber's killer", the bandits tell Lina about Welnan, a city just a couple of days to the west, and that near it is the supposed location of the "legendary true dragon", a giant dragon whose teeth are worth millions in any magic shop. No wonder Lina is suddendly interested in finding this dragon.
After reaching Welnan and meeting with several of their past companions, they're about to leave and start their investigation at the west of the city, where there's an old dungeon/ruins. On their way they meet "The Sorcerer with A Thousand Names", telling them about a contest taking place inside, the 237th edition of the Chimera of the Year. Lina wants to help Kim, a young sorcerer, to win the contest... since she bet he would win and wants to be sure she'll get the money. Together the three of them go through the 5 floors of the dungeon, gathering the creatures Kim needs to create his own chimera. He wins the contest, but the bet is considered void and Lina can't get any money... so she decides to sell the chimera to a rich merchant from the town.
So they now decide to investigate the north part of Welnan, reaching a nearby forest. Again Thousand appears and tells them about an "infinite tower" located in the center of the forest. At the edge of the forest they see a girl, Marin, being harassed by two bandits, and there Lina goes to the rescue... blowing up with a spell the three of them. They keep going into the forest, but it's full of teleportation traps so they can't advance much, and decide to go back to Marin and check if she's still alive and want to help them reach the tower. Luckily she is alive and helps them, but in the second floor of the tower she activates a teleportation trap and disappear. They find her again in the fourth floor, but she's with the two bandits from before, as they're really a bandit gang. The team have to confront a rock golem first, and then the three bandits.
Since they couldn't find anything here, they decide to go to the east, to a canyon. Again Thousand appears, this time he tells them the "legendary true dragon" might be nearby. But first they encounter Junon, a young girl from a small village located within the canyon, and who seems to have an infatuation with Gourry. She'll guide them to her village to talk with a "revered hermit". On their way they're attacked by a couple of lizard-men, but Lina scares them away throwing a Dragon Slave on a nearby mountain. Probably caused by that, a bit after that they find themselves in the middle of a landslide, which takes them all the way to the bottom of the canyon. Luckily the village is not far from here, and when they get there, the lizard-men where attacking it... due to Lina having blown up their ancestral home... you guessed right, the mountain that got dragonslaved.
Anyway Lina manages to scare them again, and is finally able to talk with the "revered hermit"... who hapens to be the village drunkard. And just a few moments after that a volcano erupts... and again you guessed right, it's the dragonslaved mountain, that happened to be a dormant volcano. Say goodbye to the village, and to this area of the game. Finally, it's time to go south, to an old mine. Thousand appears for the last time, being sure the "legendary true dragon" is near. Inside they meet Lass, a young mercenary girl (who happens to know Gourry from his mercenary days, mentioning a certain "Battle of Danglaglendos") member of a group that confronted the dragon not long ago, but she's the only one alive.
Along with her they traverse the mine, coming across both Kim and Marin, and finally reaching a way out of the mines, where the "dragon temple" is located. Here they contemplate a fierce battle of two gigantic beings, the "legendary true dragon" and... Kim's chimera, who defeates the dragon. Lass is a bit sad as she wanted to defeat the dragon herself, but still decides to keep going with the team through all the temple to reach the place where the dragon fell. Lina is quite happy as she can collect all the dragon's teeth and wondering how much money she can get with them. But suddenly they encounter the rich merchant from town, who happens to also want the dragon's teeth... without having to pay for them. He was controlling Kim's chimera thanks to a magic crystal, but Lina destroys it... and the chimera goes wild... so they have to end up defeating it anyway.
After the battle and returning to Welnan, Lina decides it's better to just leave the city as soon as possible, as she doesn't want to be blamed for everything that happened in these past days. And also, she doesn't want to be pestered by all the other characters that always go after her.
Characters[]
- Lina Inverse
- Gourry Gabriev
- Zelgadiss Graywords
- Amelia Wil Tesla Saillune
- Sylphiel Nels Lahda
- Naga the Serpent
- Philionel El Di Saillune
- Lemmy Martin
- Meena
- Kim (new character)
- Marin (new character)
- Junon (new character)
- Lass (new character)
Videos[]
External Videos[]
- スレイヤーズ【PC98版】プレイ動画 Part.1 - Intro gameplay, Nico Nico Douga video (registration required or login with Facebook/Twitter account)
Trivia[]
- Being commercialized for a system exclusive for the Japan region, the game has obviously not been officially released internationally. In 2007 the fan website Esperknight & Filler's Videogame Translations (no longer active) announced a fan-translating project, confirming the game script had already been fully translated, but the project was either dropped or frozen. Then in 2024 a full English translation patch was uploaded to the Internet Archive website.