The Legend of Sword and Fairy
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Genres | Role-playing |
Developers | Softstar |
Publishers | Softstar |
Creators | Yao Zhuangxian |
Platforms | DOS, Windows, Sega Saturn, iOS, Browser |
Platform of origin | DOS |
Year of inception | 1995 |
First release |
The Legend of Sword and Fairy July 7, 1995 |
Latest release |
Chinese Paladin 6 July 8, 2015 |
The Legend of Sword and Fairy (Chinese: 仙劍奇俠傳; pinyin: XiānjiànQíXiáZhuàn), also known as Chinese Paladin, is a game/media franchise created by Yao Zhuangxian (姚壯憲), and is developed by Taiwanese company Softstar. The franchise centers on a series of Chinese mythology-based role-playing video games, but also includes two live-action TV series adapted from the games. The eponymous first game in the series is published by Softstar's "Crazy Boyz" team (狂徒創作群) in 1995, and became both a commercial and critical success, and multiple sequels has been spawned due to its popularity. The video game series has since branched into other genres such as business simulation games and MMORPGs. It was regarded as one of the most iconic Chinese RPGs ever made.
Titles
Video games
- Main series
- The Legend of Sword and Fairy (1995)
- New Legend of Sword and Fairy (2001) — CGI-rendered Windows 98 remake of the DOS-based original game
- The Legend of Sword and Fairy 2 (2003)
- Chinese Paladin 3 (2003)
- Chinese Paladin 3 Gaiden: Wen Qing Pian (2004)
- Chinese Paladin 4 (2007)
- The Legend of Sword and Fairy 5 (2011)
- The Legend of Sword and Fairy 5 Prequel (2013)
- Chinese Paladin 6 (2015)
- Spin-off games
- Paladin's Inn (2001) — Business simulation game
- New Legend of Sword and Fairy: Online (2013) — Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
- Paladin's Inn SNS (2013) — Browser business simulation game
Other media
- Chinese Paladin: Xiao Yao You (2012) — Card game
- Chinese Paladin (2005) — TV series
- Chinese Paladin 3 (2009) — TV series
- Xianjian Kezhan/Xianjian Inn (2015) — Live action web-based miniseries
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