Sorcerian

Sorcerian
NEC PC-8801 cover art
Developer(s)	Nihon Falcom
Publisher(s)	Nihon Falcom
Designer(s)	Yoshio Kiya
Composer(s)	Yuzo Koshiro Mieko Ishikawa Reiko Takebayashi Hideya Nagata Takahito Abe Mega Drive Hiroshi Kubota Tokuhiko Uwabo
Series	Dragon Slayer
Platform(s)	NEC PC-8801, NEC PC-9801, NEC PC-88VA, Sharp X1 Turbo, MSX2, MS-DOS, Mega Drive, PC Engine CD, Virtual Console, iOS, Windows
Release	NEC PC-8801 JP: December 20, 1987 Mega Drive (Genesis) JP: February 24, 1990 PC (MS-DOS) NA: April 1, 1990 MSX2 JP: August 10, 1991 PC Engine CD JP: July 17, 1992 PC (Windows) JP: 1997 Wii (Virtual Console) JP: September 16, 2008 iOS JP: January 20, 2012
Genre(s)	Action role-playing game
Mode(s)	Single player

Sorcerian (ソーサリアン, Sōsarian^?) is an action role-playing game developed by Nihon Falcom, and the fifth in the Dragon Slayer line of games. It was originally released for the NEC PC-8801 in 1987, and was later ported to other personal computer platforms such as the NEC PC-9801, the NEC PC-88VA, the Sharp X1 Turbo, and the MSX2, for which it was released under the title Dragon Slayer V: Sorcerian. An English version for MS-DOS PCs was published by Sierra Entertainment in 1990, ports for the Atari ST, Commodore Amiga, Apple IIGS and Macintosh platforms were announced, but not released.

In 1997, Falcom released Sorcerian Forever for Microsoft Windows-based PCs. In 2000, Falcom released Sorcerian Original, a remake of Sorcerian for Microsoft Windows-based PCs. In addition, console versions of Sorcerian with somewhat differing content from their PC counterparts were developed: A version for the Mega Drive was developed by Sega, a version for the PC Engine CD was developed by Victor Musical Industries, and a version for the Dreamcast was developed by Victor Interactive Software.