Zeliard
| Zeliard | |
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DOS Cover art
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| Developer(s) | Game Arts |
| Publisher(s) | Sierra Entertainment |
| Platform(s) | NEC PC-8801, X1, MS-DOS |
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PC-8801
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| Genre(s) | Platformer, Action RPG, Metroidvania |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Zeliard (ゼリアード Zeriādo)is a platform-action RPG video game developed for the NEC PC-8801 and published by Game Arts in 1987 in Japan, and re-published for MS-DOS PCs in 1990 by Sierra Entertainment in Europe and North America. In Zeliard, the player controls the knight Duke Garland, whose task is to save the Kingdom of Zeliard by destroying the evil overlord Jashiin, and recovering the Nine Tears of Esmesanti, magic jewels.
The English language release of Zeliard is an MS-DOS-based game. It supports 64-color MCGA graphics, with alternate running modes at 16-color EGA, 4-color CGA, or monochrome graphics.
The game supports AdLib and SoundBlaster for sound effects; for music, the game also supports the Roland MT-32. Either a keyboard or a joystick can be used as input devices. The physical size of the game on disk is a bit less than 1 megabyte.
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