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Was this game ever released?
DBOY - Sep 12, 2004
  DBOY Sep 12, 2004
I recently stumbled on these screens while viewing a zip archive of a 1998 website. The game in question is Xian Jian Qi Xia Zhuan, as very famous Chinese RPG by SoftStar. According to the text, these were for a Sega Saturn version that was apparantly going to be released in Japanese.

Did this game ever see release? And if so, what was its title in Japan?

I figured if anywhere, this was the place to ask. Hope someone knows!

The only text on the webpage said (translated of course):


  
	
	

		
		

			Pictures from the Sega Saturn Japanese version in development (since the pictures are slightly shrunk, the color may not be perfect)


   

   

   

   

 CrazyGoon Sep 12, 2004
Well if it is on the Saturn, it's name is nothing like the one you gave.

 DBOY Sep 12, 2004
I gave the original Chinese name, I have no idea which random sounds they'd have picked if they invented a way to say the name in Japanese.

 Berty Sep 12, 2004
I have a few hundred sat games and i have never seen anything like this

 MasterAkumaMatata Sep 12, 2004
Yes, this game was released. According to www.segausers.gr.jp..., it was one of the last Saturn games released in Japan.

release date: 1999-03-04

title: ()

developer/publisher: SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT INC

price: 5800 yen

genre: RPG

Item #: T-37401G

Its Romaji name is called Senken Kikyouden... on most web sites, but NCSX called it Senkenki Kyouden.... I think NCSX had this import Saturn game in stock several years ago, and they even showed a small pic of the cover. I would have bought this game if I had money back then. I remember posting the game cover pic once on a rarest game you know type of thread during SX's ezboard era. Hehe, even eBay... had this game listed once. Oh well, another missed opportunity.

I knew of this game from one of my friends in college. IIRC, he told me the game title would be something like "The Legend of the Sword Master" when translated into English, but www.sega-saturn.net... has it translated as "The Legend of Sword and Fairy." He told me it was the best RPG he has ever played in terms of story, graphics, music, etc. He even showed me a demonstration of this game (yes, the PC version) running on his laptop. Also, one day he showed me a game magazine that mentioned the development of this game for the Sega Saturn in Japan.


  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by DBOY@Sep 12, 2004 @ 08:42 AM



I gave the original Chinese name, I have no idea which random sounds they'd have picked if they invented a way to say the name in Japanese.


Now you should know the corrent tones for the pinyin name you have above.

 DBOY Sep 12, 2004
I already knew how to write it in Chinese, dude.

Anyway, -damn-, if it's as rare as you say it sounds like I"m never going to find this one. It's so rare, there's not even a single listing for it on Yahoo~ Japan Auctions....

By the way, what your friend told you is right, I've played the PC one and it's an incredible game.

 MasterAkumaMatata Sep 12, 2004

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by DBOY+Sep 12, 2004 @ 05:08 PM-->
QUOTE(DBOY @ Sep 12, 2004 @ 05:08 PM)
By the way, what your friend told you is right, I've played the PC one and it's an incredible game.[/b]



Does the intro remind you of the intro for Shenmue? ^^;

QUOTE(CrazyGoon @ Sep 13, 2004 @ 12:05 AM)
*looks through his saturn game list for "Senken Kikyouden"*

..... and there it is [/b]



OMG! OMG! :lol:

How did you get your hands on it? Was it you who won that eBay auction... of this game? Or did you buy it when it was available at NCSX? Please tell us! :lol: If you have a digicam, please take a pic of the front, back, and CD and post it here for us to see.