Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu

Historical background
In 1797, the British poet Samuel Coleridge wrote (at age 26) the poem "Kubla Khan". The link with the historical emperor Kublai Khan and his city Xanadu are just in the name.

The following is an excerpt from Coleridge's poem; if you replace Alph, the sacred river, with the hero of Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu, the correspondence is apparent:


 *  In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure-dome decree: where Alph, the sacred river, ran through caverns measureless to man down to a sunless sea. [...] But oh! That deep romantic chasm that slanted down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover! A savage place! As holy and enchanted as ever beneath a waning moon was haunted by woman wailing for her demon lover! [...] Five miles meandering with a mazy motion through wood and dale the sacred river ran, then reached the caverns measureless to man, and sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean [...]

Expansion packs, remakes, and sequels
Expansion pack: Remakes: Sequels:
 * Xanadu Scenario II: Resurrection of the Dragon (only for PC-8801, PC-9801, X1, FM-7)
 * Revival Xanadu
 * Falcom Classics (compliation of Dragon Slayer, Xanadu, and Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished)
 * Faxanadu (proper role-playing game for the NES)
 * Revival Xanadu 2 Remix (new version of Scenario II)
 * Xanadu Next (three-dimensional graphics)