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Faxanadu is an action RPG platform-adventure developed by Hudson Soft for the NES, a spin-off of Nihon Falcom’s Xanadu. Players guide a returning wanderer through a giant ruined World Tree of towns and dungeons — jumping, climbing, and fighting with swords and magic, buying gear with gold, and earning rank-based level-ups — to restore the tree and defeat the Evil One.

How To Play Faxanadu

ControlAction
D-PadMove, crouch, climb ladders; navigate menus
A ButtonJump
B ButtonAttack with weapon (or cast selected magic)
SelectOpen menu / cycle items and magic
StartPause / status screen

About Faxanadu

Release dateFamicom (JP): November 16, 1987 · NES (NA): August 1989 · NES (EU): December 28, 1990
DeveloperHudson Soft (name licensed from Nihon Falcom)
PublisherHudson Soft (JP); Nintendo (NA/EU)
PlatformNES / Famicom
GenreAction RPG / platform-adventure
SeriesDragon Slayer (Xanadu spin-off)
ModesSingle-player
Also known asファザナドゥ (Fazanadu)

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