Sword and Fairy (video game)
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| Sword and Fairy | |
| Developer | Softstar Entertainment |
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| Publisher | Softstar Entertainment |
| Platforms | DOS, Sega Saturn, Windows 95 |
| Released | Sword and Fairy DOS Taiwan: July 1995 DOS China: 1996 Windows 95 China, Taiwan: 1997 Sega Saturn Japan: 1999 iOS worldwide: January 24, 2013 Windows WW (Steam): April 15, 2021 New Sword and Fairy Windows 98 Taiwan: July 21, 2001 Windows 98 China: 2001 Windows XP China, Taiwan: February 4, 2005 iOS worldwide: June 17, 2015 Windows (Steam) WW: October 12, 2017 |
| Added to Museum |
DOS and Windows 95: November 28, 2024 Windows XP: December 4, 2024 |
Sword and Fairy (劍與仙女), also known as The Legend of Sword and Fairy (仙劍奇俠傳), Chinese Paladin, or simply PAL due to its default directory name, is a role-playing video game by Softstar Entertainment.
Releases
The Legend of Sword and Fairy
The Legend of Sword and Fairy was released for DOS in Taiwan in July 1995 and in China in 1996. A Windows 95 version was released in China and Taiwan in 1997. A Sega Saturn port was released in 1999 in Japan.
It was released worldwide as Sword and Fairy, first on iOS on January 24, 2013 then on Windows through Steam on April 15, 2021, although the in-game text was still only officially available in Chinese.
New Legend of Sword and Fairy
A remake, titled New Legend of Sword and Fairy (新仙剑奇侠传) was released in Taiwan and China in 2001 for Windows 98. It used the engine of Sword and Fairy 3. A commemorative edition for Windows XP, New Legend of Sword and Fairy XP (新仙剑奇侠传XP), was released in Taiwan and China during the tenth anniversary of the original release in 2005.
It received a worldwide release on iOS as Chinese Paladin: Sword and Fairy on June 17, 2015 and on Windows via Steam on October 12, 2017. As with the original, the in-game text was still only officially available in Chinese.
English fan translations
An incomplete unofficial translation patch that translated New Legend of Sword and Fairy into English was released by the fan translation group L.S.F. English Project on August 16, 2014.
An unofficial translation patch that translated the Sword and Fairy into English was released by the fan translation group PalFans on August 31, 2019.
