Xuan-Yuan Sword 2

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Xuan-Yuan Sword 2
Developer DOMO Team
Publisher Softstar Entertainment
Platforms DOS, Windows
Released DOS
Taiwan: February 8, 1994
Japan: November 1994
iOS
Worldwide: February 8, 2013
Windows
Worldwide (Steam): February 8, 2021
Added to
Museum
Windows: February 14, 2024

Xuan-Yuan Sword 2 (軒轅劍2, Xuān-Yuán Jiàn 2), also known as Xuan Yuan Sword 2 (軒轅劍2, Xuān Yuán Jiàn 2) is a Taiwanese role-playing video game developed by the DOMO Team (狂徒製作群) within Softstar Entertainment. It is the second game in the Xuan-Yuan Sword series.

Development

Softstar Entertainment greenlit a role-playing video game based on the Xuan-Yuan Sword, a famous sword in ancient Chinese legend, which was said to have been forged by Emperor Huangdi.

The lead programmer, Tsai Ming-hung, chose the name DOMO Team (DOMO小組, DOMO Xiǎozǔ) as he sought to credit the entire development team. This name was chosen from the Japanese word for "friend", tomo (とも), to mean that all team members were friends, without distinction of rank.

During the development of Xuan-Yuan Sword, Ming-hung had to serve in the military, so the story was divided into two games. Because of this, Xuan-Yuan Sword 2 was a direct sequel to Xuan-Yuan Sword.

Releases

Xuan-Yuan Sword 2 was released for DOS in Taiwan on February 8, 1994 and in Japan in November 1994.

It was released worldwide on iOS on February 8, 2013 and on Windows through Steam on February 8, 2021, bundled with Xuan-Yuan Sword. However, the game text remained in Chinese.