Here you'll find general information on every single Xak series game ever released, such as which systems they were released for, what year they were released, translation status, covers, and screenshots. Links to rom or disk images of Xak series games have been removed indefinitely as to support the series developer Microcabin and distributer Woomb.net in continued sales of Xak series games in Japanese and English.
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Xak series games that are either already in English in some form or planning
to be released in English.
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° Xak
- The Art of Visual Stage
- MSX version (1989), Japanese PC (2002),
English PC (2007) The first game in the series and the first of the Xak games to be translated. This would probably be the one to start with if you are interested in getting into the series at the beginning of the saga. This is the first Xak series title ever to be officially translated into English. You play as Latok Kart, the hero of the Xak saga as he discovers that he is a descendent of an ancient god destined to face an ancient and powerful evil, the demon known as Badu. In addition Latok also searches for his father who has been missing for several years. |
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| ° Xak
- The Art of Visual Stage
- PC8801 version (1989),
Japanese PC (2001) Another version of first game that is pretty much the same as the MSX version for the NEC PC8801. There seem to be some minor graphical differences between the games. |
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| ° Xak - The Art of Visual Stage - PC9801 version (1989) Apparently there was another version of Xak - The Art of Visual Stage for the NEC PC9801. I have not had a chance to see if this is an updated version of the original NEC PC8801 version. |
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° Xak
- The Art of Visual Stage
- Super Famicom version (1993) An updated version of the first game for the Super Famicom released by Sunsoft. The graphics and sound were greatly improved in this newer version and the character/monster sprites and terrain/dungeon maps were very detailed. This is one of the best, graphically improved versions of the first Xak game that would be one of the best choices for those that may be interested in translating more of the games. The combat system of this version of Xak I is more like the later Xak games rather than the original versions of Xak I, that played more like the Ys combat system. |
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| ° Xak
- The Art of Visual Stage
- x68000 (1990), Japanese PC (2005) Status: Untranslated The Sharp x68000 version of Xak I is argueably one of the best versions of the first game in terms of overall graphics and sound and character artwork. The only thing that prevents this title from being clearly on top as the best version of Xak I are that the character/monster sprites are better in the Super Famicom version of Xak I, and the PC-Engine (Xak I&II) has absolutely gorgeous cutscenes. Still, this is definitely one that would be great to have translated. |
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| ° Xak
- The Art of Visual Stage
- Japanese MOBILE version (2004) Status: Untranslated A new, graphically improved version of Xak - The Art of Visual Stage was released recently for mobile phones in Japan comemorating a 10th year anniversary since the last release of a Xak series game for the PC-Engine. This was the first title in line of several rpgs being released by Bandai under the category "RPG Empire" which has been developed for use on Japanese cell phones. The U.S. and PAL territories will more than likely never see a domestic release unfortunately. |
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* Please also see the
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° Fray
In Magical Adventure
- MSX version (1990), Japanese PC (2002) In this Xak sidestory adventure you play as Fray, the spunky blue haired girl of whom Latok saves from monsters in the first Xak game. Grateful for what Latok has done for her, and also due to the fact that she wants to have a romance with Latok, Fray decides to do whatever she can to help Latok in his quest by going to a magic university where she painfully learns how to use magic and becomes a fairly decent mage. In this zany adventure Fray will journey in her quest to catch up with Latok. This takes place between Xak I and during the events that unfold in Xak II. Currently this is the only English translated version of this game. |
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° Fray
In Magical Adventure Turbo R
- MSX Turbo R version (1990) This is an extended version of the original Fray In Magical Adventure MSX game with different cutscene artwork and voiceacting. |
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| ° Fray
In Magical Adventure
- PC9801 version (1991),
Japanese PC (2001)
Status: Untranslated This is a graphically improved version of Fray In Magical Adventure Turbo R for the NEC PC9801. |
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° Fray
CD - PC
Engine version (1994) This was the most recent updated version of Fray In Magical Adventure released by Microcabin/NEC Home Electronics. The graphics, sound and voice acting are superb, the character/monster sprites and terrain maps are beautiful as well as the cutscenes. This game takes the already zany and funny story of the original and makes it even more hillarious. In my opinion, this would be the ideal version of Fray to have translated into English. However, this version of Fray is a little different from the earlier versions in terms of plot events and an additonal beginning stage. To get the full story of Fray in Magical Adventure, one would need to finish one of the earlier versions as well as Fray CD. |
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| ° Fray
Shugyouhen
- Game Gear version (1991) Yes, it really does exist afterall! This is extremely rare version of Fray In Magical Adventure that was released for the Sega Gamegear system. Shmup! A Japanese fansite recently wrote an article about this version and its gameplay as it seems there are several graphical differences between this and the other versions. Screenshots made possible by Luna-san of Shmup!. |
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° Xak II - The
Rising of the Redmoon
- MSX version (1990), Japanese PC (2003) The second game in the series following directly after the events of Xak I and also where the events of Fray In Magical Adventure lead up to. Latok must once again follow his destiny and must now face a new enemy, the demon Gospel and the four demon lords who serve him. |
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| ° Xak
II - The Rising of the Redmoon
- PC8801 version (1990) Status: Untranslated A version of Xak II for the NEC PC8801. The differences at this time are unknown. |
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| ° Xak
II - The Rising of the Redmoon
- PC9801 version (1990), Japanese PC (2001)
Status: Untranslated A version of Xak II for the NEC PC9801. The graphics are a bit nicer and cleaned up in this version from the MSX version, that is if you can remove the scanlines in your PC9801 emulator. There was apparently a translation patch floating around for this one which is currently undergoing the patching process. It's a litle difficult however. |
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| ° Xak
II - The Rising of the Redmoon
- x68000 version (1990) Status: Untranslated A graphically improved version of Xak II for the Sharp x68000. Still unsure if this version actually exists yet or not. |
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| ° Xak
II - The Rising of the Redmoon
- FM-Towns version (199?) Status: Untranslated A version of Xak II for the Fujitsu FM-Towns computer system. The differences at this time are unknown. Still unsure if this version actually exists yet or not. |
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* Please also see the
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| ° Xak
- The Tower of Gazzel
- MSX version (1990),
Japanese PC (2003) Status: Translated by Oasis Technically the third (or fourth if you count Fray) game in the series. In this adventure Latok has been summoned to journey to the Tower of Gazzel. All the companions that Latok has met in his adventures: Pixie, Fray, Fell, Horn, and Rune all journey to the tower as well which places this game in between the events of Xak II and the final game in the series, Xak III. In this game, which is more or less a dungeon rpg, you'll control Latok and procede through many different floors of the tower, each requiring a set of puzzles to be solved (sometimes only by a certain party member you have with you) in order to continue. No need to worry, though, the puzzles are not nearly as difficult or challenging as you might fear, for my friends out there who are pursuing their accredited nursing degrees, and are actually quite fun to complete. At various points you will recieve teleportation devices that allow you to This is currently the only English translated versions of this game. |
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| ° Xak
- The Tower of Gazzel
- PC8801 version (1991) Status: Untranslated Another version of Tower of Gazzel released for the PC8801 computer system. The differences at this time are unknown. |
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° Xak
- The Tower of Gazzel
- PC9801 version (1991), Japanese PC (2002)
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| ° Xak
I & II
- PC-Engine version (1992) Status: Untranslated Quite honestly one the best versions of the first two Xak games re-released for the PC-Engine systems by Riot, a subsidary of Nihon Telenet . In this you play as Latok through his entire adventure in Xak I, see an ending cutscene intermission and immediately start Xak II. This format is identical to how Ys Books I and II were released for the PC-Engine. The graphics were great and the sound was spectacular and the cutscenes were breathtaking, many of which are full screen. If there was to be one choice to pick in terms of translating another Xak game that would benefit Xak fans the most, it would be this game since it contains Latok's first two adventures in one game and leads right up to Xak III, in which the PC-Engine version was recently translated by Nightwolve. |
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| ° Xak
III The Eternal Recurrence
- PC-Engine version (1994) Status: English Translated by Nightwolve The final game in the series released by Riot/Microcabin for the PC-Engine, and one that was recently translated by Nightwolve, the translator of many of the Ys titles such as Ys I&II Eternal and Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys. Seeing screenshots of this game intrigued me enough to try this game and as such it was the first game I started out with in the series. But while playing it I took a leap back to see if I could start playing the Xak series from the very beginning, as it was intended. Hence why I've created this site to begin with, so that everyone can now have the choice to play through the entire series from start to finish as intended. |
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| ° Xak
III The Eternal Recurrence
- PC9801 version (1993), Japanese PC (2002) Status: Untranslated Another version of Xak III for the PC9801 computer system. I don't believe there are any real differences between this and the PC-Engine version aside from minor graphical details. |
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III The Eternal Recurrence
- FM-Towns (1993) Status: Untranslated Another version of Xak III for the Fujitsu FM-Towns computer system. One difference that has been stated about this version is that apparently you could run the game in 1024x768 resolution, which is pretty awesome. |
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of Cabin - Cabin Panic
- MSX (1992) Status: Untranslated In this game, which really isn't technically a Xak game or even a Xak sidestory, but instead a unique little game that Micro Cabin released just before they decided to give up the Xak III project for MSX. In this game you played as a new Micro Cabin employee as you wandered the Micro Cabin headquaters building in Japan and had a goal to work with the various programers and developers in making the company more successful, very similar to the Japanese game known as Segaga released for the Dreamcast in which you ran the entire Sega company as the president of Sega Corporation. This game was funny because it featured many characters from the Xak series such as Latok, Fray and Pixie and there were two unlockable mini-games, one where you could play a short fighting game between Pixie and Fray and Crusader, a text adventure that took place in the Xak universe. |
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° Tower
of Cabin - Cabin Panic
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