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''Heroes of Jin Yong'' (), first published in 1996, is a
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based on the storyline and characters in
Jin Yong Louis Cha Leung-yung (; 10 March 1924 – 30 October 2018), better known by his pen name Jin Yong (), pronounced "Gum Yoong" in Cantonese, was a Chinese wuxia ("martial arts and chivalry") novelist and essayist who co-founded the Hong Kong da ...
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Wuxia ( ), which literally means "martial heroes", is a genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists in ancient China. Although is traditionally a form of historical fiction, its popularity has caused it to be adapted ...
novels, developed by Heluo Studio (later known as Oriental Algorithm System). In the game, the player takes on the role of present-day protagonist, who wakes up one day to find himself in the ancient Chinese
Jianghu ''Jianghu'' () is a term that generally refers to the milieu, environment, or sub-community in which many Chinese wuxia stories are set. The term is used flexibly, and can be used to describe a fictionalized version of Historical China (usually ...
(martial arts world). The player learns that in order to return to modern society, he must find all the fourteen novels by Jin Yong and be declared champion of the Jianghu. The books are scattered around the Jianghu and the player must interact with many characters from the novels, each with his / her own story to tell. Some characters are friendly and willing to help the player in his quest, while others are hostile and fight with him. The player must learn his own martial arts in order to coerce or persuade others to give him the books. There are a wide variety of martial arts styles and weapons available, including sword, saber, whip, and palm styles. The player can also choose to follow a righteous or evil path through his actions and deeds, with different reactions from characters depending on what path he takes.


Online version

The massive multiplayer online version (金庸群俠傳Online) was published by Chinesegamer International Corp. Version 1.0 was released in June, 2001, and version 2.0 was released in December, 2004.


Legacy

A sequel titled ''Wulin Qunxia Zhuan'' () was developed by Heluo Studio and published by Softworld in 2001. A remake of the game under the title of ''Tale of Wuxia'' () was released in Chinese on 28 July 2015, and later on
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in both Chinese and English on 28 April 2016. A standalone prequel to ''Tale of Wuxia'' was released in 2017 under the title ''Tale of Wuxia: The Pre-Sequel'' (). Another sequel to ''Heroes of Jin Yong'' was released in 2018 under the title ''Ho Tu Lo Shu: The Books of Dragon'' () on the Chinese Cube Game platform, and later on
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with only Chinese language support.


Fan works

''Heroes of Jin Yong 2'' is a browser game developed by an independent Chinese gaming developer, 半瓶神仙醋, with Adobe Flash. The game was released on 24 December 2006 for free and gained popularity on Chinese gaming platforms.


See also

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'' *'' Heavenly Sword''


References


External links

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CIC Jinyong 1.x online pageCIC Jinyong 2.0 online page
* {{Jin Yong's Wuxia novels 1996 video games Adaptations of works by Jin Yong Chinese-language-only video games DOS games DOS-only games Single-player video games Soft-World games Video games based on novels Video games developed in Taiwan Wuxia video games