was a Japanese

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established in 1982 to develop games for Japanese computers. Most of XTALSOFT's games are traditional

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s, with gameplay similar to that of '' Eye of the Beholder''. In July 1986, XTALSOFT was among six other companies to form the Disk Original Group, a collective publishing house for Famicom Disk System games headed by

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For their part, XTALSOFT developed '' Sword of Kalin'' under the Disk Original Group. At the dawn of the 90s, XTALSOFT was experiencing management difficulties, and on October 1, 1990 they combined with

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to form T&E Soft's

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development department. XTALSOFT's name is a blend of "crystal software," where "crystal" is abbreviated with the letter X, a common jargon abbreviation in written English. Originally, their name was written with an apostrophe as "X'TAL SOFT." Currently, all XTALSOFT IPs are owned by

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Games

Only ''Babylon'' (''Curse of Babylon'' in the US) was ever released outside Japan, although some, such as '' Sword of Kalin'', have been unofficially translated by fans. In 2023, a fan translation of ''Aspic: Curse of the Snakelord'' was released.

References

External links

Oh!FM-7.COM XTALSOFT Page
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