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''Alisia Dragoon'' (アリシア ドラグーン) is a 1992 platform game for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. It was developed by Game Arts, who also published the game in Japan. Aiding the software developer was animation studio Gainax, who was responsible for the game's art and story. The player controls Alisia, a young woman who is on a quest to avenge her father and save the world. She can fire lightning from her hands and summon four faithful beasts to aid her. The game was released in North America and Europe by Sega, who packaged the heroine as a rugged gladiator instead of the dainty-looking sorceress she originally was. Due to the lack of substantial market penetration by the Mega Drive of Japan and the lack of publicity for the game overseas, ''Alisia Dragoon'' did not make a big impact on the video game market, despite the critical acclaim it received. It was one of the first among the Western-released action games to present a female character in a leading role. ==Gameplay== In ''Alisia Dragoon'', the player controls the female protagonist, Alisia, in her quest to save the world by defeating the evil forces that killed her father. The game consists of eight levels of side-scrolling environments; Alisia has to jump across gaps and kill the undead enemies that stand in her way.〔 Each stage is completed by defeating the boss at the end.〔 Alisia attacks by shooting streaks of lightning from her hands. The attack automatically targets enemies in range but gets weaker with each volley as Alisia's power is depleted. Her power recharges when she stops attacking; when fully charged, it allows her to unleash a smart-bomb-like attack,〔 hitting every enemy on the screen.〔 The energy system introduces an element of strategy, encouraging the player to manage Alisia's power to have her able to defend herself at critical moments.〔 Helping Alisia in her quest are her pet monsters. These creatures fly around the heroine on their own, attacking her foes, and blocking enemy attacks from hitting her.〔 There are four pets, each with its own type of attack. The Dragon Frye spits fireballs, and the Boomerang Lizard hurls boomerangs. The Thunder Raven emits a thunder blast that affects enemies across the screen, and the Ball O' Fire burns enemies on contact. Only one pet can fight alongside Alisia in her quest, but the player can select any of the four (or none) as the active companion at any time.〔 Over the course of the game, Alisia and her monsters can improve their abilities by collecting power-ups. These enhancement items are placed throughout the first seven stages, mostly in hidden locations. The various power-ups can heal Alisia and her monsters, increase their maximum life bars, improve their attacks, or grant invulnerability for a certain time.〔 Life bars are lost by taking damage from enemy attacks and traps. When Alisia's pets lose all their life bars, they are removed from play and cannot be brought back until a "Revive" power-up is collected.〔 If Alisia loses all her life bars, she can restart the level by expending a continue.〔 The game ends if all the continues have been used. ''Alisia Dragoon'' has no features for saving the player's progress. After the game is completed, a screen is shown, charting the overall performance of the player based on the number of kills, the power level of Alisia's attack, and the frequency the pet monsters are used.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alisia Dragoon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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