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Daikatana

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A top-down dungeon-crawling adaptation of Ion Storm’s action role-playing game

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About this game

John Romero's Daikatana is an action role-playing game developed by Ion Storm and Kemco and published by Kemco. Listed for Nintendo 64 and Nintendo Game Boy Color, the game was released on July 31, 2000.

The Game Boy Color version was released only in Europe. At John Romero’s request, it was adapted into a top-down dungeon crawler inspired by early The Legend of Zelda games, including the NES original and The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening. Its gameplay differs substantially from the Nintendo 64 and PC versions.