Arcade Archives: The Legend of Valkyrie

The Legend of Valkyrie is a 1989 action-adventure video game developed and published by Namco for arcades. It is a follow-up to the Family Computer game Valkyrie no Bōken (1986). Players control the warrior maiden Valkyrie and her lizard-like companion Kurino Xandra as they set out to drop a mythical item called the Golden Seed into the Northern Fountain to replenish the dying crop fields of Xandra Land. Gameplay involves defeating enemies and collecting gold to purchase magical spells and weapons in shops. The Legend of Valkyrie was the creation of Namco artist Hiroshi Fujii and a designer only known by the pseudonym of "Koakuman".