Gaiapolis is an arcade game

Arcade game

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 released by Konami

Konami

is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...

 in 1993.

An unofficial Famicom port of the game was released by Thin Chen Enterprise

Thin Chen Enterprise

Thin Chen Enterprise, also known as Sachen, was a Taiwanese company that developed several original games for the Nintendo Entertainment System , Mega Drive, Game Boy and other early cartridge-based handheld systems such as the Watara Supervision and Mega Duck...

the following year.

Plot

A far away land filled with monsters and under the hand of an evil king is on the edge of destruction. Only a small group of brave heroes (a dragon warrior, a fairy and a prince) dare to step forth to look for the legendary sword of the Golden Hawk, hidden in the flying citadel known as Gaiapolis, in order to topple the evil king and bring peace to the troubled land.

External links

• Arcade History page
• KLOV page