Heroes of Jin Yong
Heroes of Jin Yong, first published in 1996, is a series of wuxia role-playing games based on the novels of Jin Yong. The title was published in 1996, as a tactical role-playing game that developed by Taiwanese game developer Soft-World's Heluo Studio (later known as Oriental Algorithm System), based on the storyline and characters from Jin Yong's wuxia novels.
Heroes of Jin Yong
- Date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Soft-World International
- Genre
- tactical role-playing game
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Heroes of Jin Yong, first published in 1996, is a series of wuxia role-playing games based on the novels of Jin Yong. The title was published in 1996, as a tactical role-playing game that developed by Taiwanese game developer Soft-World's Heluo Studio (later known as Oriental Algorithm System), based on the storyline and characters from Jin Yong's wuxia novels.
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Key facts
• Title — Heroes of Jin Yong • Developer — Heluo Studio • Publisher — Soft-World • Engine — Proprietary • Released — Asia: 1996 • Genre — Tactical RPG • Modes — Single-player • Platforms — DOS
Gameplay
Gameplay
The player takes on the role of present-day protagonist, who falls asleep playing a new computer game and wakes up one day to find himself in an alternate dimension of the ancient Chinese jianghu world. The player learns that in order to return to the real modern world, he must find all of Jin Yong's fourteen novels and be crowned the champion of jianghu. The books are scattered around the world and the player must interact with many characters from the novels, each with his/her own story and mission. Some characters are friendly and willing to help the player in his quest, while others are hostile and fight with him. The player must train and improve his own martial art skills in order to acquire the books. There are a wide variety of martial arts styles and weapons available, including sword, saber, whip, and palm styles. The player can also choose to follow a righteous or evil path through his actions and deeds, with different reactions from characters depending on what path he takes.
Fan works
Fan works
Heroes of Jin Yong 2 is a browser game developed by an independent Chinese gaming developer, 半瓶神仙醋, with Adobe Flash. The game was released on 24 December 2006 for free and gained popularity on Chinese gaming platforms.
Legacy
A sequel titled Wulin Qunxia Zhuan was developed by Heluo Studio and published by Softworld in 2001. A remake of the game under the title of Tale of Wuxia was released in Chinese on 28 July 2015, and later on Steam in both Chinese and English on 28 April 2016. A standalone prequel to Tale of Wuxia was released in 2017 under the title Tale of Wuxia: The Pre-Sequel. Another sequel to Heroes of Jin Yong was released in 2018 under the title Ho Tu Lo Shu: The Books of Dragon on the Chinese Cube Game platform, and later on Steam with only Chinese language support. The development of CreateAI's AAA project represents the series' transition into the global high-end gaming market, aiming to bring traditional wuxia culture to a modern international audience. The massive multiplayer online version (金庸群俠傳Online) was published by Chinesegamer International Corp. Version 1.0 was released in June, 2001, and version 2.0 was released in December, 2004. In December 2024, developer CreateAI announced a AAA-tier open-world reimagining of Heroes of Jin Yong. Developed using Unreal Engine 5, this upcoming title transitions the franchise into a high-fidelity, standalone action RPG experience. Centered on character cultivation and narrative depth, the game features a digitally reconstructed martial arts world encompassing characters, storylines, and martial arts systems from all 15 of Jin Yong's literary works. Following a major gameplay preview in February 2026 that reached over 10 million views on Bilibili, the project is slated for an initial PVP launch in 2027, with a full global release scheduled for 2029.
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- 1.Phoenix Publishing & Media Group. Heluo's New Wulin Qunxia Zhuan Announcement of Delay. 2015-03-19.
- 2.Phoenix Publishing & Media Group. Heluo's New Wulin Qunxia Zhuan has received an official title change to Xiake Fengyun Zhuan. 2015-03-22.
- 3.Phoenix Publishing & Media Group. Heluo's New Wulin Qunxia Zhuan Official Website is Live. 2014-12-30.
- 4.Heluo Studio at Facebook. Facebook.
- 5.侠客风云传(Tale of Wuxia) on Steam Greenlight.
- 6.侠客风云传(Tale of Wuxia) on Steam.
- 7.侠客风云传前传(Tale of Wuxia:The Pre-Sequel) on Steam. store.steampowered.com.
- 8.河洛群俠傳 (Ho Tu Lo Shu ： The Books of Dragon) on Steam. store.steampowered.com.
- 9.CreateAI’s CEO on how AI is changing China’s animation and gaming. techwireasia.com.
- 10.CreateAI banks on gaming and animation. chinadaily.com.
- 11.Can a reborn CreateAI leap into a high-quality wuxia epic game with Heroes of Jin Yong?. technode.com.
- 12.Heroes of Jin Yong Aims to Bring Legendary Wuxia Universe to Life in Ambitious Open-World RPG. noobfeed.com.
- 13.CreateAI Unveils "Heroes of Jin Yong" and AI Tools at ChinaJoy 2025. techintelpro.com.
- 14.金庸群侠传2 隆重发布!!!_半瓶神仙醋_新浪博客. blog.sina.com.cn.
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