Magic Sword: Heroic Fantasy[1] is a 1990 hack and slash video game developed and published by Capcom for arcades.

The player can use a sword, axe or magic, and can also rescue and recruit potential allies of various character classes, each with special abilities.

In order to prevent this from happening, the hero, known as the Brave One (Alan in the original Japanese[3]), must scale to the top of the 50-floor tower in which Drokmar resides, known as Dragon Keep.

Assistant characters consist of Amazon (archer), Big Man (wields an axe), Knight, Lizardman, Ninja, Priest, Thief and Wizard.

Additionally, there are seven "Secret Doors" which allows the player to bypass levels when specific maneuvers are performed.

[5] Game Machine listed Magic Sword on their September 1, 1990 issue as being Japan's second most-successful table arcade unit of the month, outperforming titles such as Raiden and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

[21] In North America, it had a successful launch, with early orders of several thousand arcade units upon release,[6] while performing well at test locations.

[23] In November and December 1990, weekly coin drop earnings averaged $263.75 per arcade unit.

[16] Super Play criticized the animation for being awful, the sound effects as negligible, and the game slowing down at the slightest provocation.