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The Guardian Legend

1988 video game
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The Guardian Legend

Summary

The Guardian Legend is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (321 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Guardian Legend's instance of is recorded as video game[3].
  • The Guardian Legend was published by Irem[4].
  • The Guardian Legend's genre is action-adventure game[5].
  • The Guardian Legend's genre is science fiction video game[6].
  • The Guardian Legend's genre is shoot 'em up[7].
  • The Guardian Legend's developer is recorded as Compile[8].
  • The Guardian Legend's platform is recorded as Nintendo Entertainment System[9].
  • The Guardian Legend's game mode is recorded as single-player video game[10].
  • The Guardian Legend's country of origin is recorded as Japan[11].
  • The Guardian Legend was released on February 5, 1988[12].
  • The Guardian Legend's distributed by is recorded as Q8093[13].
  • The Guardian Legend's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ガーディック外伝'}[14].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Soundtrack[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: eaeb6f22-70b3-42db-ab61-53039f21d0f8[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Guardian Legend was published by Irem[4].

Publication

The Guardian Legend was published on February 5, 1988[12]. Genres include action-adventure game[5], science fiction video game[6], and shoot 'em up[7].

Why It Matters

The Guardian Legend ranks in the top 5% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (321 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Compile Irem Japan Nintendo

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). The Guardian Legend. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-guardian-legend
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_the-guardian-legend_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{The Guardian Legend}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-guardian-legend}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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