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Our detour continues. If I’d managed to be chronological, then the latest post in this series would have been the one about Phantasy Star II. But I found a few games that I missed, so I went back to play them: first Glory of Heracles: The Labors of the Divine Hero, followed by Bionic Commando. Now, we’ve arrived at what was supposed to be the last game of the detour. I say “supposed to” because I already found another game I missed… but more on that later. For now, we’re talking about Valkyrie no Densetsu, which translates to The Legend of Valkyrie. Developed and published by Namco, Valkyrie no Densetsu first appeared in arcades in March 1989, placing it between Clash at Demonhead and Out Live in our timeline. A port for the PC Engine appeared in August 1990, which is the version I played. Both versions were limited to the Japanese market, however, so I used a fan translation from shawnji (AKA Shawn Cox) and cabbage to play.