Tao (video game)

Infobox VG
title=Tao


developer= Video and Audio Project
publisher= Video and Audio Project
designer=
engine=
released=vgrelease|JP=December 1, 1989 [cite web | url = http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/nes/data/579510.html| title = Release date | publisher = Game FAQs| date = | accessdate = 2008-05-14]
genre=Adventure
modes=Single-player only
ratings=vgratings|CERO=n/a (not rated)
platforms=Famicom
media=6-megabit Cartridge
requirements=
input= Famicom controller

nihongo|"Tao"|ＴＡＯ 道 [cite web | url = http://kurx.net/game/gamebook/fc/JPnesHe.txt| title = Japanese title | publisher = JPNES| date = | accessdate = 2008-05-14] is a Famicom post-industrial adventure game about living the life of a nomad seeking enlightenement. On the way to enlightenement, the player roams from Japanese town to town looking for find himself in the chaos of life in Japan. There are elders and common folk outside the village that give out advice when you leave the town by walking on the railroad tracks. There are railroad tracks at the beginning the game, suggesting that the player stars out as a railroad hobo.

However, a Buddhist temple can be explored near the player's starting point [cite web | url = http://www.pixyturn.rash.jp/famicom/1989/1989_132.php| title = Game overview | publisher = Game FAQs| date = | accessdate = 2008-05-14] . In the introduction prior to beginning the game, a sperm cell transforms into a fetus and into an infant human being. This baby is representative of the main character in the beginning of his life. Japanese literacy is required to play this game.

References

External links

* [http://www.saturn.dti.ne.jp/~dastard/famicom/tao-fl4.htm Main Enemies in Tao (video game)]
* [http://www.saturn.dti.ne.jp/~dastard/famicom/tao-fl3.htm Monsters in Tao (video game)]