The first in the long running series of games, beginning with the Nintendo Entertainment System and spanning the SNES, the Gameboy, and even the Playstation, as well as having mini-spinoffs which are a lot like Pokémon.

This, the original Dragon Warrior, starts you off in the throne room of the King of Tantegel Castle. He names you the descendant of the legendary Erdrick, who once possessed the Ball of Light. It has been stolen, the Dragonlord's minions roam the lands, and the Princess is kidnapped. You, the descendant of the legendary hero, must confront evil and save the continent.

This game features a single-character interface with single-monster battles. Do not think this means it will be easy…you can easily go in over your head. You must make sure to buy equipment, as for some odd reason, trained descendants of heroes do not have any starting equipment.

This game was once released by Nintendo along with subscriptions of Nintendo Power magazine, so it is not extremely rare. However, it is a good place to start learning of the series, as it began everything. Also, the rest of them are considered hard to find. If you get one, consider yourself lucky!

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[li]The Dragon Quest title screen graphics were copied from the original Dragon Quest (J), and the cracks and shapes of some of the rocks have been edited slightly.[/li]

[li]The missing dragon sprites were copied from the original Dragon Quest (J), and the dragon was recolored and moved back to its original location. Its neckline and tongue have been edited slightly.[/li]

[li]The sword flash was recolored and moved back to its original location.[/li]

[li]The "ENIX" text in the logo was edited to look more like the actual logo.[/li]

[li]The overall purple theme was inspired by the original Famicom box art.[/li]

[li]The ending credits were recolored, realigned slightly, and the spelling of "PROGRAMER" was corrected. The serif font was switched to the standard sans-serif font from the main game.[/li]

[li]Update: v1.1 Glitched graphics during the Dragonlord fight have been fixed. One caveat is if your player name has these characters in the first 4 letters of your name, those character graphics will still glitch in the name display only during the Dragonlord fight: comma, dash, brackets, lower case 'q', lower case 'x', lower case 'z'.[/li]

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