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!

This hack revises and streamlines the COMMAND Menu to make it function more like in later games.

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[li]The 'STAIRS' menu item was removed and the game was updated to automatically use stairs as soon as they are walked on.[/li]
[li]The 'TAKE' menu item was removed and its function was rolled into 'SEARCH'. When used on Chests, 'SEARCH' now automatically takes the contents.[/li]
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(A minor text string was also edited to help the SEARCH dialog transition into the TAKE dialog.)

Updated Version 1.1:
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[li]Re-wrote Stair-checking section to streamline it and isolate it from the Take section.[/li]
[li]Made 2 minor map edits to prevent forced automatic stair usage.[/li]
- Mountain Cave, 1st Floor: Removed wall tile 1 sq. down and right from NW stairs.
- Charlock Castle, 3rd Floor: Shifted far NW stairs right 1 sq.
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Dragon Warrior (U) (PRG 0).nes
Database match: Dragon Warrior (USA)
Database: No-Intro: Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20210216-231042)
File SHA-1: 6A50CE57097332393E0E8751924FD56456EF083C
File CRC32: CAAF5C6B
ROM SHA-1: 73F9B88DEF80756EF29C5AA1A724C3112E5918C1
ROM CRC32: 3B3F88F0
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Dragon Warrior (U) (PRG 1).nes
Database match: Dragon Warrior (USA) (Rev 1)
Database: No-Intro: Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20210216-231042)
File SHA-1: 1ECC63AAAC50A9612EAA8B69143858C3E48DD0AE
File CRC32: D4D5F5D7
ROM SHA-1: 240E445AB95C3A5AFBEF63E9239EACC9F9FE1E19
ROM CRC32: 2545214C