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Dragon Warrior
- $80.99
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Item Condition
Complete in box: the cartridge, the manual and the box, all original. Original inserts or paperwork shown in the photos are included; display stands and other photography props are not. Every cartridge's shell, label and board are checked for authenticity when it comes into the store, and it's tested before it's listed. It ships in a collector's bag or a hard plastic case.
Item Description
Near the end of Dragon Warrior, the Dragonlord makes you an offer: join him, and he will give you half the world. Saying yes is one of the most famous mistakes in gaming, and reaching that moment after hours of leveling up, scraping together gold and creeping farther from the safety of the castle is what makes this game so rewarding. This is where the Japanese console RPG first found a home with North American NES players.
The setup is pure fairy tale. The Dragonlord has captured Princess Gwaelin and stolen the Ball of Light, plunging Alefgard into darkness, and you are the heir of the legendary Erdrick, setting out from Tantegel Castle to put things right. Three keepers hold sacred items that will help you reach the Dragonlord's island fortress of Charlock, and tracking them down gives the quest a clear, satisfying shape.
Every battle is a one-on-one duel chosen from a simple menu of fighting, casting a spell, using an item or running away, and the world teaches you its rules the hard way. Wander too far before you are ready and a Golem or a Knight will flatten you; play it smart and each new level, spell and piece of equipment opens up another stretch of the map. Metal Slimes tempt you with huge experience if you can catch them, and Akira Toriyama's monster designs and Koichi Sugiyama's music give the whole journey a personality that later entries would build on for decades. The English release dresses its script in a playful old-fashioned style full of thee and thou, and swaps the Japanese password system for a battery save.
Created by Yuji Horii and developed by Chunsoft for Enix, it launched in Japan in 1986 and was published in North America by Nintendo in 1989, which later sent copies to new Nintendo Power subscribers and put the game in countless homes. Dragon Warrior is the first step of the Erdrick trilogy and the starting point of a series that grew into one of Japan's biggest, and playing it on original hardware is the clearest way to see how much of the genre began right here.
Fast factsgame data via IGDB
- Released
- 1986
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Developer
- Chunsoft
- Players
- Single player
About the game
All is darkness. The Dragonlord has captured the Princess and stolen Erdrick's powerful ball of light. You are Erdrick's heir. To you has fallen the most dangerous task— to rescue the King's daughter and recover the mystical ball of light. Your mission is deadly, but it is your fate. Prophets have foretold your coming. Three keepers await your journey, each ready to aid you with a mystic item of great power. Gather the three objects. Scribes will record your deeds. Use cunning and wisdom to choose your commands. Gain experience, weapons and armor as you battle your way through the world. Rest if you must. Search out the Dragonlord's lair and face your destiny. In this role-playing adventure, you are the Dragon Warrior!
Summary from the IGDB community database — the condition and contents of this listing are described above and in the photos.Watch gameplayDragon Warrior on NES
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