The Game Boy Color version is based on the Super Famicom version. The Super Famicom remake was marketed exclusively in Japan due to the absence of Enix America Corporation, but it was unofficially translated into English and Spanish through emulation by online fan translation group RPG-One in 2002. Monsters yield more experience and gold after being defeated to reduce the amount of time needed to raise levels and save up for purchases. Several conveniences were added, such as a vault for storing gold and items, and a streamlined menu system. In the Game Boy Color remake Dragonlord's name was changed to Draco Lord, and Erdrick is now known as Loto. The Game Boy Color release of Dragon Warrior in the USA had a more accurate translation of many character and town names.
Spells generally had nonsense names, but the term for the heal spell, Hoimi, became the official term for heal in Japan. Charlock Castle was not named in the Japanese version.
Tantegel castle was called Ladutorm Castle, Brecconary was called Ladutorm town, Garinham was called Galai, Kol was called Maira, and Cantlin was called Mercado. In Japan, Erdrick was originally called Roto (or Loto), King Lorik was called King Lars, Princess Gwaelin was known as Laura, and the Dragonlord was known as King Dragon. In Japan, many characters, locations, and spells had different names. Nevertheless, it was successful financially and well received by many fans. Seemingly primitive by today's standards, Dragon Quest features one-on-one combat, a limited array of items and spells, and only five towns and five dungeons. Dragon Quest is regarded as the first console RPG or role playing game, a popular genre that also includes the Final Fantasy series.
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Eventually the hero who is a descendant of the legendary Erdrick has emerged and has vowed to rescue the princess and defeat the Dragonlord.ĭragon Quest was wildly popular in Japan and became the first in a series that now includes eight games, with several spin-offs, including Dragon Quest Monsters.
A villain by the name of Dragonlord has kidnapped the princess of Tantegel and an artifact called the Orb of Light (also known as Ball of Light). Dragon Quest I has recently been released on cellular phones.ĭragon Quest takes place in a country called Alefgard. It was re-released along with Dragon Quest II in a compilation known as Dragon Quest I & II. Nintendo was impressed with the Japanese sales of the title and massively overproduced the cartridge the end result was that Nintendo gave away copies of Dragon Warrior as an incentive for subscribing to Nintendo Power. The North American version of the game was greatly improved graphically over the Japanese original, and it added a battery backed-up save feature, whereas the Japanese version used passwords. The game was localized for North American release in 1989, but the title was changed to Dragon Warrior to avoid infringing on the trademark of the pen and paper game DragonQuest at the time. Romaji: Doragonkuesuto) (called Dragon Warrior in North America) also known as Dragon Quest I, is the first game in the Dragon Quest series was developed by Enix (now Square Enix) and released in 1986 in Japan for the Family Computer ("Famicom").