Dragon Warrior - Famicom and NES

8.1	Listal rating

Manufacturer : Nintendo
Release date : 31 August 1989
EAN : 0045496630379
UPC : 045496630379

RPG (4), Nes (2), Series 1st (2), Adventure (1), Nintendo (1), Classic (1), 1989 (1), Series (1), 1980s (1), Single Player (1), ROM (1)

Description

The protagonist of the story is a warrior who is a descendent of the legendary hero Erdrick. Starting in the chambers of King Lorik, the player is made aware that the Dragonlord has stolen the Ball of Light which must be reclaimed to restore peace to the land. Although this minimalistic story presents itself at the beginning, the player will find m ... (more)

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Ratings of Dragon Warrior

8.1/10
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Prelude

The classic RPG

Posted : 2 years ago at Dec 14 12:04

This is in my eyes the birth of RPG genre, even though I never got into the game too much. I got this at about the same time as I got Final Fantasy (FF was released by Square, and Dragon Warrior was an Enix release - Square Enix rings a bell, anyone?) and Final Fantasy blew it out of the water. Still, FF was a newer game, so I should judge DW on its own merit, since it had no competition when it first came out. The graphics were primitive, the reading was a torture, and the battle scenes were text-based with just a bit of flashing to signify a hit (FF took a bit leap forward by actually showing the characters swinging the swords, etc..). But all the RPG elements were there to make this a very early addictive release (talk, search, use item, magic, weapons, armor). Ah, the good ol' d...Read more

Rating : 7/10

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