Dragon Warrior - Famicom and NES

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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... read more

This is the game that started my love of RPG. I look back and I still smile thinking about playing this game and leaving my game system on for days at a time.

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 more minor story elements to the game as it progresses. These mostly occur through dialogues with NPCs that detail rescuing the Princess Gwaelin, the destruction of the town of Hauksness, and the hints about relics needed to reach the Dragonlord.