Retro Game of the Week 023: Dragon Warrior (NES)

The one that started it all is once again remembered here at Retro Gaming Life. You take role of a warrior (Elwood?) in order to save the princess and slay the dragon. Dragon Warrior(Quest in Japan and lately here) is the one that started it all in terms of quest style games. If you get a chance to check out the library of games for the Famicom you'll realize that there are a vast amount of Dragon Warrior(Quest) clones out there. Most of the good ones were translated by true RPG fans while some others might or not still be in the works. Either way, you'll have your best bet playing this classic of classics as you take a quest in the most initiative way through a realm full of freaks!




You(Elwood) take your role and start up as a wimpy warrior and must train hard to turn into a respectful killing machine. It'll take you a while to reach your goal so you better be ready to sit down and level up by killing the same monsters over and over again. The music might get to your nerves since it's so archaic (it's from the 1980s for crying out loud!) So take a chance and plug in your Ihome or stereo and listen to some punk rock, it helps!






Your quest will take you approximately twenty hours to complete for slow pokes like me, but I heard some hardy players have beaten the game in ten hours so go figure. I remember that the magazine Nintendo Power said it could be done in ten hours as well. Don't worry though, do what you have to do, Elwood will always be there dancing on the same spot waiting for your command.
Till next time adventurer....