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Dragon Quest

Remake of Dragon Warrior released for the Super Famicom in the Dragon Quest I.II compilation. This remake includes updated graphics that retain the original look, sound of higher quality, and some changes in…

18 December 1993

Dragon Quest is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Chunsoft, released 18 December 1993 on Super Famicom.

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What Dragon Quest is

Dragon Quest is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Chunsoft and released in 1993. It was published by Enix. It is available on Super Famicom only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Remake of Dragon Warrior released for the Super Famicom in the Dragon Quest I.II compilation. This remake includes updated graphics that retain the original look, sound of higher quality, and some changes in the gameplay and in the game world: certain locations are larger, some menu commands (such as "Stairs") are omitted, and there is a larger variety of items.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Dragon Quest series

Dragon Quest is the eighth of 122 entries we hold in the Dragon Quest series. The next entry was Dragon Quest II: Akuryo no Kamigami in 1993.

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What it launched against

Dragon Quest launched on 18 December 1993, within three weeks of Doom, Mega Man X, SimCity 2000 and Theme Park.

Released around the same time: Doom, Mega Man X, SimCity 2000, Theme Park.

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When did Dragon Quest come out?
Dragon Quest was released on 18 December 1993 for Super Famicom.

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