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Dragon Warrior III

Dragon Warrior III is a top-down role-playing game where you travel around the overworld, caves, castles, cities and other locations while battling random encounters, buying equipment, and talking to people…

10 February 1988

Dragon Warrior III is an adventure developed by Chunsoft, released 10 February 1988 on Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System.

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What Dragon Warrior III is

Dragon Warrior III is an adventure game developed by Chunsoft and released in 1988. It was published by Enix. It is available on Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Dragon Warrior III is a top-down role-playing game where you travel around the overworld, caves, castles, cities and other locations while battling random encounters, buying equipment, and talking to people. You and your party members receive experience when they beat up monsters and level up with enough experience, increasing their stats. The game features a day/night cycle - as you travel, day slowly changes to night and vice versa; shops are typically closed at night. You begin with control of just the main character but can quickly recruit three more members to your party. During the game you can choose to drop your current characters and recruit others at any time. The recruitable…
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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 Warrior III is the third of 122 entries we hold in the Dragon Quest series. It arrived a year after Dragon Warrior II. The next entry was Dragon Warrior IV in 1990.

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When did Dragon Warrior III come out?
Dragon Warrior III was released on 10 February 1988 for Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System.

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