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Dragon Quest (1986)

Duration: 48:16

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This is a practice run for the Dragon Warrior (NES) SuperSpeedrun 2021 event I played in preparation for the race. My route was about as optimal as I could make it, and the RNG cooperated pretty well where I needed it to. Sub-45 is possible with minor routing optimizations, better luck throughout the run, and menuing efficiency improvement, but this was about as good as I could hope for.

The SuperSpeedrun is an annual Dragon Warrior Randomizer community exhibition race held following the completion of the Summer Tournament. A vanilla rom is modified to make things go as fast as possible, with a small twist each year to make it a unique experience. Racers have 1 week to route the run, then a live race is streamed for all racers simultaneously.

The 2021 iteration features many quality of life changes present in official remakes and standard randomizer flags (such as increased enemy XP/gold rewards, lower spell MP costs, higher spell effectiveness, Torch and Fairy Water usable in battle, REPEL works beyond the overworld, etc.). The most significant tweak this year is the addition of unlocked doors (no keys required). These factors lead to deviation from a vanilla speedrun, and encourage creativity from racers to come up with new routes to optimize this challenging run.

Watch me race live: https://twitch.tv/DiabeetusThe2nd

Helpful links:
Join the DWR Discord: https://discord.gg/54gXWNr
Download the Randomizer: https://github.com/mcgrew/dwrandomizer/releases

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