Hero's Journal 78 - DQ1 - The Dragonlord must fall!

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TheSandWife

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Published on September 20, 2023 11:00:05 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4xpK6EgYTo

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Dragon Quest (1986)

Duration: 4:19:37

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Shoutout to @brab731 for the help with snagging Erdrick's Sword and quick navigation to the Dragonlord's Throne for the end on this one, I super appreciate the live help as we burned through the end of the story!

Dragon Quest 1 was a fun little journey down memory lane, and gave me a good idea of what I needed to expect if I were to try going after another classic JRPG (Like, I don't know, the rerelease of Star Ocean 2 that's about to come out in a month or two that I wanted to stream for all you folx, which happens to be by the same creative team). Nothing too fancy. 0_~

I obviously have my reservations about making comparisons between this game and that, but Dragon Quest really did spur a lot of creativity in the world of RPGs and was very influential in creating a standard of excellence they managed to carry through each of their NES releases. I can't say much for the SNES titles, as they were never released outside Japan, so I know I missed out on a lot of really good stories there too.

And I have to take a step back and look at one other achievement of this specific stream. I've been playing Dragon Quest 1 off and on throughout my life, ever since I was a little girl. It's been about 30 years. I have never, never beaten the game before this stream. This was the first time in over a quarter century, and that number is staggering. I've been gaming for so long, and the industry has grown in great and terrible ways. I hope it's still in a neat place in another 30. I hope it's in a better place long before then.

We show off a bit of artwork I drew -years- ago, and drop into a couple of other games with Gradius I & II, CONTRA, and Metroid 1, which sets off a whole new journey that takes us weeks to go through XD

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