Standing as one of the earliest commercial fantasy titles in personal computer history to bear the storied Dragon Quest title, programmer Charles Forsythe and The Programmer's Guild released Dragon-Quest Adventure in 1980 for the TRS-80, sending players on a legendary heroic quest across an enchanted realm, delving into cursed caverns and forgotten castles to recover an ancient magical blade and slay the terrorizing Great Red Dragon.
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Dragon-Quest Adventure (also known as Dragonquest!) is a 1980 video game published by The Software Exchange for the TRS-80, programmed by Charles Forsythe.
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Dragon-Quest Adventure is a game in which the dragon Smaegor has kidnapped the king’s daughter and plans eats the princess at nightfall.
Reception
Dave Albert reviewed DragonQuest in The Space Gamer No. 44. Albert commented that “Pick up a copy and try to rescue the princess. She needs your help.”
References
External links
Dragon-Quest Adventure in the Interactive Fiction Database
