16-Bit Gems is back! After a short haitus, Roo continues his mini-retrospective on the Dragon Quest series. This time, he looks at the definitive versions of the first two games, and examines how they influenced dozens of console RPGs to come. So grab your horned hat and watch the slimes draw near – the Dragonlord’s not going to leave Tantegel Castle alone without a fight!
16-Bit Gems #32: Dragon Quest I & II
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FINALLY! I’ve been scanning the site all month for this!! Great job Roo.
Welcome back 16 bit gems! Once again great work roo.
Great leview Loo!
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nice job roo!
So glad your doing the DQs! I remember when I first played DQ8 and no one I knew had even played a DQ before and didn’t believe me how amazing they were. I recently went back and played all of them in order and I must say you did the series a great justice with this review. Keep up the great work Roo. Your videos are astounding.
You know, say what you will about Dragon Quest V? While it may not have been the most beautiful RPG on the Super Famicom many consider it to be one of the best Dragon Quest games. I personally rate it above Dragon Quest III and IV. Only VII do I consider better than V and it’s not by much.
Wecome back 16-bit-gems!! … we missed you!
5 months is too long!
Thank you Roo, always love your reviews
Great video Roo, once again!
I noticed you did not mention english SNES Reproduction Cartridges. It is possible to get your hands on an English translated copy of this game playable in your NTSC Super Nintendo. The translation pack usually depends on the maker of the SNES carts, but some will make it with the ROM/patch of your choosing.
They are pretty easy to find. Here’s one I found in about 8 seconds of googling:
http://www.gamereproductions.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=93
Thank you for this video as I now know to get the NES versions for two reasons, I like ineffective and wish more games would have it since it adds strategy to the game. The second is I also like black battle screens and graphical improvements should not be a reason to get a game over the original.
Finally!
Nice episode, Roo!
Thank you for this, you are a gentleman and a scholar of all things RPG.
God, I love that theme-song. I loved the Gameboy games, they were really special to me.
I could watch your videos all day long, your really a gem yourself in retro knowledge, thanks for allt he work!
Everyone is so happy to see you Loo_
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Do another review?
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Oh the grinding… the grinding. I still remember Gwaelin’s love though. My mom is an oldschool RPG player, and though we once leapt through Mario style games together with ease, age has made it so games like this are still a preferred flavor.
DQ3… isn’t that the one with Talloon?
I own Dragon Warrior I and II for the NES, Dragon Quest V and VI for the Super Famicom and Dragon Quest VIII and IX. The only Dragon Quest games I’ve played so far are VIII and IX, and I felt they were both fantastic. I really want III and IV for the NES, but they do cost quite a bit on eBay. But I’m a purest, I NEED to play games in their original forms. I will eventually buy the Dragon Quest collection for Wii, and the Super Famicom remakes of I-III, but on a first try I feel every game should be experienced how it was originally intended.
I’m so happy to see 16-bit Gems finally return. I love your videos Roo, keep them coming.
Thanks for the retrospective, Roo. It’s great to see you giving Dragon Quest its much-deserved respect.
I REALLY loved the last few hours of Dragon Quest II, personally. Rhone was the greatest place ever.
I loved the long, dangerous treks between villages, too. One thing about DQII I wish they kept doing throughout the series is introducing new menu music for each game. Only a Lonely Boy is one of my favorite songs. Intermezzo/Comrades, though, not so much. And that song just keeps getting used in every DQ game. :-/
You can play foreign games on Wii simply by installing the Homebrew Channel; I know because I’ve played Dragon Quest Monsters: Battle Road Victory on my US Wii.
Also, I dunno if calling the GB/GBC ports is really right. It’s more like they redid the entire remake to squeeze it all onto a GB/GBC, including making completely new art and music files. The GBC remake of DWIII also had one extra bonus dungeon that was very cool, but to access it you had to grind and grind and grind and grind, or have a link cable with a few friends with the game.
No SonicRose, Taloon/Torneko was from Dragon Quest IV.
Soon… soon it’ll be time for the most delicious DQ game…! Although V and VI were also amazing.
Knightcrawler? Honestly? I think Dragon Quest V is superior to Dragon Quest IV though IV is pretty bloody amazing.
Lovin’ your video’s, it was worth the 5 months of waiting. Keep em coming roo!
I commented on youtube but forgot to comment here: great episode, Roo! This is probably your best one yet. I still have yet to play Dragon Quest II but I’m really looking forward to it.
Sorry Roo but i have say “we want more 16-bit gems”, personally they are among my favorite internet shows
When are you going to put out the next video?