Dragon Quest
Chunsoft
About
A single-player role-playing game set in Alefgard, where a lone descendant of Erdrick seeks to defeat the Dragonlord. Exploration, gathering clues and equipment, and one-on-one turn-based monster battles drive progression.
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Details
- Release
- Original release · NES / Famicom
- Developer
- Chunsoft
- Publisher
- Enix, Nintendo
- Released
- 1986-05-27 Japan, Famicom
1989-08 North America, NES - Platforms
- Famicom, NES, MSX, MSX2, PC-9801, Super Famicom, Satellaview, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Japanese mobile phones, Wii, iOS, Android, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Windows
- Variants
- Dragon Warrior
- Type
- Regional localization
- Platforms
- NES
- Released
- 1989-08, North America, NES
- Art changes
- Revised, larger character sprites face the direction of travel; the Japanese original's sprites face forward.
- Sources
Dragon Quest- Type
- port
- Platforms
- MSX
- MSX2
- PC-9801
- Released
- 1986-11, Japan, MSX2
- 1986-12, Japan, MSX
- 1986, Japan, PC-9801
- Sources
Dragon Quest I & II- Type
- Remake compilation
- Platforms
- Super Famicom
- Released
- 1993-12-18, Japan, Super Famicom
- Art changes
- Rebuilt for Super Famicom with updated graphics.
- Sources
Dragon Quest I & II / Dragon Warrior I & II- Type
- Remake compilation
- Platforms
- Game Boy Color
- Game Boy
- Released
- 1999-09-23, Japan, Game Boy Color
- 2000-09, North America, Game Boy Color
- Art changes
- Handheld adaptation of the remake, with graphics reworked for Game Boy hardware.
- Sources
Dragon Quest- Type
- remake
- Platforms
- Japanese mobile phones
- Released
- 2004, Japan, Japanese mobile phones
- Art changes
- New mobile graphics based on the Super Famicom artwork of Dragon Quest III and Dragon Quest VI.
- Sources
Dragon Quest 25th Anniversary Collection- Type
- collection
- Platforms
- Wii
- Released
- 2011-09-15, Japan, Wii
- Sources
Dragon Quest- Type
- port
- Platforms
- iOS
- Android
- Released
- 2013-11, Japan, iOS / Android
- 2014-09-11, North America / Europe, iOS / Android
- Art changes
- Uses the later mobile-remake graphics rather than NES artwork.
- Sources
Dragon Quest- Type
- Platform releases
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4
- Nintendo 3DS
- Released
- 2017-08-10, Japan, PlayStation 4 / Nintendo 3DS
- Sources
Dragon Quest- Type
- Port with revised artwork
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch
- Released
- 2019-09-27, Worldwide, Nintendo Switch
- Art changes
- Higher-resolution redrawn characters, NPCs and monsters accompany sprite-based backgrounds.
- Sources
Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake- Type
- Remake compilation
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch
- Nintendo Switch 2
- PlayStation 5
- Xbox Series X/S
- Windows
- Released
- 2025-10-30, Worldwide, Nintendo Switch / Nintendo Switch 2 / PlayStation 5 / Xbox Series X/S / Windows
- Art changes
- Full remake of Dragon Quest I alongside II, replacing the original presentation with HD-2D graphics.
- Sources
Dragon Quest HD-2D Erdrick Trilogy Collection- Type
- collection
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch
- Nintendo Switch 2
- PlayStation 5
- Xbox Series X/S
- Windows
- Released
- 2025-10-30, Worldwide, Nintendo Switch / Nintendo Switch 2 / PlayStation 5 / Xbox Series X/S / Windows
- Sources
- Also known as
- Dragon Warrior (North America)
ドラゴンクエスト (Japan) - Credits
- Akira Toriyama Character Designer
Takashi Yasuno CG Design
Satoshi Fudaba CG Designed by — North American localization
Kazuo Enomoto Title designed by
Koichi Nakamura Director
Yukinobu Chida Producer
Yuji Horii Scenario Writer - Links
- official · wikipedia · mobygames
Related
Dragon Quest series 7 games
