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This list is more for my own reference,but I'll post it to a gamepage anyway. The list is compilation of all the sites on which Hero's Realm is advertised. Hero's Realm has had trouble gaining traction outside of RMN and GW so if any of you who are members of the other sites feel so inclined to promote the game it would be much appreciated.

Official Homepage:
I created this during the development of the game and have since updated it with the final numbers. It is a good resource for the game. The Guestbook has a bunch of feedback (and questions!).
http://kentona.freehostia.com/

RPG RPG Revolution:
Got a few hits here, but not much. I wasn't expecting much though due to the focus on RMXP here and the crowded nature of the site. I did get one review however! And a few PMs.
http://www.rpgrevolution.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=30471
http://www.rpgrevolution.com/game/heros-realm_1076.html

HBGames (formerly RMXP.org):
Barely a ripple here, but again wasn't expecting much given the focus on XP and VX.
http://www.hbgames.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=77&t=67235

Gaming World:
Easily my second biggest reception next to RMN. I started HR while at GW and built a bit of a fanbase there. I guess it was still around when I finally finished it.
http://www.gamingw.net/forums/index.php?topic=78286.0

RM Resource Kit:
Decent reception here - I was quite surprised. The site really buries their completed games.
http://rmrk.net/index.php/topic,34338.0.html

GameJolt:
This is a more general gaming site. I am pleased to see that Hero's Realm tops the list of RPGs with a rating of 4.3/5 (only 11 ratings, though). Pretty cool either way.
http://gamejolt.com/freeware/games/rpg/hero-s-realm/274/

RPG Fan:
Another general RPG site. This one shocks me the most as I have had no replies at all - I thought that this game would be ripped to shreds at the very least. Oh well.
http://www.rpgfan.com/boards/index.php?topic=6604.0

RPG Crisis:
Barely a blip, but whatever. Although my Generica post here did spark a bit of a flamewar!
http://rpgcrisis.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=1445

Kobra's Realm:
This site is near death but I posted here anyway.
http://www.kobrasrealm.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=3939

Naruto Fan:
This was actually done by Ephiam (of Boss Project and Dragon Fantasy fame) a few months ago! Nice to see some outside exposure.
http://forums.narutofan.com/showthread.php?p=24381524#post24381524

Softpedia:
I blogged about this one because I was so shocked to see it. A Softpedia bot (or employee) grabbed this game from somewhere (my guess is GameJolt) and posted it on Softpedia. Since it's initial surge of 250 downloads the game has fallen off the first page and downloads have stopped. Still, it was pretty cool.
http://games.softpedia.com/get/Freeware-Games/Hero-s-Realm.shtml

Dragon's Den
This is a Dragon Warrior/Dragon Quest fansite. The activity of their fangames forum is minimal, but the reception is positive so far.
http://www.woodus.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=15589

Brothersoft.com
Seems to be another software cataloguing site not unlike Softpedia. I found out about this through an email from the admin (I assume?) letting me know about Generica being an Editor's Pick there.
http://www.brothersoft.com/hero.s-realm-356243.html

Fireheart
Looks like someone blogged about the game. Unfortunately the blog contains 95% my writing from this gamepage so the poster remains a mysterious entity!
http://fireheart-vadis.blogspot.com/2010/03/heros-realm.html

idealsoftblog.it
It's-a-me! Herio! (Yes, somehow this game ended up on an italian blog!)
http://www.idealsoftblog.it/2010/03/heros-realm-old-school-rpg-freeware.html

ZPE's thoughts
Not sure how I missed this completely! ZPE posted his review on his blog.
http://zpte.wordpress.com/2009/03/07/heros-realm-released/

TeamLiquid - a Starcraft fansite
A member, XFire, on TeamLiquid.net's message boards mentioned Hero's Realm in a thread called "Best free games you don't know about". TeamLiquid appears to be a StarCraft fansite, which is pretty coincidental because I just re-installed StarCraft and Broodwar two days ago.
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=128407&currentpage=3#53
PS. there is also a bunch of other cool games listed there, and Barkley Shut up and Jam Gaiden is mentioned.

Mondo Games Blog
Spanish, or something...
http://www.mondogamesblog.com/2010/08/11/hero’s-realm-old-school-rpg-game-free/

TVTropes
A mention in the Game Favored Gender entry, under Females > Video Games.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GameFavoredGender

Angel Spire Review
Shin Migumi on Angel Spire reviewed HR wayyyyy back in 2007. And he liked it! Also, brandonabley is a jerk >:|
http://www.angel-spire.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=734

RPG Maker France
They talk about the 2009 Misaos.
http://www.rpg-maker.fr/index.php?page=newsnorm&id=72

4 U Software
Another bot crawler site
http://4usoftware.com/2010/04/heros-realm-1-4-2/

Penny Arcade forums
Mentioned here in a 16-bit RPG games thread, along with a lot of RM games like Barkley and Exit Fate and Kinetic Cipher (among others)
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=103529

Makerscorner (French)
Mentioned here in a blurb
http://www.makerscorner.fr/

(Hungarian site)
Mentioned here in a blurb...maybe? I have no idea. Google Translate sez:
go up to town to celebrate the twentieth of August. Now most of the confusion that stuck to the computer game called Hero's Realm. Just like old times. I decided that I will be back gépbuzi, and do not care for dislodgement. The center is only 1.5 weeks, I go and start the school. New life. There will be gépbuziskodni.

http://abilify.freeblog.hu/

Central Retro (Language Unknown...spanish-like)
A game page for HR in that language.
http://centralretro.blogspot.com/2010/05/o-velho-novo-heros-realm-cade-final.html

Tsukuru Poland
A list of several RM games, HR and Generica among them.
http://tsukuru.pl/inne/gryz/gierce.html

http://tsukuru.pl/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2943&sid=a283c04931aa48cc741b4d2bd02a0423

Small-Games
Some Russian site.
Люблю такие игры. Тем более, эта стилизована под старые Сеговские и Дэндивские хиты)) Не пропускаю.
http://small-games.info/?go=game&c=3&i=2675

Dawn Bomb Blog
She started a let's play... seems to be abandoned though.
http://dawnbomb.blogspot.com/

Devmakers
http://www.devmakers.org/gamesdb/descricao/heros-realm

Blue-Cup journal
Linked to in a blog post.
http://blue-cup.deviantart.com/journal/40421254/#comments

It's about stuff. sometimes
Link to and talked about briefly in a blog post
http://itsaboutstuffsometimes.blogspot.com/2011/09/stuff-about-games.html

Giant in the Playground Forums
Mentioned in a thread about hobbyist RPG development
http://www.giantitp.com/forums/archive/index.php?t-224932.html

Drunken Paladin forums
A well-written (long) assessment and overview of the game.
http://www.drunkenpaladin.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=759

Master Dragon-Knight
An Indonesian blog managed by hainur
http://master-dragonknight.blogspot.ca/2015/04/heros-realm.html

Pinkuboa, a blog dedicated to archiving RPG Maker resources
A tumblr post about RM2k3
http://pinkuboa.tumblr.com/post/124952251317/rpg-maker-2003-was-released-on-december-24-2002

Curated Critiques by Ryan Bamsey
Reviewing things, rambling about videogames, essaying psychological, and just general wordy bric-a-brac
https://curatedcritiques.wordpress.com/2020/05/24/lets-play-heros-realm/