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All is darkness. The Dragon Lord has captured the Princess and stolen The Legendary Hero's Ball of Light!

You are the Legendary Hero's heir. You have been assigned a most dangerous task: to rescue the King's daughter and retrieve the Ball of Light.

The journey ahead will be tough, but it is your destiny. Three Sages await your arrival, each willing to reward you with mystical items of great power.

Gather these three items, let your wits be about you as you gain experience, weapons and armor as you battle your way through Alefgard. Rest if you must!

Search out the Dragon Lord's lair and face your destiny, in the role playing epic, Dragon Quest.

New Features:

+Remixed Monsters
+New Weapons, Armor, & Items
+Orchestrated OST
+New Dragon Quest Monsters Inspired Bonus Dungeon
+New Dragon Quest Monsters 2 Inspired Bonus World
+New Mini Dungeons in Alefgard
+3 New Minigames

Notice: This is a non-profit fan game. All rights are reserved to Square Enix Co.Ltd/ Armor Project, Koichi Sugiyama©, and Akira Toriyama/Bird Studio.

This game is only compatible with Windows XP SP3, Windows 7 Pro, Windows 10, Windows 11 & Steam Deck(YMMV). Linux/Wine/MAC/EasyRPG and RetroArch are not fully compatible.

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Dragon Quest Plus will release, Friday November 10th, 2023!

This is a remake of Dragon Quest 1 with added content, quality of life features, and orchestrated OST. It will of course be 100% free.

The game can be found here when it launches. I would like to thank everyone who supported me and helped this become a reality after 11 years!

Time for another visual update.

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Ljink
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11/17/2023 08:40 PM
author=Retrohacknerd
Hi Nightfly,

I defeated the dragon lord, and ever since then, Roto's armor no longer heals me while walking around. Is this by design? I've tried to unequip and re-equip, and quit and reload, but it still doesn't work.

Terrific game though! I'm really enjoying it. Took me a minute to realize why the words NICE!!! were scrolling across my screen but I finally got it lol :)


Thank you! And yes, Roto's armor will no longer heal after defeating the Dragon Lord. This is just something done in post to nerf reliance on it as a free heal. Gotta balance the 3 herbs with it somehow.
Retrohacknerd
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11/18/2023 01:33 AM
Okay thank you for the reply! That’s a totally fair balance decision and I’m glad I know the game isn’t bugged haha

This has been a great DQ1 experience I especially like the remade mountain cave and the new pyramid dungeon. The flow of the game really nice I don’t feel like I need to constantly grind and the new items are all fun to use. Thanks so much for this
Retrohacknerd
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11/18/2023 01:34 AM
Okay thank you for the reply! That’s a totally fair balance decision and I’m glad I know the game isn’t bugged haha

This has been a great DQ1 experience I especially like the remade mountain cave and the new pyramid dungeon. The flow of the game really nice I don’t feel like I need to constantly grind and the new items are all fun to use. Thanks so much for this
Ljink
1554
11/18/2023 03:35 AM
author=Retrohacknerd
Okay thank you for the reply! That’s a totally fair balance decision and I’m glad I know the game isn’t bugged haha

This has been a great DQ1 experience I especially like the remade mountain cave and the new pyramid dungeon. The flow of the game really nice I don’t feel like I need to constantly grind and the new items are all fun to use. Thanks so much for this


No problem! The game definitely had bugs but that wasn't one of them, lol.

But I'm so happy to hear that you had a good time with the game. Mountain Cave is one of my favorite ones in the game. I definitely tried to make normal a pretty grindless experience. You are welcome!
Roden
ALWAYS BE SAD
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11/18/2023 10:37 PM
I hate to be "that guy" since I'm loving every part of this so far, but a little thing I noticed about some extra content:

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It seems a little odd that the ship at Southport and the Mini Medal Castle Island both show up at the same time, and the Captain shows up on the island even when logically he should be in one place or the other depending on the state of things.

SUPER minor, I know, so sorry for being a nitpicker. Just something that irks my sensibilities. Figured I'd give it a shout for consistency's sake, even if you have much bigger problems at the moment.


Now that I got it off my chest, back to enjoying the game!
Ljink
1554
11/18/2023 10:40 PM
author=Roden
I hate to be "that guy" since I'm loving every part of this so far, but a little thing I noticed about some extra content:

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It seems a little odd that the ship at Southport and the Mini Medal Castle Island both show up at the same time, and the Captain shows up on the island even when logically he should be in one place or the other depending on the state of things.

SUPER minor, I know, so sorry for being a nitpicker. Just something that irks my sensibilities. Figured I'd give it a shout for consistency's sake, even if you have much bigger problems at the moment.


Now that I got it off my chest, back to enjoying the game!

I legit was just too lazy to do that. But I'll add it now, lol.

Edit: Actually, I think the way I explained it to myself is the other guy is a different ferry. So therefore, he always has to be on that island...does that work? lol

Edit 2: Nah, I'll just do it right. Angels and demons, angels and demons on my shoulder...
Balthazar
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11/19/2023 02:53 AM
What's the NICE that sometimes shows up when i'm in battle?
Balthazar
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11/19/2023 02:56 AM
Not sure why but when i was fighting a gold man when I defended without being buffed i took 9 damage. When I defended after buffing i consistently took between 13-16 damage. Is this a bug or am I just unlucky?
Balthazar
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Balthazar
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11/19/2023 03:06 AM
Yup upon fighting 3 more Gold men I can confirm that i was taking slightly more damage while i was under the effect of buff.
Balthazar
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11/19/2023 04:10 AM
Also can you update the flee option to make it so that if you flee 4 times consecutively against an opponent that you can run from you just flee automatically? I don't know how your odds of fleeing are calculated but when I encounter chimeras I regularly attempt to flee form them for over 5 turns in a row and the record I got is 8. It's really annoying especially since the odds of running are so much lower compared to every other monster I've encountered.
Ljink
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11/19/2023 04:22 AM
author=Balthazar
What's the NICE that sometimes shows up when i'm in battle?

Um, so in the future can you just DM me any issues so the comments don't get too clogged?

I don't intend to change the flee rates, if you're on hard Buffs don't work anymore. The nice shows up when you have 69 HP. If you want to flee easier from battles, I recommend finding and buying the Silver Bracer.
Retrohacknerd
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11/20/2023 03:46 AM
Postgame question:

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I got 4 stars, found Nightfly, and just received the Demon key. When I go there I’m trapped between mountains and can’t progress. What am I missing?
Ljink
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11/20/2023 04:15 AM
author=Retrohacknerd
Postgame question:

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I got 4 stars, found Nightfly, and just received the Demon key. When I go there I’m trapped between mountains and can’t progress. What am I missing?


Please update to 1.0.5 in the Downloads section.
Balthazar
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11/20/2023 08:08 PM
author=Ljink
author=Balthazar
What's the NICE that sometimes shows up when i'm in battle?
Um, so in the future can you just DM me any issues so the comments don't get too clogged?

I don't intend to change the flee rates, if you're on hard Buffs don't work anymore. The nice shows up when you have 69 HP. If you want to flee easier from battles, I recommend finding and buying the Silver Bracer.

Thanks will do.
Isrieri
"My father told me this would happen."
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11/23/2023 08:30 AM
I'm up to Mercado so far and am having a great time. I could feel how painful animating a lot of these sprites must have been, and I'm really admiring the level of polish that you've put on all the visuals and the customized 1v1 battles. Superb.

There's some good and some bad to my mind as I play. But I can tell you two things right now:

1) I'm really happy that you've put all the little goodies and new areas across the map in addition to the traditional locations. They may not amount to much, but in a game as bare bones as Dragon Quest I they go a long way to making the world more rich and letting players scratch the exploration itch. No future games had as interesting or expansive world maps as I & II but they were so empty! Hidden landmarks and items were the touch most needed.

2) I'm disappointed that you can't throw torches or holy water at enemies. It was a very negligible feature of the GB version but there are so few items as it is, best to give them as much versatility as possible for the additional fun factor.


Question: Does the Death Necklace exist? I don't want to go rolling dice to find out; was just curious.
Ljink
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11/23/2023 02:03 PM
author=Isrieri
I'm up to Mercado so far and am having a great time. I could feel how painful animating a lot of these sprites must have been, and I'm really admiring the level of polish that you've put on all the visuals and the customized 1v1 battles. Superb.

There's some good and some bad to my mind as I play. But I can tell you two things right now:

1) I'm really happy that you've put all the little goodies and new areas across the map in addition to the traditional locations. They may not amount to much, but in a game as bare bones as Dragon Quest I they go a long way to making the world more rich and letting players scratch the exploration itch. No future games had as interesting or expansive world maps as I & II but they were so empty! Hidden landmarks and items were the touch most needed.

2) I'm disappointed that you can't throw torches or holy water at enemies. It was a very negligible feature of the GB version but there are so few items as it is, best to give them as much versatility as possible for the additional fun factor.


Question: Does the Death Necklace exist? I don't want to go rolling dice to find out; was just curious.


Glad you're having fun so far and yes much time went into the monsters, battles and visuals. Of course I expect some things not to land very well with some players. Gotta take the good and bad in terms of criticism!

I definitely tried to make exploring Alefgard just a bit more interesting and I am happy to see people are taking well to these additions.

In terms of throwing torches and holy water at enemies...this is something I don't think I've ever tried in DQ! I had no idea you could do that. I might add it back in if I have the time. My goal is to move on from the game with the new year but I'll see what I can do.

The Death Necklace/Choker does exist in this game.
Varn
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11/23/2023 07:03 PM
Played the game, really enjoyed it. Think I cleared everything ... hit level 50, won the demon world.

There are still 4 ??? entries at the end of my World Key selection page, and a page and a half of ??? entries at the end of my spellbook. Am I ... right that these are un-fillable? I'd hate to think I was missing so much content ... even though I'm like 99% sure the game is over...

Ljink
1554
11/23/2023 11:40 PM
author=Varn
Played the game, really enjoyed it. Think I cleared everything ... hit level 50, won the demon world.

There are still 4 ??? entries at the end of my World Key selection page, and a page and a half of ??? entries at the end of my spellbook. Am I ... right that these are un-fillable? I'd hate to think I was missing so much content ... even though I'm like 99% sure the game is over...



Yeah you probably beat everything at lv 50 lol. There are no more keys after Demon Key. More were planned but I decided to move on from the game by the end of the year so I can move on to making my own game in a different engine. Somebody brought up the idea of "sponsoring" more keys to be made but IDK how I feel about that.

Anyway, I'm glad you had enough fun to keep going that long! Thanks for playing!
Varn
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11/24/2023 06:45 AM
I figured as much, especially given the snarky message I got for hitting level 50 (beat 'the superboss' at ... 39 I think.) I might suggest removing all the extra ???s if there's another patch?

I might also nitpick that Impossible Mode ... really seems to be exactly what it says on the tin. Fixing the basic slimes to give 1xp instead of 0xp might ... make the initial grind far, far more doable? I tried anyway, running from the blue slimes, facing only Red Slimes - one per inn visit - and gave up when I saw the inn price scaled to my level. (And I'm not sure the Impossible-mode post-game content would be doable even at level 50. At least without buying millions of gold worth of meat.)

Regardless - this was an EXCELLENT game, and I truly enjoyed it. Thank you for spending so long making it!
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