1987 · Konami · Action role-playing · Adventure

Dragon Scroll

Nintendo exclusive

Dragon Scroll: Yomigaerishi Maryuu is an adventure game developed by Konami in 1987 for the Famicom. It is often compared to The Legend of Zelda in terms of game play, but it is considerably more difficult due to the lack of clues or information on how to proceed.

Released: 4 December 1987
Platforms: NES
Genres: Action role-playing Adventure
Developers: Konami
Publishers: Konami
Modes: Single-player
Themes: Action
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

About

Dragon Scroll (ドラゴンスクロール甦りし魔竜; lit. "The Rebirth of the Evil Dragon") is a 1987 video game that was released exclusively in Japan for the Family Computer.

Keywords

fan translation - english

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The game is non-linear and operates almost like a sandbox game. Many video games helped to influence this video game, including The Legend of Zelda. A large video game world helps to define the complexity of the gameplay. However, most puzzles are impossible for non-Japanese speakers to solve,

Story

It was an age of magic, in which there existed two factions: Black Mages, who worshipped the three-headed Chrome Dragon, and White Mages, who worshipped the glimmering Gold Dragon. Their conflicts over territory and ideals brought about countless wars. The God Narume knew he must stop the fighting, so he put the Chrome Dragon to sleep in the mountains, and the Gold Dragon to sleep in the desert. He then took magic away from the mages, sealing up the eight Magic Books and hiding them in the sacred desert tower.

Hundreds of years passed after Narume erased magic from the world. The people lived in peace, and villages and towns prospered. However, there were also those who would do wrong to gain wealth. Enter the three greedy thieves: Safra, Kakai, and Unasu.