Family Computer
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.
The game is non-linear and operates almost like a
sandbox game
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. Many video games helped to influence this video game, including ''
The Legend of Zelda
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''.Overview of ''Dragon Scroll'' at Video Game Den A large video game world helps to define the complexity of the gameplay. However, most puzzles are impossible for non-Japanese speakers to solve, but a fan-made translation
patch
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has been made available by King Mike Translations in 2008.
Story
It was an age of
magic
Magic or Magick most commonly refers to:
* Magic (supernatural), beliefs and actions employed to influence supernatural beings and forces
* Ceremonial magic, encompasses a wide variety of rituals of magic
* Magical thinking, the belief that unrela ...
, 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
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and
ideal
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* Ideal (ethics), values that one actively pursues as goals
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s brought about countless
war
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s. The
God
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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
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: Safra, Kakai, and Unasu. One day, as they were being chased down for some evil deed, they became lost in the desert. After walking and walking, they stumbled upon the sacred tower and discovered the hidden Magic Books. Thinking they could sell them for a pretty penny, the three split the books amongst themselves and each went his own way. With the Magic Books gone, the Chrome Dragon awoke from its eternal slumber, determined to plunge the world into a second age of dark
sorcery
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* Magic (supernatural), the application of beliefs, rituals or actions employed to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces
** Witchcraft, the practice of magical skills and abilities
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. So Narume infused the Gold Dragon with the spirit of justice, summoning him forth in the form of a
hero
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named 'Feram'. And so, it is up to Feram to collect the Magic Books and return the Chrome Dragon to its slumber.
The Two Dragons
Gold Dragon
The dragon worshipped by White Mages. It likes high places, and lives in a house made of stone. Personality-wise, it is fair, virtuous, and peace-loving. It can take many forms, including those of
human
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s and
animal
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s. It also an unnaturally high
intelligence
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and a vast knowledge of spells. The Gold Dragon has a body length of , and shoots Flame Breath and Energy Flame from its mouth. It has taken the form of the hero Feram on orders from the God Narume.
Chrome Dragon
Worshipped by Black Mages, the Chrome Dragon despises all good beings and loves
cruelty
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. The ruler of
Hell
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, it has three heads, each with a different attack. One spits flame, the other two spit explosives. Body length of . The only way to return the Chrome Dragon to its slumber is to pierce its very
heart
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Dragon Buster
is a platform, action role-playing dungeon crawl game developed by Namco and released in 1984. It runs on Namco Pac-Land hardware, modified to support vertical scrolling. In Japan, the game was ported to the Family Computer (Famicom), MSX, an ...
'', another game with a similar theme
* ''Hoshi wo Miru Hito'', yet another game with a similar theme