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HeroQuest

Review

This tactical dungeon crawler challenges up to four players to survive quests, manage persistent character upgrades, and avoid permanent loss.

HeroQuest for DOS was developed by 221B Software Development and published by Gremlin Graphics in 1991. This is the earliest commercial release of this exact DOS version, and it is also the original release year for the game on any platform.


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About HeroQuest

HeroQuest is a DOS adaptation of a fantasy board game, presented through an isometric perspective. Players manage a party of four distinct characters: a wizard, a dwarf, a barbarian, and an elf. Each begins the game's fourteen missions positioned on opposing sides of the play area.

Gameplay is governed by strict turn-based rules where movement distance is determined by a dice roll. Actions such as combat or spellcasting are restricted to occurring either before or after a move, not during it. An icon-based interface is used to execute these commands.

The environment contains monsters to fight, hidden traps, and magic potions to discover, making careful exploration advisable. Treasure found during a mission can be taken to a shop for trade between levels.

HeroQuest Screenshots

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Main Menu
The Wizard and the Elf can choose their specialty in magic
Up to all four of the classic Hero Quest board game characters can join together to romp through a dungeon: the Barbarian, the Dwarf, the Elf, and the Wizard.
The Barbarian gets impetuous, and finds himself fighting a Chaos Warrior all by himself.
Between dungeon romps, one can upgrade one's equipment...if you have the gold. In some ways, Hero Quest plays like a turn based Diablo.
Inventory access menu
Oooh, found a secret door!
Intro - quiet town
Grim fantasy
Game board.. ekhm... map. It's just a Board game translations