The first by which this is a legend

DRAGON QUEST1

Sale date　　　 May 27, 1986

Platform　　　　FAMICOM

Manufacturer  ENIX(SQUARE ENIX)

Genre            RPG

"DRAGON QUEST" is a first RPG by a home video game machine.
It's also the first step which pioneers the genre called an unfamiliar RPG then.

A story starts from "castle of RADATOMU".
A player will be the main character who is brave man's "ROTO" descendant, and does for knocking down "Ryu-Ou".

The monster it blocks is knocked down and the level is raised.









He challenge the underground maze to save the princess dredged by "Ryu - Ou".

The underground labyrinth is utterly dark.

Magic of the light or a torch is needed.

The monster is also strong compared with the ground.

Time passes, and the light becomes weak.

 "Ryu - Ou" is further down.

 A bridge is built using an item.

 A evil castle was in the marsh of a poison.

It's a castle in a start spot to seem in an opposite shore.

It's the complicated structure inside the castle.

 A strong dragon also appears as an enemy.

 Behind the throne, hiding stairs....

He advance towards the underground maze of the darkness.

A strong monster appears a lot.











 

It passes through the underground maze and he have arrived at the throne where "Ryu - Ou" waits.

He says that anxiously was awaiting brave man's arrival.

 He's approaching about the proposition that should be surprised to a brave man.

 He say that half of the world is handed when taking the sides.

A response is "No".

The form like the unlucky witch










 

That he fought by full strength and knocked down, the brief moment...

The true form was shown.
It's the origin of the true war from here.





"DRAGON QUEST" was also a social phenomenon.

A work of successive generations is remade and it's possible to play by many game machines.

The series into which 30th anniversary per 2016 years is received.
It's decided about the latest model sale.

 

THEXDER (FAMICOM)

THEXDER

Sale date　　　 December 19, 1985

Platform　　　　FAMICOM(NES)

Manufacturer  SQUARE(SQUARE ENIX)

Genre            Action & Shooting

After being sold as a game software for PCs, "THEXDER" was transplanted for video games.

"GAME ARTS Co.,Ltd." has developed this game.

"Apple IIGS" "Macintosh" an edition also exists.

A game is to operate the self-machine player advance towards 8 direction and destroy the core which exists in an undermost layer.
 

Developed experimental production weapon "THEXDER"



It's transformed from an airplane into the person type smoothly.
A weapon is a laser gun of the automatic guiding type.











A stage is inside the asteroid "nedium".

It's invasion starting by an airplane mode.

A player advances towards a point while overthrowing a battalion of the enemy who strikes.

"LEVEL1" it's clear.


It'll be one end at 5 stages.

A complicated maze-like aisle also exists.

The core unit of the target.
It's done for destroying this.
A player doesn't come under fire.

 
After clearing "LEVEL5", loop without an ending.

The biggest feature of this game is the character transformed smoothly.
Even if it's seen now, its smoothness is a wonderful one.

A continuation exists by a personal computer version.

"THEXDER" was shot down after unit destruction, and a pilot became missing.
"FIRE HAWK" of a continuation starts from there.

 
Successor of "THEXDER" "FIRE HAWK"
Search in an asteroid "nedium" starts again.