Dragon Quest Titlescreen

Original game : Dragon Warrior

Platform : NES

Author : Hasmal

Release date : 28 May 2022

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.1

Modifications : G

Downloads : 528

ROM Information

Database match: Dragon Warrior (USA) (Rev A)
Database: No-Intro: Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20180803-121122)
File SHA-1: 1ECC63AAAC50A9612EAA8B69143858C3E48DD0AE
File CRC32: D4D5F5D7
ROM SHA-1: 240E445AB95C3A5AFBEF63E9239EACC9F9FE1E19
ROM CRC32: 2545214C

Hack description

The Dragon Quest title screen graphics were copied from the original Dragon Quest (J), and the cracks and shapes of some of the rocks have been edited slightly.

The missing dragon sprites were copied from the original Dragon Quest (J), and the dragon was recolored and moved back to its original location. Its neckline and tongue have been edited slightly.

The sword flash was recolored and moved back to its original location.

The "ENIX" text in the logo was edited to look more like the actual logo.

The overall purple theme was inspired by the original Famicom box art.

The ending credits were recolored, realigned slightly, and the spelling of "PROGRAMER" was corrected. The serif font was switched to the standard sans-serif font from the main game.

Update: v1.1 Glitched graphics during the Dragonlord fight have been fixed. One caveat is if your player name has these characters in the first 4 letters of your name, those character graphics will still glitch in the name display only during the Dragonlord fight: comma, dash, brackets, lower case 'q', lower case 'x', lower case 'z'.

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
Hasmal	Graphics

Reviews

Restoring the face to the Epic!	Prince Valmont	2024-05-15	Version 1.1
First off, AMAZING JOB! The logo looks so much better than the old Dragon Warrior. The purple was honestly the best choice, and it really restores the soul of the game just by the logo alone. Second, I saw the note regarding the glitched name in the Dragonlord fight, and I think I may have found another area where text becomes affected. The base patch seems to be fine, but when I try to use your Title Screen patch with the "Dragon Quest: Delocalized" patch, It seems to jumble one variation of the word "attacked". Whenever I enter any battle and make an attack, it will display the following: "Command? (player) a'tacked! The attack failed and did no damage. The (enemy) attacked! (player) took (#) points of damage." So it seems that only the player's instance of the word "attacked" is replaced with "a'tacked". That's the only glitch I've seen. None of the other texts seems to be affected.

Amazingly Invokes Atmosphere of Japanese Original	iridium_ionizer	2021-01-01	Version 1.0
This new titlescreen is amazing! It totally invokes the essence of the Japanese version of Dragon Quest (with its lighter dialogue and cartoony illustrations in the manual by Akira Toriyama) that we didn't quite get in North America with the release of Dragon Warrior. This titlescreen hack works flawlessly as a replacement for the somewhat bland greyish original (complete with sword flash). It can be paired with the separate Delocalized hack (even though this utilizes the PRG 1, aka Rev A, while Delocalized uses PRG 0). The pairing only glitched some of the weapon shop text (which can easily be fixed). Unfortunately, even by itself this titlescreen hack has one side effect, which is that it garbles the battle menu but only for the final form of the final boss. I had to blind play through it (which wasn't difficult). I suppose you could roleplay this as a evil enchantment. It would be great if this could be remedied, but it is still very playable and adds to the atmosphere.

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