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“Take Care And Tempt Not The Fates”, a Dragon Warrior animated comic by Zac Gorman (click for larger image).

How many times have I explored too far off course, only to stumble upon enemies my under-leveled character had no business making eye contact with, much less crossing swords with? It’s happened to me in so many Dragon Quests, Final Fantasies, and likely a dozen other RPGs.

Even in Guadia Quest, there were a couple of moments when I accidentally ran into GameGuadias unprepared, and had my entire party’s faces rocked off.

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[Via Zac Gorman]

“I remember Dragon Quest selling so well that the owner of a toy shop in my neighborhood started bundling it with other games to get rid of them — which was against the law, so he got arrested.”

Naoyuki, a product manager for an unnamed Japanese game company, remembering his Dragon Quest youth for GamesTM’s “Famicom Memories” feature (issue #100). Imagine if you couldn’t buy Dragon Quest IX without first purchasing a copy of Petz Fantasy: Moonlight Magic!

Also imagine the conversations this shopkeeper must’ve had with his cellmates in the clink:

“What are you in for?”

“Murder, kidnapping, you name it. You?”

“Making kids buy Transformers: Convoy no Nazo if they wanted to play Dragon Quest.”

“… You motherfucker.”

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