Hero's Quest: So You Want to Be a Hero

aka: Hero's Quest I: So You Want To Be A Hero, Quest for Glory I: So You Want to Be a Hero

Moby ID: 168

[ All ] [ Amiga ] [ Atari ST ] [ DOS ] [ PC-98 ]

Amiga screenshots

thumbnail — Title screen

thumbnail — Character selection

thumbnail — Just the beginning, in front of the sheriff's office

thumbnail — One of two main streets in Spielburg

thumbnail — At the courtyard in the castle.

thumbnail — In the caves

thumbnail — At the bottom of the wizard's mountain

thumbnail — Into the forest

thumbnail — Work in the stables

thumbnail — The Adventurer's Guild

thumbnail — Waterfall

thumbnail — The Castle

thumbnail — Castle barracks

thumbnail — Training with the Weapon Master

thumbnail — Outside shop

thumbnail — Sneaking into a house

thumbnail — Finding some change in the couch

thumbnail — Snow has blocked off the valley

thumbnail — Meadow

thumbnail — A frost giant

thumbnail — Fighting with a brigand

thumbnail — Ambushed by brigands!

thumbnail — What does the fox say?

thumbnail — A giant guards the cave

thumbnail — You can see your reflection in the water

Atari ST screenshots

thumbnail — When the mouse icon turns into this little monster head, it means to sit tight -- the computer is thinking! Usually otherwise it will be a dashing sword.

thumbnail — A not unreasonable request. But surely they would make exceptions for video game historians!

thumbnail — Start menu

thumbnail — A game-customized company logo

thumbnail — Title screen

thumbnail — Feisty one, isn't he?

thumbnail — Credits

thumbnail — Choose your character's class!

thumbnail — Customizing a new character (the thief allows the well-rounded jack-of-all-trades)

thumbnail — Starting location

thumbnail — Beginning inventory

thumbnail — Sierra's typical pull-down menus

thumbnail — Internal clock for the game world! This game has a day / night cycle.

thumbnail — You'll be seeing a lot more of these guys in the sequel.

thumbnail — The character is moved with the arrow keys, but most other instructions are typed in like so. My character is now running!

thumbnail — Most of the game's more important quests appear posted here on the bulletin board in the Adventurer's Guild

thumbnail — Outside the town

thumbnail — The healer's hut to the right, the castle ahead!

thumbnail — Petitioning at the gates of the Baron's castle.

thumbnail — Beautiful vistas break up monotonous forest. (I especially like the reflection!)

thumbnail — Not all forest encounters are random

thumbnail — The dreaded Antwerp, which cannot be safely dispatched by conventional means.

thumbnail — The seed-spitting Spirea spores!

thumbnail — Not just a good place to practice throwing...

thumbnail — Rumour has it there's a mandrake growing here

thumbnail — Sneaking through the woods

thumbnail — The sneaking didn't help me evade the attentions of a random encounter, a brigand plaguing the valley

thumbnail — This brigand is about to run me through!

thumbnail — Dry goods store

thumbnail — A Space Quest reference

thumbnail — Inside the healer's hut

thumbnail — Castle courtyard

thumbnail — The door is guarded by two guards

thumbnail — Cleaning the stable for some money

thumbnail — Barracks

thumbnail — Snow blocks your way

thumbnail — What does the fox say?

thumbnail — Game over! Got beaten in a fight

thumbnail — Water fall

thumbnail — 'Enry the 'ermit

thumbnail — Alleyway

thumbnail — Nightfall

thumbnail — Sneaking inside a home

thumbnail — You got caught! Game Over!

DOS screenshots

thumbnail — Title screen for the initial release (still called Hero's Quest)

thumbnail — Title

thumbnail — Title 2

thumbnail — Main Menu

thumbnail — Choosing a character

thumbnail — Picking name and assigning numbers

thumbnail — Entering the city

thumbnail — The inn

thumbnail — Erana's Peace

thumbnail — Fighting a giant

thumbnail — Fighting a bear

thumbnail — Don't drink the dragon's breath!

thumbnail — Casting a spell

thumbnail — The castle

thumbnail — A cave

thumbnail — Brauggi

thumbnail — Cleaning the castle stables for 5 silvers

thumbnail — Visiting Zara's magic shop

thumbnail — Talking to Wolfgang Abenteuer, the Guild Master

thumbnail — Looking for work on the bulletin board at the Adventurer's Guild

thumbnail — Visiting 'Enry the hermit

thumbnail — Thrown out of the Aces & Eights by Crusher for asking too many questions

thumbnail — Tripping on magic mushrooms

thumbnail — The thief can break into some houses and steal valuable items

thumbnail — Fighting hordes of goblins at the Goblin Central Combat Training Zone. A good way to improve your stats

thumbnail — Playing the Mage's Maze game against Erasmus

thumbnail — At night, creepy ghosts roam the town's graveyard

thumbnail — The chief thief is ranting inside the Thieves' Guild

thumbnail — Turned into a stag by the dryad. That's your punishment for hurting a creature of the forest

thumbnail — Having a conversation with Heinrich the centaur

thumbnail — The healer's hut - a personal opinion: it looks much better in the EGA version

thumbnail — One of the game's Easter eggs

thumbnail — Erasmus' home - another place I liked better in the EGA version

thumbnail — And another Easter egg - a reference to "King's Quest 4"

thumbnail — Baba Yaga's hut (inside)

thumbnail — Baba Yaga's hut (outside, at night)

thumbnail — The brigand leader

thumbnail — Since some adventures take place in the night, I started checking out how places look after nightfall: the street...

thumbnail — ...the healer's hut...

thumbnail — ...the field...

thumbnail — ...the castle...

thumbnail — Just an underground cave in pretty EGA colors

thumbnail — Title (CGA card with RGBI monitor - 4 colors)

thumbnail — Title 2 (CGA card with RGBI monitor - 4 colors)

thumbnail — Title 3 (CGA card with RGBI monitor - 4 colors)

thumbnail — Main Menu (CGA card with RGBI monitor - 4 colors)

thumbnail — Choosing a character (CGA card with RGBI monitor - 4 colors)

thumbnail — Picking name and assigning numbers (CGA card with RGBI monitor - 4 colors)

thumbnail — Entering the city (CGA card with RGBI monitor - 4 colors)

thumbnail — The inn (CGA card with RGBI monitor - 4 colors)

thumbnail — Erana's Peace (CGA card with RGBI monitor - 4 colors)

thumbnail — Title (CGA card with RGBI monitor - 2 colors)

thumbnail — Title 2 (CGA card with RGBI monitor - 2 colors)

thumbnail — Title 3 (CGA card with RGBI monitor - 2 colors)

thumbnail — Main Menu (CGA card with RGBI monitor - 2 colors)

thumbnail — Choosing a character (CGA card with RGBI monitor - 2 colors)

thumbnail — Picking name and assigning numbers (CGA card with RGBI monitor - 2 colors)

thumbnail — Entering the city (CGA card with RGBI monitor - 2 colors)

thumbnail — The inn (CGA card with RGBI monitor - 2 colors)

thumbnail — Erana's Peace (CGA card with RGBI monitor - 2 colors)

thumbnail — Title (Hercules card)

thumbnail — Main Menu (Hercules card)

thumbnail — Choosing a character (Hercules card)

thumbnail — Picking name and assigning numbers (Hercules card)

thumbnail — Entering the city (Hercules card)

thumbnail — The inn (Hercules card)

thumbnail — Erana's Peace (Hercules card)

thumbnail — A waterfall.

thumbnail — "Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!" Oops! Wrong story!

thumbnail — Inside the inn.

thumbnail — There's nothing like a good night's sleep!

thumbnail — Listening in on two hoodlums...

thumbnail — An audience with the Baron.

thumbnail — The brigard's base is guarded by a Minotaur!

thumbnail — The Three Stooges make a cameo as brigands.

thumbnail — Yorick's room.

PC-98 screenshots

thumbnail — Uh-oh. I knew I should have ordered that 'Famous Adventurer's Correspondence School' guide to oriental languages...

thumbnail — ゴジラ!!!

thumbnail — Try, try, try to understand... he's a magic man.

thumbnail — And let me guide you to the purple pants.

thumbnail — Japanese messages / English subtitles

thumbnail — English messages / Japanese subtitles

thumbnail — Oh... 'EYE' see what you did there.

thumbnail — "Eh? Let me tell you about the time I mistook the can of green spray paint for shaving cream..."

thumbnail — The graffiti problem in this town is getting WAY out of hand...

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