Questron

Questron (1984)

by SSI (Strategic Simulations, Inc.)
Genres:Role-playing (RPG)
Themes:Fantasy
Game modes:Single player
Story:In this role-playing game, the player begins as a peasant whose land is under attack by monsters. After killing one, a princess names the peasant champion, and issues a quest, to rid the country of enemies. She can provide no map, but says that part of the quest involves learning the layout of the land by traveling it...and so the game begins.Show more
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i played this game on commodore 64 and the cheats are in the game, if you land on a game you can become almost invincible. the dungeons are also cheats, you can go down them without using the ladder. besides, gog already has questron 2, part 1 will complete the collection. hope you bring it to your game collection.
user avatar@zelenauser avatar@zelena
February 06, 2025
Was one of the first games I played when I could afford the C64. Was a lot of fun working your character from a nobody to basically a leader. Plus it was made by Strategic Simulations. They made so many great titles. Like the other commenter said, you already have questron 2 and this would complete the series. From wikipedia: Questron was SSI's first RPG, and became the fastest-selling new game in the company's history at almost 35,000 copies in North America, more than triple the sales of the typical SSI game. It's a no brainer, please bring this to GoG!
user avatar@davidwhooduser avatar@davidwhood
February 06, 2025
Really enjoyable Ultima rip off with some gambling and arcade sequences. Since you have Questron II let's get I!!! I can still remember having to sort of skeet shoot balls to improve statistics.
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