Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance cover art

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Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance

1988 · Commodore C64/128/MAX · ZX Spectrum · Atari ST/STE · DOS · FM Towns · Amiga · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure

35IGDB player score
14 ratings

About this game

Heroes of the Lance is a side-scrolling action game. The game used actual Dungeons & Dragons statistics, with statistics for the characters exactly as they were in the rule books. Eight heroes from the Dragonlance novels series must be assembled for the quest, and only one is visible on the screen at a time; when one on-screen hero dies, the next in line appears.

The game is based on the first Dragonlance campaign module for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, Dragons of Despair, and the first Dragonlance novel Dragons of Autumn Twilight. Heroes of the Lance focuses on the journey of eight heroes through the ruined city of Xak Tsaroth, where they must face the ancient dragon Khisanth and retrieve the relic, the Disks of Mishakal.

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Trailers & videos

Gameplay video

Game facts

Release date

Dec 31, 1988

Developer

U.S. Gold

Publisher

FCI, Pony Canyon, Strategic Simulations, U.S. Gold

Platforms

Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, DOS, FM Towns, Amiga, Family Computer, Amstrad CPC, Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Master System/Mark III

Genres

Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

Themes

Action, Fantasy

Game modes

Single player

Franchise

Dungeons & Dragons, Dragonlance

Perspective

Side view

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