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Dragon Warrior instruction booklet (NES, North America)

America, Nintendo of. 1989. “Dragon Warrior instruction booklet (NES, North America).” Nintendo of America.

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Dragon Warrior NES manual
Original
https://archive.org/details/NESManuals
sha256
b78763f08244e0059a83d35f1039082af608d63c5a3e1ff96eda63542e54dd40
Archived
https://archive.org/download/NESManuals/Dragon%20Warrior%20(USA).pdf
Accessed
2026-10-20
Licence
none stated (© 1989 Enix Corporation; licensed to Nintendo of America Inc.)
Credit
Enix (game) and Nintendo of America (booklet). Scan in the Internet Archive's "NES Manuals" collection, uploaded by job.steinbusch.
Notes
The booklet packed with the NES game; page 2 prints "©1989 Enix Corporation" and "Licensed exclusively to Nintendo of America Inc.". Read on the scan "Dragon Warrior (USA).pdf" (18 two-page spreads, sha256 b78763f08244e0059a83d35f1039082af608d63c5a3e1ff96eda63542e54dd40): pages 13–14 are on PDF page 8, 15–16 on page 9, and 17–18 on page 10.

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Claims (6)

In the NES manual's story, the Dragonlord has stolen the balls of light from Tantegel Castle and plunged Alefgard into darkness, and the player is the descendant of the hero Erdrick, sent to find and defeat him.PDF pp. 3-4, The Story of Dragon WarriorPDF pp. 3-4, The Story of Dragon WarriorPDF pp. 3-4, The Story of Dragon WarriorManual
The North American release saves to a battery in the cartridge, holding up to three games as Adventure Logs, recorded by visiting King Lorik in Tantegel Castle.PDF p. 15 (pp. 27-28), Visit the KingManual
The NES manual advises running away when the hero's HP is close to 0, calling it “a very important ‘fighting’ technique”.p. 13, Entering Commands During Fighting Mode, RunManual
The NES manual says Agility helps the hero escape: "This means that you can more easily avoid the enemy or run away."p. 15, AgilityManual
The NES manual describes encounters as meeting a monster on the map: "If you happen to bump into one of them, the game will automatically enter the fight mode."p. 13, Entering Commands During Fighting ModeManual
The NES manual's terrain guide says fewer monsters live on plains, more lurk in forests, and mountains bring "many enemies".p. 16, Getting to Know the Terrainp. 16, Forestsp. 17, MountainsManual