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Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance

NES · Released December 31, 1988 · Developed by U.S. Gold · Published by U.S. Gold

★ 35Total 35Single player

Role-playing (RPG)AdventureActionFantasy

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Summary

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.

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IGDB Rating

35.02 / 100

14 ratings

Total Rating

35.02 / 100

14 (user + critic)

Game Modes

Single player

Perspective

Side view

Themes

Action · Fantasy

Developer

U.S. Gold

Also known as

AliasHeroes of the LanceAbbreviation

AliasAdvanced Dungeons & Dragons - Heroes of the Lance - A DragonLance Action GameAlternative title

Release history (11 entries)

Date	Platform	Region
Dec 31, 1988	Amiga	—
Dec 31, 1988	Amstrad CPC	—
Dec 31, 1988	Atari ST/STE	—
Dec 31, 1988	ZX Spectrum	—
Dec 31, 1989	Commodore C64/128/MAX	—
Dec 31, 1989	DOS	—
Jun 1, 1990	FM Towns	—
Jan 1, 1991	Nintendo Entertainment System	—
Mar 8, 1991	Family Computer	—
Dec 31, 1991	Sega Master System/Mark III	—
Dec 31, 1991	MSX	—

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Storyline

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.