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Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes

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Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes
Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes cover
Developers
Nihon Falcom
Publishers
Nihon Falcom
Traditional Chinese version Tan Ton Nerw
Release dates
DOS December 10, 1989
DOS 1996
Taxonomy
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Turn-based
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres JRPG
Art styles Anime
Themes Steampunk
Series The Legend of Heroes
Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes guide on StrategyWiki
Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes 1989
Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes II 1992
The Legend of Heroes III: Shiroki Majo 1996
The Legend of Heroes IV: Akai Shizuku 1996
New The Legend of Heroes 1997
The Legend of Heroes V: Umi no Oriuta 1999
New The Legend of Heroes III: Shiroki Majo 1999
New The Legend of Heroes IV: Akai Shizuku 2000
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky 2004
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC 2006
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd 2007
The Legend of Heroes: Zero no Kiseki 2011
The Legend of Heroes: Ao no Kiseki 2013
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 2017
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II 2018
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III 2020
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV 2021
The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie 2021
The Legend of Nayuta: Boundless Trails 2021
The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero 2021
The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure 2022
The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak 2022
The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki II - Crimson Sin 2023

Warnings

This game is only playable in English with a fan translation (see Localizations for details and other supported languages).

Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes is a singleplayer third-person JRPG game in the The Legend of Heroes series.

Also known as Dragon Slayer VI:The Legend of Heroes(ドラゴンスレイヤーVI 英雄伝説),It is also the sixth game of Dragon Slayer series.

The Chinese title is 英雄傳說1(The Legend of Heroes1)or 英雄傳說1龍的傳人(The Legend of Heroes1 Descendants of the Dragon)

Key points

Japanese version is only on MS-DOS for PC-98(Japanese computer produced by NEC)or MS-DOS for FM-Towns(Japanese computer produced by Fujitsu).
MS-DOS for IBM-PC version is only available in traditional Chinese and Korean
Japanese version requires a special DOSBox mod version (such as DOSBox-X) to run

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Floppy disk check (requires the original floppy in the drive to play)
Japanese retail version uses encrypted file format and floppy disk to boot, cannot be installed to HDD, game files cannot be copied and viewed.
DOS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Korean version and traditional Chinese version only
DOS
Japanese digital release(PC-98 simulator)available DRM-free on Project EGG.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\SAVE
Save game data is only applicable to DOS version
The Japanese version needs to be saved in the specially created user scenario disk.

Video

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Fan translation, PC-98 version
Traditional Chinese
Tan Ton Nerw release only, DOS version
Japanese
Japanese release only, PC-98 & FM-TOWNS version
Korean
Korean release only, DOS version

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 3.0
Processor (CPU) 80386
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)


References