MiSTer FPGA – Hero’s Quest (Quest for Glory I) [Roland MT-32] / DOS PC-486

This is the full story of the valley of Spielburg, with all dialogue represented in an ordered fashion and all avenues of the game explored. Time is given for the viewer to read along if they so choose, and timestamps are available to skip monotonous skill practice sessions as well. It took me a long time to organize this run into a direct and coherent experience for viewers, analyzing the different dialogue options until I was satisfied with a specific order that made sense and didn’t repeat certain responses needlessly from the variety of ways you can ask things at times. Some mistakes were made but I’m happy with the way it turned out. This is a game/series that has always been a favorite since first playing it, so it was worth it for me to take some extra time making this. Thanks to Lori Ann Cole for crafting this tale.

I play as a hybrid Thief character « Slim Pickins » in the rare 1.102 version of the original game before they were forced to change the name to « Quest for Glory » because of trademark issues. This version has all the fixes that went into the original QfG release, but is the last version that retains the original name. This is how I first played it- in EGA with the original title.

Mark Seibert’s awesome MT-32 score is presented via the excellent mt32-pi project by Dale Whinham:
https://github.com/dwhinham/mt32-pi

Check the comments section below for a list of music track timestamps.

I’ll be continuing the adventures of Slim Pickins in future installments of the series and had planned on importing my character from this run into the Amiga version of Quest for Glory 2 for the follow-up video since it also features an MT-32 soundtrack. Unfortunately the loading times in that version are just awful, so I will probably stick with the DOS original unless I can find a way to shorten them.

If you would like to continue the adventure of Slim Pickins yourself; here’s a link to my endgame character import file:
https://bit.ly/3oxD7Xf

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AO486 core 10-10-21 build – Hero’s Quest: So You Want to Be a Hero
A.K.A: Quest for Glory

AO486 Settings: HiRam // CPU: 90mhz // L1: On // L2: On

Filter: Scanlines(Bright)110_80_soft // Gamma: Poly 2.3

Played using a Logitech g400s mouse @400DPI and USB keyboard.

Settings: Integer Scaled to 1080p // HDMI to Datapath e1s capture card

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|:=-Timestamps-=:|
00:00:00 – Boot

00:00:28 – Title/Intro/Class Select

00:03:48 – Day 1 (Introductions & Lore)

01:00:43 – Day 2 (Quest Beginnings, Training & Thieving)
01:18:39 – Throwing Practice
01:21:53 – Dryad & Wandering
01:37:27 – Thief Skills Practice
01:49:41 – Thievin’ Time

02:07:40 – Day 3 (Training & Questing)
02:25:18 – Throwing Practice
02:30:00 – Climbing Practice

02:39:50 – Day 4 (Fighting, Dispel Potion Quest & New Spells)
02:47:50 – Fighting Practice
02:54:04 – The Meeps
02:59:03 – Henry The Hermit
03:09:28 – The Fairies

03:21:21 – Day 5 (Kobold Cave & Baba Yaga I)
03:31:05 – Sneaking Practice
03:36:51 – Ogre/Kobold Cave
03:48:38 – Baba Yaga / Mandrake Mission

04:10:00 – Day 6 (Fighting, Spying & The Baron)
04:20:02 – Brutus & Bruno
04:31:21 – Audience with the Baron

04:40:20 – Day 7 (Weapon Master Triumph & Erasmus)
04:45:40 – Monster Hunting (Mantray & Saurus Rex)
04:51:17 – Magic Practice
04:56:33 – Erasmus / Mage’s Maze
05:15:17 – Troll Hunting

05:21:01 – Day 8 (Brigand Fortress & Baba Yaga II)
05:24:35 – The Brigand Fortress
05:46:38 – Defeating Baba Yaga / Ending

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None of this would be possible without the constant hard work of Sorgelig. It cannot be overstated how much he has done and continues to do for this project, since its beginning. You can support him either at his Patreon in the link below, or on Paypal, depending on your preference. MiSTer is a paradigm shift in how we can experience these classic games. This is a long-term preservation project that will continue to grow so that gamers today and in the future can experience these excellent systems as accurately and lag-free as possible. Donating what you can will help keep the updates coming. Thank you.

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Github link for this core: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/ao486_MiSTer

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