Heroes of the Lance Amstrad CPC

THE LEGENDARY DRAGONLANCE GAME WORLD COMES ALIVE IN THIS EXCITING ACTION  GAME.

Heroes of the Lance is the first computer game that re-creates the epic  battle between good and evil on the world of Krynn. (It is based on the  first DRAGONLANCE module, Dragons of Despair). Control eight companions  in turn, in real-time action and full animation. Guide these brave  adventurers each with different specialised skills, deep into the  ruins of the temple Xak Tsaroth to retrieve the precios Disks of  Mishakal. 

As you descend into the Abyss, the companions must defeat hordes of monstrous Draconians in hand to hand combat, deal with powerful magic  and survive the vicious attacks from Gully Dwarves, giant spiders, the  undead and countless other terrors. But your final obstacle makes these  monstrosities innocuous by comparison. The platinum disks you seek are  guarded by Khisanth, an ancient black dragon and there is one way to  vanquish this mighty beast. Find the key to destroy Khisanth and the  companions will take their first steps to earn the noble title, Heroes  of the Lance. — Game Box

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance is a video game released in January 1988 for various home computer systems and consoles. 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.

Gameplay

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.

While Heroes of the Lance is a faithful representation of the books it is based on, it was a departure from the usual role-playing video game style of most Dungeons & Dragons games, and many players lamented its difficult gameplay interface[citation needed] which consists of using one character at a time in horizontally scrolling fighting. Each character has different types of attacks and spells making them more suited to fighting different enemies but they merely act as "lives" for the player as in more traditional fighting games, removing one of the main strategies of role-playing games from the game.

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