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 ==Description==
-''Dragon Quest'' was originally inspired by the American computer RPGs ''Wizardry'' and ''Ultima'', which happened to also be very popular in Japan but were deemed too difficult for the average player to enjoy. Copywriter [https://dragon-quest.org/wiki/Yuji_Horii Yuji Horii], famed [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangaka mangaka] Akira Toriyama, and composer Koichi Sugiyama were assembled together to work on the project out of Horii's desire to bring the joy of RPGs to the masses, streamlining the experience to it's most pure form. An overnight sensation thanks to advertising in Toriyama's ''Weekly Shonen Jump'' publisher, the game became an outstanding sensation that took the Japanese media by storm and opened the door for non-action games on Nintendo's 8-bit hardware.
+''Dragon Quest'' was originally inspired by the American computer RPGs ''Wizardry'' and ''Ultima'', which happened to be popular among computer hobbyists in Japan, but were deemed too difficult and convoluted for the average player to enjoy. Copywriter [https://dragon-quest.org/wiki/Yuji_Horii Yuji Horii], famed [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangaka mangaka] Akira Toriyama, and composer Koichi Sugiyama were assembled together to work on the project out of Horii's desire to bring the joy of RPGs to the masses, streamlining the experience to it's most pure form. An overnight sensation thanks to advertising in Toriyama's ''Weekly Shonen Jump'' publisher, the game became an outstanding sensation that took the Japanese media by storm and opened the door for non-action games on Nintendo's 8-bit hardware and the industry as a whole.
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