| News: December 2000 |
12.30.2000Dragon Warrior in BrazilI got an email from the webmaster of the Dragon Warrior Home Page. He knows a little English and confirmed he was from Brazil. Apparently Dragon Warrior is pretty popular there. He gets about 8 emails a week from his site. The Kingdom of Alefgard The Kingdom of Alefgard has been remade and greatly improved. The webmaster (Loric) is still working on cleaning it up and the current format is still in a testing stage. So far it is the most visually appealing site I've ever seen, and Loric's working on the most complete Bestiaries I know of. Remember to surf his site by using the roman numerals on the upper right. 12.29.2000Dragon Quest Manga TranslationPendy of the Dragon Quest/Dragon Warrior News Network reported some interesting news today including the location of a Dragon Quest Manga Translation page called the Dragon Quest 4koma Manga Translations Page:
Brazilian Dragon Warrior Site? A new site is doing pretty good in the Dragon Warrior Top 10 I've never seen before. It's called Dragon Warrior Home Page. It has a few screen shots and charts that seem to be in English, but is mainly in a different language. Dragon Quest/Dragon Warrior News Network The Dragon Quest/Dragon Warrior News Network reports on the sales of Dragon Warrior 1&2. Dragon Warrior 1&2 Art RPGamer.com added Dragon Warrior 1&2 Maps and Art. 12.28.2000Dragon-Warrior.com Search EnginesAfter playing around with the Dragon-Warrior.com Search Engine code I found out the score results are actually broken. The search engine can still work if you are careful and use +'s before important words you want to be in the results. I emailed the programmer about the problem with the Search Engine and he will fix the code in the next few days or so. I remade the Search Engine and FAQs pages to have their older search engines for until the new search engine is fixed. Keep in mind that the older search engines don't work the same as the new one. You must write in lowercase (and without commas, +'s, etc.) 12.28.2000Dragon Quest 7 Won an AwardIn the Media Arts Festival, Dragon Quest 7 won grand prize for the Interactive Digital Arts category. ACA Media Arts Festival website is translating information on the contest.
12.27.2000Dragon-Warrior.com FAQsI updated the Dragon-Warrior.com FAQs with 10 more questions and answers and I added the Complete List of name changes from Dragon Warrior 1&2: Game Boy Color. 12.26.2000Help Dustin's Dragon Quest ShrineDustin needs some people to help remake his Dragon Quest Shrine and keep it up to date. He needs Site Tuner, Letter Columnists, a Music Shrine Maintainer, New Designs, and a Major Updater. A couple people have volunteered to remake (Darkni's) Music Shrine but more might be appreciated. Dragon Quest 3: Game Boy Color Reviews Gekko translated several Dragon Quest 3 GBC reviews for the Dragon Quest/Dragon Warrior News Network. Dragon Warrior 1 Rumor There is a rumor of a place where you use the stairs where you don't see any in Charlock Castle that takes you to a room with super Drakeemas. It might be a common Game Genie glitch. If anyone knows where to search please send me a map that shows where it is. You can get a map of Charlock at the Dragon's Den. Check the message on my message board. Dragon Warrior 1&2: Game Boy Color Patch Erdrick (Daniel0777) created a Continuity Patch for Dragon Warrior 1&2 GBC. It brings back the Old English and original NES names. Go to Daniel's Dragon Warrior Page to download the patch. New Dragon Warrior Monsters Codes The All Mighty DarkDrium sent me more codes he made. (He created them without even hacking). This one has to do with Future Terry (the old hero?): 01D7CACA, NoName:01E7CACA, NoName:01E8CACA, NoName:01E9CACA. The All Mighty DarkDrium admits these codes may make the game a little messed up:
Dragon Quest Music CD Reviews RPGfan.com added several Dragon Quest Music CD Reviews. Go to AnimeNation.com to buy Dragon Quest Music CDs. 12.25.2000How To Make Slime Christmas OrnamentsI made an image that shows how to make Slime Christmas Ornaments. 
12.22.2000How to get Seach Engine ResultsMy new search engine actually works differently than the old one. It seems at first to give terrible results. It is a little more difficult to use, but can actually give better results. I will change it to be easy as well as keep the new features if possible.
Newsletter 24 I finished Newsletter 24. 12.21.2000Dragon-Warrior.com Search EnginesI improved all the Dragon-Warrior.com Search Engines. Now any webpage can add the search engine to their site. Get the Dragon-Warrior.com Search Engine Code! Any of the search options may easily be removed. (For example if you only want the regular Dragon Warrior Links Search.) 12.21.2000Important Poll! What sections do you use most?To encourage suggestions and decide what sections I should concentrate on I added this new poll: What sections do you use most? 12.20.2000Dragon-Warrior.com LogoI made this logo (the one on each main page) for my site using a couple screen shots and editing them to death until they looked decent and had a decent file size (there are several black-looking colors that highly increase file size among other things.) Let me know what you think! Was the old one better? Dragon Quest Monsters 2 Screen Shots Gamers.com added 27 Dragon Quest Monsters 2 Screen Shots. 
12.20.2000Dragon-Warrior.com ReorganizationI moved the drop boxes to the new Dragon-Warrior.com Archives Section. I will update the archives section about once a month after I remove the last month's news (therefore files/pages involved otherwise wouldn't be available) and that month's news will also be added to the Dragon-Warrior.com archives. I also made the Site Guide page a regular section of my site to help people figure out what my site has to offer as well as adding a search engine to it. The Site Guide Search Engine has all the major sections of my site as well as subsections found on those pages (such as the categories of the Dragon Warrior Directory.) I hope my site changes will help it be more organized and reveal its focus: A Dragon Warrior guide. It is made to help fans know Dragon Warrior news and answers, and help them find what they are looking for. I consider my animated gifs, pictures, and other projects as just part of the news concearning the Dragon Warrior Community (as any other animated gifs and projects I get a hold of). I'm thinking about making the news search (found in the archives section) apply to every news update separately with results that take you straight to the desired update on the archived page. I might also make the search engine an archive search engine instead of just the news. (That wouldn't guarantee the specific news search mentioned before). I haven't decided yet if I want more or less (if any) images shown in the Dragon Warrior news. Because I removed a couple larger images and removed the drop boxes from the Dragon-Warrior.com home page it should now have a much more decent load time. Please comment on what you think about the site changes and give any ideas if possible on the Dragon-Warrior.com Message Board. Would you find a search for my news (or all) archives useful? If anyone volunteers to help that would be greatly appreciated. 
Darkni's Dragon Warrior Midi Shrine Mirror Darkni's Shrine could be closed within the next couple months so I decided to save all the files possible and make a mirror site. Although several links may be broken, all the music should be able to be downloaded by the large zip file links on the top of each midi page. I'm not certain yet if Darkni wants me to update it a little, but I do not have time to update it constantly as it deserves. So far I did add a corny animation intro on the index page. 
Torneko: The Last Hope GameShark Codes I found some Torneko: The Last Hope Game Shark Codes. Enjoy! Dragon Warrior IV Savestate Editor Casmaster updated his Dragon Warrior IV Savestate Editor. To download the new editor visit the Dragon's Den. 12.19.2000Dragon Warrior Series FAQ UpdateI answered 25 more questions about the Dragon Quest/Dragon Warrior Series. I now have a total of 100 questions answered in the Dragon-Warrior.com FAQs. I mainly answered questions about the new Dragon Warrior releases, Dragon Warrior Monsters background information, playing solo, and how damage is determined. I also answered questions to Dragon Warrior Mysteries such as why levels make you stronger, why wolves are so strong, and how slimes can hurt you. Dragon Warrior Monsters 2 Breeding Speculation Using my icons I created a breeding chart for possible King Slimes in Dragon Warrior 2 to help answer a question on the Dragon Quest Series FAQ. Dragon Warrior Merchandise Enix has a survey about which merchandise you would like. (I recommend the figures so that you can play a tabletop Dragon Warrior RPG. ;) Vote on what merchandise you would like! Dragon Warrior Monsters Code I received this GameShark code from Kackorot889. Open the 32nd gate: O11F3C9 12.18.2000Dragon Warrior Search EngineI fixed the links to the merchandise AnimeNation.com sells and replaced them all with these two links:
12.18.2000Dragon Quest 3: Game Boy Color InformationI found some interesting information on Dragon Quest 3 GBC: Focus is working on the monster coin/monster chart for Dragon Quest 3: Game Boy Color. There are bronze, silver, and gold coins to be found for each monster. Focus found 140 out of 165 bronze coins. Monster coins don't actually do anything in the game. You can collect them and trade with friends. The game has a cool way to determine Erdrick's personality by asking questions. If you say yes to all the questions you play a scene where you are a firebreathing monster. The people you poof with your fire (as the monster) also help determine your personality. Your personality might also affect how people talk to you (no guarantees...) When you defeat Shinryuu you get four choices for wishes:
Dragon Quest 3: Game Boy Color Screen Shots RPGfan.com added several screen shots to Dragon Quest 3: Game Boy Color. Dragon Quest Monsters 2 RPGFan.com had an article on some new information released on Dragon Quest Monsters 2. The game will have 2 versions: Ruka's Journey and Iru's Journey. They will both have a different main character who can use different monsters. In Ruka's Journey Ruka uses offensive monsters, and in Iru's Journey Iru uses assistance-type (cooperative?) monsters. Help Redesign Dustin's Dragon Quest/Dragon Warrior Shrine! Dustin Hubbard posted the following on his message board:
The Dragon's Den The Dragon's Den has these major updates:
Newsletter 23 I finished Newsletter 23. 12.15.2000BS Dragon Quest _Niel confirmed he would continue work on BS Dragon Quest when his translation on Dragon Quest 5 is finished, but it will only be for menus and items, not dialogue. Also, _Niel might not finish translating Dragon Quest 1&2 for the Super Famicom, since its being tranlated by another group. I found the ROM to BS Dragon Quest at the Dragon's Den. Dragon Warrior Search Engine I added these two links to the Dragon Warrior Search Engine and Directory:
12.12.2000Dragon Warrior LegendRPGking made more progress on Dragon Warrior Legend (his own original Dragon Warrior game). He has been programming his own party system, and is having some problems getting the party members to follow the hero quickly. They follow behind in a distance similar to Dash in the Japanese NES Final Fantasy 3. (I'm not quite sure how fast that is.) RPGking is also working on the menu system which is starting to look like the real Dragon Warrior menu system. Also RPGking will be gone for a couple weeks starting this weekend (meaning a temporary halt in progress). Imperial Scrolls of (~) Brainwave added a new column on Dragon Warrior. BS Dragon Quest Spinner 8 found the rom to BS Dragon Quest at SNESmerism, and eventually _Niel got a hold of it and decided to translate it. (This was 9 months ago so I have no idea if he still plans on finishing it.) He said he would translate it after he finishes translating Dragon Quest 5 (which isn't done yet...) He did finish translating the menu system and some items, so its somewhat playable. BS Dragon Quest seems to be the same as Dragon Quest 1 remixed for the Super Nintendo with a timer. I wouldn't bother looking for SNESmerism as I have and found that it no longer exists on a few old URLs. If you know where it is please email me! 12.12.2000Dragon Quest Anime: Dai No Daibouken (FLY) FansubI got an email from Ramza from RZ Productions on their progress translating Dai No Daibouken:
12.11.2000Dragon Quest 3 Remix TranslationIlluminus is back! They will now resume working on their translation of the Dragon Quest 3 Super Famicom Remix. The Illuminus Website is updated with an explanation to their absence and a completed FAQ.  Nintendoland Dragon Quest Reviews Nintendoland has some great reviews including one for the Dragon Quest 1.2 and Dragon Quest 3 Super Famicom Remixes, and (the best one is to) Dragon Quest 5. 12.10.2000Dragon Warrior Monsters: Game CubeAccording to FaceTree3, FunCo Gamers Weekly has listed Dragon Warrior Monsters as a game that will come out for the Nintendo Game Cube! Of course I can't be certain it's right since Enix hasn't announced the development of such a game. I did email Enix regarding this game a few days ago. If it does come out I don't know if it will be an entirely different Dragon Warrior Monster game, or a remake of the Game Boy version. Dragon Warrior 3: Game Boy Color This game will be based on the Super Famicom remix of Dragon Quest 3. Here are some differences between the Dragon Quest 3 Super Famicom remix from the standard Dragon Warrior 3 game for Nintendo:
Kandar's Dragon Warrior/Dragon Quest Website Kandar's Dragon Warrior/Dragon Quest Website is now finished and has a new URL at www.geocities.com/kandar4343. This site has information, maps, monster graphics, and Game Genie codes on all the games. [Internet Explorer only] Dragon Warrior Christmas Either Christmas or Christmas Eve I will put something interesting on my site dealing with mixing Dragon Warrior and Christmas. (Not that its surprising considering I did this last Halloween and last Thanksgiving as well.)  12.9.2000Dragon Warrior 83Although the programmer (Zelch42) has been very busy with life, expect Dragon Warrior 83's progress to continue. This game is made for the TI-83 calculator and has extremely limited space. It does have nice graphics (for such a game) but due to such a low amount of memory it is uncertain how detailed the plot and options can be. The programmer is working on adding important items and towns to the game. After that the story line can be expanded on (which takes place on Alefgard between Dragon Warrior 3 and Dragon Warrior 1). Dragon Warrior Series FAQ I answered 10 more questions in the Dragon Quest Series FAQ (now with a total of 43 questions). This FAQ answers all the basic questions to Dragon Warrior in general (rather than all the statistics or a walkthrough). You may search though all the questions to the Dragon-Warrior.com Site FAQ and Dragon Warrior Series FAQ (a total of 75 questions) at the FAQ Section of Dragon-Warrior.com. Dragon Warrior Newsletter I finished Newsletter 22. 12.8.2000Dragon Warrior 3: Game Boy ColorEnix of America announced the release for Dragon Warrior 3 for the Game Boy Color in the US Dragon Warrior 3 GBC will be released in 2001. Enix added their own Dragon Warrior 3 Game Boy Color site and message board.  Dragon Quest 3: Game Boy Color Dragon Quest 3 for the Game Boy Color was released today in Japan! Dragon Quest 7 Character Scans Dragon Saga Densetsu added 11 new Dragon Quest 7 character scans. Chaki's Dragon Quest 7 page Chaki's Dragon Quest 7 page finished the Dragon Quest 7 walkthrough (Strategy Charts). sPAZ's Dragon Warrior Page sPAZ's Dragon Warrior Page is now at www.Dragon-Warrior-Net.com. 12.7.2000Dragon Warrior Legend ProgressRPGking has the following progress and plans for programming Dragon Warrior Legend:
Heroes of Might and Magic III: Dragon Warrior Edition! As you may have heard Heroes of Might and Magic III (the popular strategy game) has been edited to play characters and monsters from Dragon Warrior. Just kidding! But Focus did create an image of what such a game could look like... Also there really is an editor that lets you edit monsters (to be from Dragon Warrior) for Heroes of Might and Magic III but its poorly translated into english at http://www.multimania.com/modhomm3/ 12.6.2000Dragon-Warrior.com IntroI added a corny intro to Dragon-Warrior.com at my former URL: jimgray.tripod.com. Notice the image I drew of the Dragonlord was inspired by a picture of a red dragon from the Dragon Warrior Adventurer's Handbook. Dragon-Warrior.com FAQ I finally completed answering several questions for the Dragon-Warrior.com FAQ. There are now 2 sections: a Dragon Warrior Series FAQ and a Dragon-Warrior.com FAQ. With 65 questions answered total, about all important questions about Dragon Warrior and my site have been answered. These sections are not yet part of my site FAQ. I also created a search engine that allows you to search directly for any question on either page that I have answered, which is in the FAQs Section of my site. Dragon Warrior Anime A new page about the original (and only English) Dragon Warrior Anime is being created called Dragon Warrior Anime. It has some downloads of the Anime episodes and introduction. (Possibly containing an entire episode...) 12.5.2000Dragon Warrior Legend Screen ShotsI got 6 screen shots to Dragon Warrior Legend: 12.5.2000Donald's Dragon Warrior GameI wasn't going to post this until I got more information but since today I have so many Fan-Made Dragon Warrior project news I might as well mention it. This game sounds very promising. The programmer actually posted the news of his own game on my message board! (Sometimes cool posts are there, so you should check it out.) Here are the details I have for this game:
"A Side Story" Java Dragon Warrior Game I finally got in touch with Evans about his Java Dragon Warrior Game. (Its actually made by one other person but I don't have his/her name.)
Dragon Quest Java Game This is the original java game I mentioned just last month! It is by Nlmueng. It is very simple and not very interactive. (He made it in a couple hours.) Here are some of the main details on the Dragon Quest Java Game:
Dragon Warrior Legend I found out more information on Dragon Warrior Legend:
Dragon Quest/Dragon Warrior News Network The The Dragon Quest/Dragon Warrior News Network reports that the Dai No Daibouken (FLY) Fansub project by RZ Productions is planned to subtitle the entire 46 episode series. To do this they need sponsors and copies of a few of the hard to find episodes. RZ Productions is hoping to release volume one by next week. 12.3.2000Dragon Warrior LegendRpgKing is creating this new Dragon Warrior game for the PC. He is programming it using Verge2. The game will be graphically similar to Dragon Quest 5 and the advancement system will be similar to Grandia's elemental system. RpgKing is also considering creating a "Dragon Warrior Interface" for Verge2 to help anyone make a Dragon Warrior game once Dragon Warrior Legend is finished. Some of his current progress follows:
Dragon Quest Anime: Dai No Daibouken (FLY) Fansub RZ Productions updated today with the following updates on their Dragon Quest anime translation:
Torneko: the Last Hope Review RPGfan.com added a review for Torneko: the Last Hope (89% overall). 12.2.2000Dragon Quest 8 Release DateAccording to RPGamer.com Dragon Quest 8 was announced by Enix of Japan to be in development and hopes for it to be released in 2002 as part of the Dragon Quest 7 trilogy. Dragon Warrior Newsletter I finished Newsletter 21. Dragon Warrior Returns URL Change Dragon Warrior Returns is now at www.DragonWarriorReturns.com Dragon-Warrior.com Section Descriptions I removed the section descriptions from the home page (since its getting cluttered) and put a link to them on the bottom of this page (on my new Guide Page). 12.1.2000New Dragon Quest 6 Translation PatchDejap added a new Dragon Quest 6 translation patch. Torneko: the Last Hope Review and Screen Shots The GIA added screen shots and a review for Torneko: the Last Hope. New Poll I added a new poll on a mystery of Dragon Warrior: Why are inn signs inside inns? Site FAQ I answered the mystery "Why are inn signs inside inns?" in my Site FAQ |
