Dragon Quest

:This article is about the Dragon Quest series as a whole. For the video game Dragon Quest, see Dragon Quest (video game)

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Dragon Quest (Japanese: ドラゴンクエスト), formerly known as Dragon Warrior in North America, is a series of role playing games created by Enix, now Square Enix. Installments of the series have appeared on the MSX, Famicom (NES), Super Famicom (Super Nintendo), Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Sony PlayStation, and PlayStation 2 video game consoles, as well as on several models of mobile phone. As of 2005, the Dragon Quest series has sold over 35 million units worldwide.

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Japanese - North America - Role playing game - Enix - Square Enix - MSX - Famicom - Super Famicom - Game Boy Color - Game Boy Advance - Sony PlayStation - PlayStation 2 - Video game console - Mobile phone - 2005

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Dragon Quests North American name change was necessitated due to a trademark conflict with the role-playing game DragonQuest, which was published by veteran wargame publisher SPI in the 1980s until the company's bankruptcy in 1982 and purchase by TSR, which then published it as an alternate line to Dungeons & Dragons until 1987.{{ref|trademark}} In 2003, Square Enix registered the Dragon Quest trademark in the US, signalling the end of the Dragon Warrior name.

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Role-playing game - DragonQuest - SPI - 1980s - Bankruptcy - 1982 - TSR - Dungeons & Dragons - 1987

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