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Heroes of the Lance

System(s): Sega Master System

Publisher: U.S. Gold

Developer: Strategic Simulations, Inc., Tiertex

Distributor: Tec Toy (BR)

Licensor: TSR

Genre: Action-adventure

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
EU	1991-12		29003.50
UK	1991-12^[1]^[2]	£29.9929.99^[3]	29003.50
AU	199x
BR	199x		028070

Non-Sega versions
Amiga Amstrad CPC Atari ST Commodore 64 FM Towns IBM PC MSX2 Nintendo Entertainment System PC-8800 series PC-9800 series X1 ZX Spectrum

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Heroes of the Lance is an action-adventure game for the Sega Master System based on the Dungeons and Dragons franchise. In particular, it is an adaptation of chapters 15-22 of the novel "Dragons of the Autumn Twilight", which in turn is an adaptation of the first Dragonlance tabletop role-playing module. The Master System port is the last and the graphically most advanced of the 11 ports of the game released in the three previous years.

Gameplay

Heroes of the Lance is absolutely not a role-playing game: it lacks any active dialogue with peaceful characters; it lacks freedom of exploration and backtracking; it lacks any character development. The "experience points" in the menu are just the player's score.

The game consists of three stages. Players should navigate each of them until they find the exit that connects to the next stage.

Magazine articles

Main article: Heroes of the Lance/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #121: "December 1991" (1991-11-15)

Print advert in Gamers (DE) #1992-01: "Februar/März 1992" (1992-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Console XS (UK)

PAL

68

^[4]

Game Power (IT)

72

^[5]

Gamers (DE)

PAL

53

^[6]

GamesMaster (UK)

65

^[7]

Game Zone (UK)

PAL

74

^[8]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

84

^[9]

Joystick (FR)

63

^[10]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

55

^[11]

Player One (FR)

63

^[12]

Play Time (DE)

33

^[13]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

64

^[3]

Sega Power (UK)

47

^[14]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

77

^[15]

Sega Force (UK)

PAL

71

^[16]

User (GR)

PAL

73

^[17]

Video Games (DE)

33

^[18]

	62
Based on 16 reviews

Heroes of the Lance

Master System, EU
Cover
Cart File:Heroes of the Lance SMS EU Manual.pdf Manual

Master System, AU (NIAL sticker)
Cover

Master System, AU (Classics)
Cover

Master System, BR
Cover
Cart

Master System, BR (Product code)
Cover
Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	cde13ffb
MD5	1dcacb5969fb4a0d4e9c7fec67227cce
SHA-1	16b2219a1493c06d18c973fc550ea563c3116207

512kB

Cartridge (EU)

References

NEC Retro has more information related to Heroes of the Lance

↑ Sega Pro, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-21), page 9
↑ Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1991-12-09), page 27
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 32
↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 141
↑ Game Power, "Marzo 1992" (IT; 1992-0x-xx), page 46
↑ Gamers, "Februar/März 1992" (DE; 1992-xx-xx), page 58
↑ GamesMaster (UK) "Series 1, episode 7" (1992-02-18, 24:00) (+8:53)
↑ Game Zone, "January 1992" (UK; 1991-12-18), page 37
↑ Joypad, "Novembre 1991" (FR; 1991-10-1x), page 100
↑ Joystick, "Novembre 1991" (FR; 1991-1x-xx), page 160
↑ Mega Force, "Septembre/Octobre 1991" (FR; 1991-09-13), page 103
↑ Player One, "Février 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 72
↑ Play Time, "4/92" (DE; 1992-03-04), page 89
↑ Sega Power, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-10-30), page 45
↑ Sega Pro, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-21), page 52
↑ Sega Force, "January 1992" (UK; 1991-12-12), page 40
↑ User, "Októvrios 1992" (GR; 1992-xx-xx), page 92
↑ Video Games, "1/92" (DE; 1992-02-03), page 36

Heroes of the Lance
	Main page \| Comparisons \| Maps \| Magazine articles \| Video coverage \| Reception No results

Dungeons & Dragons games for Sega systems
Heroes of the Lance (1991) \| Dungeons & Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun (1992) \| Eye of the Beholder (1994) \| Dungeons & Dragons Collection (1999)
Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom (unreleased) \| Iron & Blood (unreleased)

[:File:SegaPro_UK_02.pdf_p9-1] Sega Pro, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-21), page 9

[2] Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1991-12-09), page 27

[:File:SegaPower_UK_23.pdf_p32-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 32

[:File:Console_XS_UK_01.pdf_p141-4] Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 141

[:File:GamePower_IT_04.pdf_p46-5] Game Power, "Marzo 1992" (IT; 1992-0x-xx), page 46

[:File:Gamers_DE_1992-01.pdf_p58-6] Gamers, "Februar/März 1992" (DE; 1992-xx-xx), page 58

[gamesmastertv1x07853-7] GamesMaster (UK) "Series 1, episode 7" (1992-02-18, 24:00) (+8:53)

[:File:GameZone_UK_03.pdf_p37-8] Game Zone, "January 1992" (UK; 1991-12-18), page 37

[:File:Joypad_FR_002.pdf_p100-9] Joypad, "Novembre 1991" (FR; 1991-10-1x), page 100

[:File:Joystick_FR_021.pdf_p160-10] Joystick, "Novembre 1991" (FR; 1991-1x-xx), page 160

[:File:MegaForce_FR_02.pdf_p103-11] Mega Force, "Septembre/Octobre 1991" (FR; 1991-09-13), page 103

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_017.pdf_p72-12] Player One, "Février 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 72

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1992-04.pdf_p89-13] Play Time, "4/92" (DE; 1992-03-04), page 89

[:File:SegaPower_UK_25.pdf_p45-14] Sega Power, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-10-30), page 45

[:File:SegaPro_UK_02.pdf_p52-15] Sega Pro, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-21), page 52

[:File:SegaForce_UK_01.pdf_p40-16] Sega Force, "January 1992" (UK; 1991-12-12), page 40

[:File:User_GR_29.pdf_p92-17] User, "Októvrios 1992" (GR; 1992-xx-xx), page 92

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1992-01.pdf_p36-18] Video Games, "1/92" (DE; 1992-02-03), page 36

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+| developer=[[Strategic Simulations, Inc.]], [[Tiertex]]
+| distributor={{company|[[Tec Toy]]|region=BR}}
+| licensor=[[TSR]]
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-{{sub-stub}}'''''Heroes of the Lance''''' is an RPG for the [[Sega Master System]] based on the ''Dungeons and Dragons'' franchise.
+{{sub-stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is an action-adventure game for the [[Sega Master System]] based on the ''Dungeons and Dragons'' franchise. In particular, it is an adaptation of chapters 15-22 of the novel ''"Dragons of the Autumn Twilight"'', which in turn is an adaptation of the first Dragonlance tabletop role-playing module. The Master System port is the last and the graphically most advanced of the 11 ports of the game released in the three previous years.
+==Gameplay==
+''Heroes of the Lance'' is absolutely <u>'''not'''</u> a role-playing game: it lacks any active dialogue with peaceful characters; it lacks freedom of exploration and backtracking; it lacks any character development. The "experience points" in the menu are just the player's score.
+The game consists of three stages. Players should navigate each of them until they find the exit that connects to the next stage.
+==Magazine articles==
+{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Magazine articles}}
 ==Promotional material==
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+|cvg|121|13
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-}}
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 | console=Master System
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+| manual=Heroes of the Lance SMS EU Manual.pdf
 }}{{Scanbox
 | console=Master System
-| region=AU
+| region=AU (NIAL sticker)
-| cover=
+| cover=HotL SMS AU nial cover.jpg
+| cart=
+}}{{Scanbox
+| console=Master System
+| region=AU (Classics)
+| cover=HotL SMS AU classics cover.jpg
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+| region=BR (Product code)
 | cover=HotL_SMS_BR_Box(model_num).png
 | manual=HotL_SMS_BR_Manual.pdf
+}}
+==Technical information==
+===ROM dump status===
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