Dragonstomper is an Atari 2600 role-playing video game programmed by Stephen Landrum and published in 1982 by Starpath. It requires the Starpath Supercharger peripheral.
Dragonstomper follows the adventures of a dragon hunter who is given a quest by the king to defeat a dragon and reclaim a magical amulet that was stolen. The player makes his way over the countryside vanquishing various adversaries and gaining gold and experience. After gaining strength, the player enters a shop in an oppressed village where equipment can be purchased, soldiers hired, and special scrolls obtained to defeat the dragon in its lair. The final leg of the journey traverses into the dragon's lair where he must avoid a series of traps strewn throughout the cave and defeat the dragon.
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Pros
Pro World is completely open
The game is completely open, you can go anywhere you want, assuming you have keys to open up buildings.
Pro Fun combat for a game of this age
The combat was enjoyable if somewhat repetitive.
Pro Very first RPG on a console
Dragonstomper, also known as "Excalibur", is THE very first RPG on a console ever, it was released on the Atari 2600 in 1982.
Cons
Con Music is grating
The music in this game is VERY annoying, because there's so few songs, and the ones that are there are extremely short and frequent.
Con Very repetitive
The game not only had random battles, but random battles that happened whether you moved or not, and it plays the same music every time. Battles can sometimes only last 10 seconds or less before you're in another one, and unlike later games, this game has no experience points so random forced battles have no purpose.
Con Product of its time
I wasn't aware how to heal right away or run from battle. Enemies approach you whether you're moving or not. You'll have absolutely no idea where to go without a guide.