Quest for Glory: So You Want to Be a Hero

Quest for Glory: So You Want to Be a Hero
Cover art of the 1989 version
Developer(s)	Sierra On-Line
Publisher(s)	Sierra On-Line
Director(s)	Lori Ann Cole
Composer(s)	Mark Seibert
Series	Quest for Glory
Platform(s)	MS-DOS, Amiga, Atari ST, NEC PC-9801, Mac OS
Release	October 1989 (EGA) July 1992 (VGA, floppy) April 1994 (VGA, CD)
Genre(s)	Adventure game/role-playing
Mode(s)	Single-player

Quest for Glory: So You Want to Be a Hero (originally known as Hero's Quest: So You Want to Be a Hero) is a 1989 adventure game/role-playing game hybrid, designed by Lori Ann Cole and published by Sierra On-Line for MS-DOS. It is the first game in the Quest for Glory series, and has been credited for being a genre-defining game, as it tried to mix graphical adventure gaming with role-playing-like elements such as statistic building (strength, intelligence, health) that would actually affect the ability to accomplish certain parts of the game.^[1] The game has a satirical and silly tone.^[2] Ports for the Amiga, Atari ST, and NEC PC-9801 were released in the early 1990s. A VGA remake, titled Quest for Glory I: So You Want to Be a Hero, was released in 1992 for DOS and later in 1994 for Mac OS.