similar to that of the game's Slime creature. Many aspects of pop culture reference Dragon Warrior. The video game music band Descendants of Erdrick, based in Austin, Texas, is named after the game's main character. On April Fools' Day 2012, Google added a Dragon Warrior-inspired 8-bit option to Google Maps. In 2016, the spinoff Dragon Quest Builders was released as an alternate sequel to the first game. The story is set after the "bad ending" of the first game, where the Hero accepts the Dragonlord's offer to join him and rule half of the world. Notes References External links Official Dragon Quest for smartphone site Official Dragon Quest site Official Dragon Quest for smartphone site Role-playing video games Android (operating system) games Chunsoft games Dragon Quest video games Game Boy Color games IOS games MSX games MSX2 games NEC PC-9801 games Nintendo Entertainment System games Nintendo games Nintendo Switch games Satellaview games Super Nintendo Entertainment System games Video games with alternate endings Video games developed in Japan Video games scored by Koichi Sugiyama 1986 video games