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Dragon Wars is a fantasy computer role-playing game developed by Interplay Entertainment and...

Dragon Wars is a fantasy computer role-playing game developed by Interplay Entertainment and distributed by Activision. The story from the back of the original box: During the initial design process for Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate, one of the designers came up with a list of enhancements and improvements for the game. With the possibility that Interplay would soon be parting ways with Electronic Arts, it was decided to save these for a future game and stick closer to the original engine, though the auto-mapping feature did make it in to Bard's Tale III. These design improvements came in this next game, Dragon Wars. In essence, the game was a fusion of Bard's Tale and design philosophy pioneered in Wasteland — spiritually, it was Bard's Tale IV. However, the rights to these titles was still held by Electronic Arts, and thus a new setting and title were needed for the game. It was derived in part from the Sumerian legends of Gilgamesh, with the chief villain of the game being named Namtar. The designers all felt it was a better game than Bard's Tale III, and indeed, better than any of the Bard's Tale series, but without the tie-in to the old title and without Electronic Arts's