Cover art that over sold the experience

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By Justin Towell
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The box looked awesome, didn't it? Oh dear...

Hero Quest (ZX Spectrum, 1991)

Box art suggests: Fearsome warriors taking down hordes of fantasy monsters in a game packed with magic, beards and knights in dark armour.

The reality:It's a board game. Y'know, like the board game. With a few colours and weedy sprites. But we do remember the staircases looking good. Does that help?

Justin Towell
Justin Towell

Justin was a GamesRadar staffer for 10 years but is now a freelancer, musician and videographer. He's big on retro, Sega and racing games (especially retro Sega racing games) and currently also writes for Play Magazine, Traxion.gg, PC Gamer and TopTenReviews, as well as running his own YouTube channel. Having learned to love all platforms equally after Sega left the hardware industry (sniff), his favourite games include Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams, Zelda BotW, Sea of Thieves, Sega Rally Championship and Treasure Island Dizzy.

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