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Heroes of the Lance

1988 video game
VideoGame video_game Q88582
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Summary

Heroes of the Lance is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (133 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Heroes of the Lance's instance of is recorded as video game[3].
  • Heroes of the Lance was published by Strategic Simulations[4].
  • Heroes of the Lance's genre is action-adventure game[5].
  • Heroes of the Lance's based on is recorded as Dungeons & Dragons[6].
  • Heroes of the Lance was followed by Dragons of Flame[7].
  • Heroes of the Lance's developer is recorded as U.S. Gold[8].
  • Heroes of the Lance's platform is recorded as ZX Spectrum[9].
  • Heroes of the Lance's platform is recorded as DOS[10].
  • Heroes of the Lance's platform is recorded as MSX[11].
  • Heroes of the Lance's platform is recorded as Amstrad CPC[12].
  • Heroes of the Lance's platform is recorded as Commodore 64[13].
  • Heroes of the Lance's platform is recorded as Nintendo Entertainment System[14].
  • Heroes of the Lance's platform is recorded as Master System[15].
  • Heroes of the Lance's platform is recorded as Commodore Amiga[16].
  • Heroes of the Lance's platform is recorded as Atari ST[17].
  • Heroes of the Lance's platform is recorded as FM Towns[18].
  • Heroes of the Lance's platform is recorded as NEC PC-8800 series[19].
  • Heroes of the Lance's platform is recorded as NEC PC-9800 series[20].
  • Heroes of the Lance's game mode is recorded as single-player video game[21].
  • Heroes of the Lance was distributed by compact cassette[22].
  • Heroes of the Lance was distributed by floppy disk[23].
  • Heroes of the Lance was distributed by ROM cartridge[24].
  • Heroes of the Lance was distributed by digital distribution[25].
  • Heroes of the Lance's review score is recorded as 96%[26].
  • Heroes of the Lance's review score is recorded as 96%[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Heroes of the Lance was published by Strategic Simulations[4].

Publication

Publication dates include March 8, 1991[28], January 1988[29], and January 1991[30]. Heroes of the Lance's genre is action-adventure game[5]. Recorded distribution format include compact cassette[22], floppy disk[23], ROM cartridge[24], and digital distribution[25].

Reception

Reviews include 96%[26].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Heroes of the Lance was followed by Dragons of Flame[7].

Why It Matters

Heroes of the Lance ranks in the top 6% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (133 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Related Entities

computer keyboard DOS floppy disk gamepad joystick Strategic Simulations United Kingdom U.S. Gold

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27d ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Review score → 96%, 96%
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-add:1||2 */ Review score, uploading review scores from gen4; thanks Catel69 for the parsing in the first place! ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/ac96494e159"
  2. 16w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Games/Heroes_of_the_Lance
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38730|batch #38730]]: adding Giant Bomb Wiki game IDs matched via OpenRefine"
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