In Japan, Dragon Quest was the very first Role Playing Game for a console. Way back in 1986, the only types of RPGs were the Ultima and Wizardry series. But, those games were too complicated for the average Japanese gamer. Three people, a writer, an artist and a composer decided to make a game that would change how games were made and a little bit of Japanese lifestyle too. Dragon Quest is a combined effort of writer Yuji Horii, artist Akira Toriyama, and composer Koichi Sugiyama. The three creators had already been successful with their solo projects and they had no idea how popular this one game would be.
Guess we were both right.