“I remember Dragon Quest selling so well that the owner of a toy shop in my neighborhood started bundling it with other games to get rid of them – which was against the law, so he got arrested.”

Naoyuki, a product manager for an unnamed Japanese game company, remembering his Dragon Quest youth for GamesTM’s “Famicom Memories” feature (issue #100). Imagine if you couldn’t buy Dragon Quest IX without first purchasing a copy of Petz Fantasy: Moonlight Magic!

Also imagine the conversations this shopkeeper must’ve had with his cellmates in the clink:

“What are you in for?” “Murder, kidnapping, you name it. You?” “Making kids buy Transformers: Convoy no Nazo if they wanted to play Dragon Quest.” “… You motherfucker.”

Buy: Dragon Quest IX

See also: More DQ posts, unless you want to go to jail