He’s built an exquisite set of 3D walls and doors, meaning the game’s formerly primitive dungeon now look a lot more like a, well, dungeon! Or castle. I never was quite sure which it was.
Thévenin has also professionally painted the game’s units and re-done the floor tiles. It’s amazing work, which you can see more of at the link below.
HeroQuest [Damien Thévenin via Geek-Art]
welbot
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at 8:07 AMThat’s impressive stuff! I used to love playing Hero Quest with my mate when I was younger. Funnily enough, I used to imagine it really looking very similar to this!
Marathon
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at 10:19 AMAbsolutely awesome. Would love to see a version of this re-released by Games Workshop. My original copy from many moons ago is sort of in pieces. :)
Lillee
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at 1:46 PMI still have it and all the expansions, it is still a great game for all ages.
Tid bit of rarely known info: when Milton Bradley were phasing HereosQuest out they deeply discounted the board game to just $20 in Target, Kmart and Toyrus in Australia. I regret not buying one and keeping it sealed…
Simon
Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 1:13 AMHeroQuest! oh the nostalgia, I feel it all through me! but better than ever, just like OOT 3Ds!
Simon
Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 1:14 AMand on that note (like OOT), and re: Welbot – yeah me too lol, which is exactly that the article on OOT 3DS said and I just concurred in a post on there. The rose-coloured glasses of nostalgia indeed. I’ve been meaning to look up Barbarian for c64 for ages, that was the first game I ever played on my own computer, and I dread to think what it really looked like