"quest for glory" is a series of hybrid adventure/role-playing video games designed by corey and lori ann cole. the first game in the series, "quest for glory: so you want to be a hero", was released in 1989. the series combines humor, puzzle elements, themes and characters borrowed from various legends, puns, and memorable characters, creating a five-part series of the sierra stable. although the series was originally titled "hero's quest", sierra failed to trademark the name. milton bradley successfully trademarked an electronic version of their unrelated joint games workshop board game, "heroquest," which forced sierra to change the series' title to "quest for glory". this decision caused all future games in the series (as well as newer releases of "hero's quest i") to switch over to the new name.