no, really. the single best game i ever played [1] was on the dragon 32. it was called "return of the ring" and ... hoo, i've just found it on eBay ... anyway, yeh, it combined arcade goodness with type-in adventure joy.
until we discovered the tape my cousin had was faulty and couldn't get any further.
[1] the passing of time might have elevated this slightly in my memory. still. it's nice to be different.
― grimly fiendish, Thursday, 27 September 2007 18:58 (nineteen years ago)
and lonely.
― grimly fiendish, Thursday, 27 September 2007 21:31 (nineteen years ago)
Moon Cresta was my favourite, and the only one I can really remember. That and constantly remaking the same address book database.
― Bocken Social Scene, Friday, 28 September 2007 09:23 (nineteen years ago)
Wasn't everything on the Dragon always green for some reason?
― Raw Patrick, Friday, 28 September 2007 09:32 (nineteen years ago)
No, Moon Cresta is definitely black and white, in my head at least.
http://www.mobygames.com/game/dragon-3264/moon-cresta/screenshots
I've just remembered I beat the top high score once. I remember my parents being distinctly less impressed than I was.
― Bocken Social Scene, Friday, 28 September 2007 09:48 (nineteen years ago)
Dudes, prepare to be AMAZED!
The Dragon 32/64 (and Tandy CoCo, and 6809 in general) thread
(And yeah, most things were green. There were two medium res colour palettes you could choose between - green/red/yellow/blue, or white/cyan/magenta/some strange teal-like colour. The second was horrible, so most games used the first. And if you wanted hi-res, you had to go with black and white).
― JimD, Saturday, 29 September 2007 08:26 (nineteen years ago)
Oh, and to answer the question, Chuckie Egg by a million miles for most of the machine's lifespan. I remember going to Oldham with my dad, and buying Chuckie Egg in Boots. And I remember reading the instructions on the bus home, and saying to my dad "I bet the music in this game is the birdie song!" and him replying "Really? I think it's going to be Chick-chick-chick-chick-chicken". And when we got home and I loaded it up, it turned out I'd guessed right!
In later years I spent a lot of time with Shock Trooper and Airball.
― JimD, Saturday, 29 September 2007 08:35 (nineteen years ago)
My friend had a Dragon, I thnk his fave game was Shock Trooper. I vaguely remember Tank as well.
― DavidM, Saturday, 29 September 2007 08:57 (nineteen years ago)
Why did people choose Dragon?
― Alba, Saturday, 29 September 2007 09:03 (nineteen years ago)
it was a pretty neat machine, in its own way. in 1982 or 1983 it would probably have looked more attractive than a spectrum ... that said, i remember it being bloody expensive.
jimD, yr other thread fucking rules! i've played JSW on pretty much every variety of emulator but not, i think, the dragon ... will have to rectify that. mind, that would also mean -- maybe -- playing "ring" again, and i don't want to have a wonderful memory spoiled by bitter reality :/
― grimly fiendish, Saturday, 29 September 2007 21:22 (nineteen years ago)