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Dragon Breed

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Shooter Arcade Action Science fiction

Dragon Breed is a Shooter / Arcade game released on December 31, 1989 for Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum and 3 more. The player's character is a human who rides a large, green, flying Chinese-style dragon. The dragon is invincible, capable of blocking most enemy projectiles and damaging enemies on contact; the human…

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December 31, 1989
Released 13407 days ago
Arcade Commodore C64/128/MAX ZX Spectrum Atari ST/STE Amiga Amstrad CPC

About

The player's character is a human who rides a large, green, flying Chinese-style dragon. The dragon is invincible, capable of blocking most enemy projectiles and damaging enemies on contact; the human, however, is not, but is armed with a forward-firing crossbow.

The dragon's body is flexible and responds to the player's movement, enabling the player to use the dragon as a mobile shield or as a whip-like weapon. You can also circle the tail around a group of enemies to kill them. The tail of the yellow or blue dragon can be coiled around the player to offer almost complete invulnerability for a limited time.

The dragon can also spit fireballs. By holding the fire button down, the dragon will build up fire in its mouth; the longer the button is held down, the more powerful the fireball will be. There are four levels of fireball power; at its strongest, the fireball resembles a dragon's head. The game also contains some platforming elements - the human is able to dismount on horizontal platforms.

Power-ups can be acquired by shooting small green dragons that appear intermittently throughout the levels, or they can be collected from the ground on foot. There are four different power-ups, each of which provides a different weapon to the dragon. Collecting multiple power-ups of the same colour makes that weapon more powerful. The dragon changes colour depending upon which power-up has been collected. Red enables the dragon to breathe a flame. The flame gets longer if more power-ups are collected. Yellow enables the dragon's body to fire crescents in all directions. White enables the dragon to produce up to four miniature dragons, which home in on enemies. Blue enables the dragon to fire downward bolts of electricity from its underside.

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Release Dates by Platform

Atari ST/STE Worldwide
Dec 31, 1989
ZX Spectrum Worldwide
Dec 31, 1989
Arcade Worldwide
Dec 31, 1989
Commodore C64/128/MAX Worldwide
Dec 31, 1989
Amstrad CPC Worldwide
Dec 31, 1989
Amiga Worldwide
Dec 31, 1990

Game Info

Developer
Irem
Publisher
Activision
Game Modes
Single player
Perspective
Side view
Genres
Shooter Arcade
Themes
Action Science fiction

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