Popular games for platform Dragon 32/64
Chuckie Egg is an action platformer featuring a turn-based multiplayer mode. As Hen-House Harry, the player must collect the twelve eggs positioned in each level, before a countdown timer reaches zero. In addition there are piles of seed which may be collected to increase points and stop the countdown timer for a while. The player starts with five lives, and an extra life is awarded every 10,000 points.
Manic Miner is a platform video game originally written for the ZX Spectrum by Matthew Smith and released by Bug-Byte in 1983 (later re-released by Software Projects). It is the first game in the Miner Willy series and among the early titles in the platform game genre. The game itself was inspired by the Atari 800 game Miner 2049er. It has since been ported to numerous home computers and video game consoles.
Jet Set Willy is a flip-screen platform game in which the player moves the protagonist, Willy, from room to room in his mansion collecting objects. Unlike the screen-by-screen style of its prequel, the player can explore the mansion at will.
Moon Cresta is an arcade game released in 1980 by Nichibutsu. A moving starfield gives the impression of vertical scrolling, but the game is a fixed shooter in the vein of Namco's Galaxian. Incentive Software published a version of this arcade game for many 8-bit home computers of the time. Dempa also released a port of both Moon Cresta and Terra Cresta for the X68000. It was also released on the Wii Virtual Console in Japan on March 9, 2010 and PlayStation 4 (Arcade Archives) in 2014.
In this text adventure you are on a treasure hunt in an Egyptian pyramid.
A text based Adventure Game for the TRS-80, later enhanced with visual scenes in various ports. Only allowed 2-Word input and was largely based on Colossal Cave Adventure.
The game is set on a castle wall. The player must cross the screen from left to right avoiding obstacles in order to ring the bell at the far right. Obstacles include pits which must be swung over on a long rope, ramparts which must be jumped (some of which contain knights with spears) and flying fireballs and arrows (to be ducked or jumped). Eventually, after completing a number of screens, the player must rescue Esmeralda. If this final screen is completed, the game begins again at a faster speed.
Questprobe featuring The Hulk is a graphic adventure video game. It is the first entry in Questprobe, an intended series of graphic adventure games that only released three instalments before the developer's bankruptcy. The game's narrative follows the Marvel superhero Hulk and his human alter-ego Bruce Banner (in their first video game appearance), who must explore the mysterious lair of the Chief Examiner.
In this text adventure you must travel to a faraway land in order to find the magic elixir that will heal your ailing king.
Yakzee! is a dice game for one to four players. Players take turns rolling five dice, and the player can reroll any or all of the dice twice more before selecting their scoring category. Scoring categories include the sum of all ones to sixes, 3 of a kind, 4 of a kind, full house, a 4 dice straight, a 5 dice straight, yakzee (5 of a kind) and chance (which is the sum of all dice). A game is finished when all 11 scoring categories have been used. Game commands are via moving a cursor. Dice are graphically displayed on the right of the screen.
When the full moon crowns the night of all saints, a brave hero will break the curse forever; he will sanctify the place with the fire of wandering souls, when they are liberated. You are the hero chosen to fulfill this dangerous mission... Will you be able to release TRASMOZ from its curse before the sun rises again?
A first-person maze game where players attempt to collect jewels while evading a ghost.
Save the beauty from the beast! Rolling barrels! Killer flames! Ladders and ramps to negotiate in this fast action high speed arcade game. With sound. Joysticks required.
Chase is somehow similar to Gnome Robots but in real-time game and with several items and power-ups.
Lucifer's Kingdom is one of the rare vertically scrolling shoot'em'ups for the Dragon 32. In order to achieve smooth scrolling, the play area is limited to a block roughly half the size of the screen, with the rest of the screen area dedicated to score and status displays.
A single-screen collec'em up written by Chris Morris and published by Softek for several 8-bit homecomputers.
The Fall of Rome is a strategy game set in 395 BC where the Roman Empire was starting to lose it's grip from Barbarians and armies around Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. You have the chance to save the Empire by fighting off attacks or attacking your enemies around your various provinces over 12 turns. Each turn represents five years and is split into three phases, Income and Expenditure, Movement and finally Combat.
This adventure takes place in a nuclear power plant and using two word commands you must prevent a reactor meltdown.
The Wizard of Akyrz is the eighth game in the Mysterious Adventures series. The player begins in the royal palace, where the king asks him to save his daughter from an evil wizard. If the player should succeed, his reward will be priceless.
Turn-based strategy game set during the American Civil War.
This text adventue is the conclusion of Savage Island, Part I. You are still trying to find the secret of the island in the pacifuc ocean. A code sheet which came with game will enable you to solve mystery concerning the island.
The Valley is a graphical roguelike RPG with a simple interface and semi-real-time combat system. The background story is all but non-existent, suffice to say that you're the hero and you want to explore the name-providing Valley to slay monsters and find treasure.