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 unique shooter from 1984. take on the role of a pilot of an out-dated Cosmic Cruiser, fighting to rescue the crew of a distant space station that had been captured by a raiding party from the sinister Rallom Empire.
Gridrunner is a lot like Atari's arcade classic, Centipede.
Bonka is a clone of the arcade video game Space Panic released for the Dragon 32 and Commodore 64 in 1983.
A shoot-em up game developed by Jeff Minter for the C64 and other early computer systems
The invaders are attacking the Earth with their new hyper missiles which never miss. It is up to you to defend the world and the people.
Horror Castle is a text adventure. Starting in the forest outside a dark castle, the player must find their way into the castle and rescue the princess. Numerous clues, dangers, and traps litter the castle and its surrounding grounds and dungeon.
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?
Microdeal published this Mr. Do! clone on the Atari 8-bit line in 1984.
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.
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.
In the Cretan labyrinth of King Minos beneath Knossos you have to find 16 hidden treasures while evading seven mythical monsters.
This game is the sequel to Strategy I: Invasion. Your goal is to find the Bismark and make it sink by attacking. The Bismark is invisible till one of your ships is close to it. You also have aircraft carriers that can launch planes if so desired. The planes can then bombard/shoot the Bismark if it is in their range.
In this cartooney club-em-up, released in 1984 for home microcomputers by Imagine, take on the role of the titular B.C. Bill, a true paragon of prehistoric sensibilities, solving all his many issues with his versatile wooden club.