dragon32

The Dragon Data Dragon 32 was a British Computer, made in the 1982, that to be fair, did not set the world on fire. However, if you can see past the greenness of it all, there’s lot to explore. With around 540 games and add-ons like the CoCoSDC, light-pen, it’s an almost must have system. It’s actually quite a capable machine. I never had one back in the day, and was only very vaguely aware of it. To my mind back then, it occupied the fringes, like Oric and the VIC20.

Donkey King for the Dragon32. Not to be confused in anyway with Nintendo’s Donkey Kong. To be fair, this actually plays really well.

Presumably another tribute. Rommel’s Revenge looks eerily like BattleZone, which of course, must be by chance. Still, like Donkey King, it’s very smooth and plays really quite nicely.

Phantom Slayer is a 3D Maze game, that has you being hunted by Phantoms. It’s very atmospheric and something of a gem on the Dragon32

Chuckie Egg. Is a quirky British platfomer, that appeared on a lot of other platforms at the time.

Airball, looks and sounds amazing on the Dragon32. It’s pretty addictive, too.

2 Player split-screen racing action? Despite the ample use of green (again) Formula 1 plays surprisingly well.

Fun Fact. The Tandy TRS-80 and the Dragon32 are so similar, there is some, albeit very very few, bits of software that will run on both. Is one a copy of the other? Apparently not, they both based on the same reference design.

Cuthbert in Space is a classic example of retro games being utterly merciless. If you don’t die 20 times in the first 1minute. You’re cheating.

3D Lunar Lander is a pretty impressive 3D shooter, it won’t have won any awards, that doesn’t mean it’s bad. It’s these glorious little gems that make retro computing exploration a real joy.