DOS

Rise of the Dragon

Description

A futuristic adventure game that borrows graphical elements from Blade Runner (in fact, the title character's name is "Blade Hunter"). You must find out what is killing--by horrible, spontaneous mutation--inhabitants of the city, before it's too late. An oriental cult, drugs, and street informants are among the places you find clues.

Alternate Titles

• "Rise of the Dragon: A Blade Hunter Mystery" -- referenced on the manual cover

Part of the Following Group

• Dynamix Game Development System (DGDS) games

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User Reviews

Hey, have you forgotten your key again?!..	Unicorn B. Lynx (60247)
The future doesn't look good for LA	Black Wolf (37231)
Tech-Noir	Zovni (9141)
Not as good as it claims to be	Boston Low (54)
A dark look at the future	OceansDaughter (105)	unrated
An immersive world that completely captures your interest without frustrating your intellect.	Trixter (8866)

The Press Says

Adventure Classic Gaming	May 08, 2007	4 out of 5	80
Abandonia	Dec 26, 2004	4 out of 5	80
HonestGamers	Jan 17, 2007	8 out of 10	80
Power Play	Apr, 1991	68 out of 100	68
Aventura y Cía	Feb 10, 2002		60

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Trivia

Rise of the Dragon was released in two seperate packages for the PC: A 256-color VGA/MCGA version that took up about 7 megabytes, and an EGA/CGA version that, understandably, took up half that size. ROTD was also ported to other non-computer platforms, like the Sega CD.

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The SegaCD has automatically-converted graphics from the 256-color originals, but (probably due to the Sega's limited color palette and palette restrictions) everything has a green cast. Check screenshots for comparison. The 16-color EGA version,on the other hand, has mostly redrawn graphics based on the 256-color originals.

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Rise of the Dragon appears to have been coded in Turbo C++.

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Cute messages hidden in the main executable:

Boy, am I tired. Better get some sleep in about an hour.

You have chosen to run the game with only %s bytes of memory! You are on your own! (this is presumably when the user has decided to run the game without enough free DOS memory available)

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One of the patrons in the Pleasure dome is named "FU BAR". :-)

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David Wolf makes an appearance outside the Pleasure Dome--he strolls past in a tuxedo if you wait long enough. (David Wolf was the main hero of Dynamix's earlier game "David Wolf, Secret Agent".)