Published by
Developed by
Released

Platforms
MobyRank MobyScore
DOS
...
...
SNES
...
3.8
TurboGrafx CD
...
3.8

Description

In "Emerald Dragon", you play as Atrushan, a blue dragon who lives in the Dragon World. One day, he and his friends discover a ship wreck near a mountain. After examining the wreck, the dragons find a human child - a little girl. The wise White Dragon, the leader of the dragons, tells them that her name is Tamryn and that she will play an important role in their lives. The girl doesn't remember anything, and grows up together with the dragons. But when she turns fifteen, she decides to go back to her homeland - the Human World. Soon after Tamryn has left, Atrushan realizes he can't bear the separation, and asks the White Dragon to allow him to go and find Tamryn in the Human World. But a mysterious evil curse has been placed on the dragons - they can't appear among the humans in their true form. Atrushan agrees to become a human and goes to the Human World - to find Tamryn, and also a way to remove the curse...

The game features traditional Japanese-style RPG gameplay - Atrushan and his party travel over world map, visiting towns and descending into dungeons. The battle system is somewhat unusual - you can control only Atrushan, while other party members are controlled by the AI. You have a special bar for your actions in battle: once it is depleted, you can't perform any action and must wait for your next turn. You can move freely over the battle field, position yourself strategically near or far away from the enemy, attack from different sides, and assign general strategies to your non-controllable party members.

Alternate Titles

  • "エメラルドドラゴン" -- Japanese Spelling


Merchant Title      
amazon.com
Emerald Dragon    
ebay.com
Emerald Dragon    
Not an American user?

User Reviews

There are no reviews for this game.


The Press Says

HonestGamers TurboGrafx CD Dec 16, 2004 10 out of 10 100

Forums

There are currently no topics for this game.


Trivia

"Emerald Dragon" contains a lot of mythological references - mostly to Iranian mythology from the Zoroastrian period. For example, the super-powerful weapon Avesta is in fact the holy book of the Zoroastrian religion, Vendidad is a part of this book, Saoshyant is the future savior of the world in Zoroastrism etc. The name of the main hero, Atrushan, is also an Iranian word: atrushan was a ritual fire altar among the followers of Zarathustra (Zoroaster).


This entry was contributed by Unicorn B. Lynx Bronze Star Contributing Member (64776)
 

Errors and omissions on this page may be reported to the MobyGames approvers.

MobyGames™ Copyright © 1999-2009, MobyGames.
All rights reserved. Do not duplicate or redistribute in any form.
moby sites | about us | advertise | disclaimer | privacy statement | become an approver | RSS