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.

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Alternate Titles

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

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Dynamix Game Development System (DGDS) games

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User Reviews

Hey, have you forgotten your key again?!..	DOS	Unicorn B. Lynx (53164)
The future doesn't look good for LA	DOS	Black Wolf (37274)
Tech-Noir	DOS	Zovni (9114)
You're so... green	SEGA CD	Black Wolf (37274)
One interactive Sci-Fi novel that wont leave you untouched	Amiga	Birjer Rosenkrantz (4)
Better and Worse than the DOS version	SEGA CD	Jessie Cook (22)
Not as good as it claims to be	DOS	Boston Low (53)
A dark look at the future	DOS	OceansDaughter (105)
An immersive world that completely captures your interest without frustrating your intellect.	DOS	Trixter (8873)

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The Press Says

Defunct Games	SEGA CD	Jul 30, 2006	82 out of 100	82
All Game Guide	SEGA CD	2007		80
Adventure Classic Gaming	DOS	May 08, 2007	4 out of 5	80
Abandonia	DOS	Dec 26, 2004	4 out of 5	80
Game Players	SEGA CD	Jun, 1994	77 out of 100	77
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	SEGA CD	Jun, 1994	7.6 out of 10	76
Mega Play Magazine	SEGA CD	Jul, 1994	72 out of 100	72
Power Play	DOS	Apr, 1991	68 out of 100	68
Video Games & Computer Entertainment	SEGA CD	Jun, 1994	5 out of 10	50
The Video Game Critic	SEGA CD	Oct 11, 2002	C	50

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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.

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.

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

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)

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

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".)

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This entry was contributed by POMAH (18637), Trixter

(8873) and Terok Nor (10118)