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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

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

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Rise of the Dragon (Sega CD, 1992) SEGA CD $4.49  
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User Reviews

You're so... green Black Wolf (37237) 3.4 Stars3.4 Stars3.4 Stars3.4 Stars3.4 Stars
Better and Worse than the DOS version Jessie Cook (22) unrated
Blade Runner, meets the Matrix and Big Trouble In Little China Edward Brown (205) 3.8 Stars3.8 Stars3.8 Stars3.8 Stars3.8 Stars

The Press Says

Defunct Games Jul 30, 2006 82 out of 100 82
Sega-16.com Oct 13, 2005 8 out of 10 80
All Game Guide 2007 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
Game Informer Magazine Mar, 2003 7.75 out of 10 78
Game Players Jun, 1994 77 out of 100 77
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) Jun, 1994 7.6 out of 10 76
Mega Play Magazine Jul, 1994 72 out of 100 72
Just Games Retro Aug 26, 2007 67 out of 100 67
The Video Game Critic Oct 11, 2002 C 50
Video Games & Computer Entertainment Jun, 1994 5 out of 10 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".)


This entry was contributed by POMAH (21360), Trixter Bronze Star Contributing Member (8836) and Terok Nor (11932)
 

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