Popular games for platform Dragon 32/64

31.12.1983

Chuckie Egg is an action platformer featuring a turn-based multiplayer mode. As Hen-House Harry, the player must collect the twelve eggs positioned in each level, before a countdown timer reaches zero. In addition there are piles of seed which may be collected to increase points and stop the countdown timer for a while. The player starts with five lives, and an extra life is awarded every 10,000 points.

01.05.1983

Manic Miner is a platform video game originally written for the ZX Spectrum by Matthew Smith and released by Bug-Byte in 1983 (later re-released by Software Projects). It is the first game in the Miner Willy series and among the early titles in the platform game genre. The game itself was inspired by the Atari 800 game Miner 2049er. It has since been ported to numerous home computers and video game consoles.

31.12.1984

Jet Set Willy is a flip-screen platform game in which the player moves the protagonist, Willy, from room to room in his mansion collecting objects. Unlike the screen-by-screen style of its prequel, the player can explore the mansion at will.

15.02.1980

Moon Cresta is an arcade game released in 1980 by Nichibutsu. A moving starfield gives the impression of vertical scrolling, but the game is a fixed shooter in the vein of Namco's Galaxian. Incentive Software published a version of this arcade game for many 8-bit home computers of the time. Dempa also released a port of both Moon Cresta and Terra Cresta for the X68000. It was also released on the Wii Virtual Console in Japan on March 9, 2010 and PlayStation 4 (Arcade Archives) in 2014.

31.12.1979

In this text adventure you are on a treasure hunt in an Egyptian pyramid.

31.12.1978

A text based Adventure Game for the TRS-80, later enhanced with visual scenes in various ports. Only allowed 2-Word input and was largely based on Colossal Cave Adventure.

31.12.1983

The game is set on a castle wall. The player must cross the screen from left to right avoiding obstacles in order to ring the bell at the far right. Obstacles include pits which must be swung over on a long rope, ramparts which must be jumped (some of which contain knights with spears) and flying fireballs and arrows (to be ducked or jumped). Eventually, after completing a number of screens, the player must rescue Esmeralda. If this final screen is completed, the game begins again at a faster speed.

31.12.1984

Questprobe featuring The Hulk is a graphic adventure video game. It is the first entry in Questprobe, an intended series of graphic adventure games that only released three instalments before the developer's bankruptcy. The game's narrative follows the Marvel superhero Hulk and his human alter-ego Bruce Banner (in their first video game appearance), who must explore the mysterious lair of the Chief Examiner.

31.12.1983

You have to save the princess who was kidnapped by the eponymous kight.

31.12.1982

Find the missile before time runs out in this 1982 text adventure for C64 and Spectrum.

31.12.1983

Froglet is a 1-player Frogger clone. The player controls a frog that moves in cardinal directions, trying to cross two busy highways with cars traveling in opposite directions. The roads are separated by a river with moving lily pads that the frog must hop across. There are six homes at the top of the screen that the player tries to position their frog into. The player starts with five lives, and the game restarts if all are used.

01.10.1984

You destroy enemy bases, ships and spaceports on your mission to liberate the galaxy.

31.12.1982

In 1982 Tang also produced Horace Goes Skiing. In it, Horace must cross a dangerous road teeming with traffic to rent out a pair of skis, à la Frogger, get back over the road and successfully navigate a ski course. This title is not a true sequel, as it does not follow on from an original story and is only similar in that it features the same character. Like Hungry Horace, this title was available on the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and Dragon 32. As before, Sinclair distributed the Spectrum version, Melbourne House the Commodore 64 and Dragon 32 versions.

31.12.1983

Jungle Maths is an educational game for multiple sytstems. The player must travel through a jungle to reach their home base and safety. To do this, they must correctly answer 10 math questions. A map tracks the player's progress. If the player answers incorrectly, they could fall in a pit, sink into quicksand, or have other animated maladies befall them. Five incorrect answers, and it's game over. Options include numbers from 10 to 1000, subtraction or addition, negative numbers, and time to answer the questions.

31.12.1984

In this unique shooter from 1984. take on the role of a pilot of an out-dated Cosmic Cruiser, fighting to rescue the crew of a distant space station that had been captured by a raiding party from the sinister Rallom Empire.

31.12.1983

Take control of a football team in a division below the top one, and try to lead them to glory in both league and European competition. You start with a squad of 12 players, whose names can be changed, but have room for 15 players in total, with chances to buy and sell players. You can take out a bank loan, the level of which depends on your division. The team's formation can be customised, and as outfield players are not limited to a single position, you can customise the team's strengths and weaknesses in quite a precise way. Matches are played out by listing scorers as they happen, and are followed by a full list of the division's other results. Finances change after each match to wages, gate receipts, and possible incidents such as riots and illegal player approaches.

31.12.1979

In this text adventure you have to make it through a fun house until the amusement park closes for the day.

31.12.1983

Bonka is a clone of the arcade video game Space Panic released for the Dragon 32 and Commodore 64 in 1983.

31.12.1983

Cuthbert is on the lunar landing pad, waiting for the federal chief's state visit. He must turn on the lights before he arrives.

31.12.1984

This time Cuthbert is sent into space to engage in some "Joust"-inspired tasks.

31.12.1983

Cuthbert has to find the exit to the mine in which he trapped before he runs out of oxygen.

31.12.1984

This time around Cuthbert has to save some poor souls from the depths of a mine in this "Frogger"-like arcade game.

31.12.1983

Poor Cuthbert is in trouble again. He failed to overcome the Moronians (See Cuthbert Goes Walkabout and Cuthbert Goes Digging), so he has been sent to the jungle, where his troubles are many. He must fight his way through the jungle collecting treasures, jumping pits and swinging across alligators whilst being aware of the killer scorpion in the basement. High speed arcade action game. Full colour graphics. Machine Code. Joystick required.