Colorful Dragon
{{Short description|1989 Nintendo Entertainment System game}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = Colorful Dragon
| image = Colorful Dragon.jpg
| caption = North American cover art
| developer = Sachen
| publisher = {{vgrelease|AS|Sachen|NA|Bunch Games}}
| director = Rolland Cheng
| designer = {{ubl|Wun Zu-Tsie|Hau Yu-Tsao|Min Fa-Tyei|Chieh Che-Chao}}
| programmer = Rolland Cheng
| composer = Rolland Cheng
| platforms = NES
| released = {{vgrelease|AS|1989|NA|1990}}
| genre = Maze
| modes = Single-player, two player (competitive, cooperative)
}}
Colorful Dragon ({{zh|t=變色龍|p=Biànsèlóng|l=Chameleon}}), is a maze game developed and published by Sachen for the Nintendo Entertainment System on 1989 in Asia. Bunch Games later licensed the game for distribution in North America for a 1990 release, and published it as Tagin' Dragon.
The game was not licensed by Nintendo.{{cite book |last1=Weiss |first1=Brett |title=Classic Home Video Games, 1985-1988: A Complete Reference Guide |date=12 November 2012 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-0141-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F01wiUr9LKQC |language=en}} Sachen republished Colorful Dragon in the multi-game cartridge Super Cartridge Version 6: 6-in-1.
Gameplay
The player controls a dragon, in a maze chase game copaired to Pac-Man or Bomberman, attempting to bite the tails off other dragons. The longer a dragon's tail, the more bites required to defeat it. There are a total 20 mazes.{{cn|date=September 2024}}
Two players may play either competitively or cooperatively.{{cite book |last1=Scullion |first1=Chris |title=The NES Encyclopedia: Every Game Released for the Nintendo Entertainment System |date=30 March 2019 |publisher=Casemate Publishers |isbn=978-1-5267-3782-3 |page=257 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wJ75EAAAQBAJ |access-date=26 September 2024 |language=en}}
Reception
{{VG reviews
| rev1 = Top Secret
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5|full=Black check.svg|empty=SemiTransBlack v.svg|rating=tick}}{{cite magazine |title=Pegasus: Colorful Dragon |magazine=Top Secret |date=February 1995 |issue=35 |page=56 |url=https://archive.org/details/TopSecret35/page/n55/mode/2up |access-date=22 September 2024}}
}}
A review in Polish magazine Top Secret thought that both the graphics and music average, but that the increase in challenge in later levels put it slightly above other arcade style games.
References
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External links
- {{MobyGames|id=/tagin-dragon|name=Tagin' Dragon}}
Category:Nintendo Entertainment System games
Category:Nintendo Entertainment System-only games
Category:Unauthorized video games
Category:Video games about dragons
Category:Video games developed in Taiwan
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