Coryoon: Child of Dragon

{{Short description|1991 video game}}

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{{Infobox video game

| title = Coryoon

| image = PC Engine Coryoon cover art.jpg

| border = yes

| developer = Naxat Soft

| publisher = Naxat Soft

| designer = Yoshiharu Takaoka

| programmer = Yoshiharu Takaoka

| artist = Kenji Mori

| composer = Daisuke Morishima
Hisashi Matsushita

| platforms = PC Engine

| released = {{vgrelease|JP|November 29, 1991}}

| genre = Horizontal-scrolling shooter

| modes = Single-player

}}

{{nihongo foot|Coryoon|コリューン|Koryūn||lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up video game released in 1991 for the PC Engine by Naxat Soft.{{cite magazine|last=Matsuyama|first=Benī|url=https://archive.org/details/micomBASIC_1991-12/page/n260/mode/1up|title=Super Soft Hot Information: PC Engine 新作ソフト Data Base|magazine={{ill|Micom BASIC Magazine|lt=Micom BASIC Magazine|ja|マイコンBASICマガジン}}|issue=114|publisher={{ill|The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation|lt=The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation|ja|電波新聞社}}|date=December 1991|pages=260–261|language=ja}}

Gameplay

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Coryoon is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up game.{{cite web | url=http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/coryoon/ | title=Coryoon – Hardcore Gaming 101 }}{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/turbo-play/13_TurboPlay_1992_June/page/22/mode/1up | title=Turbo Play }}

Development and release

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Coryoon was released by Naxat Soft for the PC Engine.

Reception

{{Video game reviews

| CP = 89%{{cite magazine|last=Harbonn|first=Jacques|url=https://archive.org/details/Console_Plus_Numero_006/page/76/mode/2up|title=PC Engine Review: Coryoon|magazine={{ill|Consoles +|lt=Consoles +|fr|Consoles +}}|issue=6|publisher=Éditions Mondiales S.A.|date=February 1992|pages=76–77|language=fr}}

| Fam = 22/40{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/famitsu0155/page/39/mode/1up|title=NEW GAMES CROSS REVIEW: コリューン|magazine=Famitsu|issue=155|publisher=ASCII Corporation|date=December 6, 1991|page=39|language=ja}} ([http://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=7308 Transcription] by Famitsu.com).

| GPCE = 73/100{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/gekkan-pc-engine-issue-39-december-1991/Gekkan%20PC%20Engine%20-%20Issue%2039%20-%20December%201991/page/n142/mode/1up|title=発売直前 REVIEW: コリューン|magazine={{ill|Gekkan PC Engine|lt=Gekkan PC Engine|ja|月刊PCエンジン}}|volume=3|issue=12|publisher=Shogakukan|date=December 1991|page=149|language=ja}}

| Gen4 = 90%{{cite magazine|last=Querleux|first=Philippe|url=https://archive.org/details/generation4-magazine-040/page/n144/mode/1up|title=Console Test: Coryoon|magazine={{ill|Génération 4|lt=Génération 4|fr|Gen4}}|issue=40|publisher=Pressimage|date=January 1992|page=145|language=fr}}

| JS = 84%{{cite magazine|last=Morisse|first=Jean-François|url=https://archive.org/details/joystick023/page/n133/mode/1up|title=Consoles News: Coryoon|magazine=Joystick|issue=23|publisher=Sipress|date=January 1992|page=134|language=fr}}

| rev1 = Consolemania

| rev1Score = 91/100{{cite magazine|last=Elsler|first=Dietmar|url=https://archive.org/details/Consolemania-006/page/n45/mode/2up|title=Coryoon|magazine={{ill|Consolemania|lt=Consolemania|it|Consolemania}}|volume=2|issue=6|publisher=Xenia Edizioni|date=March 1992|pages=46–47|language=it}}

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Coryoon was met with generally favorable reviews.{{cite magazine|last=Eggebrecht|first=Julian|author-link=Julian Eggebrecht|url=https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_1992-02_Markt_Technik_DE/page/n20/mode/1up|title=News: Engine-Ereignisse|magazine={{ill|Video Games (magazine)|lt=Video Games|de|Video Games}}|issue=6|publisher=Markt & Technik|date=February 1992|pages=20–21|language=de}} It received a score of 22.26 out of 30 in a 1993 readers' poll conducted by PC Engine Fan, ranking among PC Engine titles at the number 149 spot.{{cite magazine|title=PC Engine All Catalog '93 10月号特別付録|magazine=PC Engine Fan|volume=6|issue=10|publisher=Tokuma Shoten|date=October 1, 1993|page=76|language=ja}}

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