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Dragon Fighter

The player takes control of a magical human fighter who has the ability to transform himself into a flying dragon. As the fighter, the player can run, crouch, jump, and attack with his sword as he would in…

31 December 1991

Dragon Fighter is an adventure developed by Idea, released 31 December 1991 on Amiga.

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What Dragon Fighter is

Dragon Fighter is an adventure game developed by Idea and released in 1991. It is available on Amiga only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The player takes control of a magical human fighter who has the ability to transform himself into a flying dragon. As the fighter, the player can run, crouch, jump, and attack with his sword as he would in most side-scrolling action games. Underneath his life gauge is a "metamorphosis gauge" that will gradually be filled as the player destroys his enemies. When the metamorphosis gauge begins to flash, the player can transform into the dragon by pressing up and A button after jumping. As a dragon, the player will hover in the air while the screen scrolls automatically to the right, similarly to a side-scrolling shoot-'em-up game. The dragon's main attack is his fire breath. While the player…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Dragon Fighter launched on 31 December 1991, within three weeks of Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Baseball Stars 2 and Commander Keen in Keen Dreams.

Released around the same time: Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Baseball Stars 2, Commander Keen in Keen Dreams.

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When did Dragon Fighter come out?
Dragon Fighter was released on 31 December 1991 for Amiga.

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