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Dragonstone Amiga – Core Design’s Zelda-Style Adventure Before Tomb Raider
️ Dragonstone (1994) – Commodore Amiga fantasy action adventure from Core Design Dragonstone on the Amiga is a colourful overhead action adventure that began life as a follow-up to Darkmere before developing into something quite different. Core Design moved away from Darkmere’s gloomy isometric approach towards a brighter Zelda-style perspective, mixing sword combat, exploration, conversations, item puzzles and light RPG elements into a fantasy quest spread across seven worlds. In this Dragonstone Amiga review and gameplay video, I revisit the forests, villages and stranger corners of the game while looking at that enormous dragon-shaped interface, the TALK, USE and EXAMINE system, and the unusual Psychic Charge combat. Hammering the fire button gives you weaker attacks; hold it down and you can build towards stronger sword strikes or launch a Psychic Bolt. That becomes fairly important once the wildlife starts fighting back.
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️ Dragonstone (1994) – Commodore Amiga fantasy action adventure from Core Design Dragonstone on the Amiga is a colourful overhead action adventure that began life as a follow-up to Darkmere before developing into something quite different. Core Design moved away from Darkmere’s gloomy isometric approach towards a brighter Zelda-style perspective, mixing sword combat, exploration, conversations, item puzzles and light RPG elements into a fantasy quest spread across seven worlds. In this Dragonstone Amiga review and gameplay video, I revisit the forests, villages and stranger corners of the game while looking at that enormous dragon-shaped interface, the TALK, USE and EXAMINE system, and the unusual Psychic Charge combat. Hammering the fire button gives you weaker attacks; hold it down and you can build towards stronger sword strikes or launch a Psychic Bolt. That becomes fairly important once the wildlife starts fighting back.
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Magazine Reviews · 12
Contemporary average 67% · range 42–85%
Amiga Action
Reviewed by Neil Jackson & Steve McNally
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Amiga Computing
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Amiga Concept
Reviewed by Stéphane Gabillot
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Amiga Dream
Reviewed by Grégory Halliday
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Amiga Format
Reviewed by Steve McGill
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Amiga Joker
Reviewed by Steffen Schamberger
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Amiga Power
Reviewed by Mark Winstanley
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Amiga User International
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Amiga User International
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CU Amiga
Reviewed by Tony Dillon
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Datormagazin
Reviewed by Pia Teeling
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The One
Reviewed by Matt Broughton
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