- Name of the game: Draconic Throne
- Category: MSX Classic
- Game size / RAM size requirements for the game: 32KB ROM / 16KB RAM
- Name of the group: GW’s Workshop
- Contact e-mail: ghost4outside AT hotmail.com
In the kingdom, any pretender is required to get rid of you.
That was called “Draconic Throne”.
In this game we play the role of the dragon for once, instead of the brave soldier. Sounds like a refreshing role reversal, doesn’t it? With the dragon’s devastating firepower under our control, we’ll eliminate all of the enemies in order to defeat the prince that awaits at the end of each level. Once we defeat the prince, we’ll enter a new age with more enemies, which are different and more difficult to beat each time.
Don’t leave any of those puny humans alive. Burn ’em all!
Updates
Version 1.10
- Added 4 color variations onto the kingdom troops. It changes with every 2 AGEs.
- Omitted “bonus stage” indication. That implementation was my misjudging.
- Fixed the bug; sometimes unreachable to the castle in the chariots’ AGE.
- Fixed the bug; fireballs kill enemies not appeared from the right edge of the screen yet.
- Fixed the bug; sometimes migic missles mis-indicated as a parts of the prince.
Version 1.11
- Fixed the bug; dragon breath can be carried to right edge of the screen from left.
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Known bugs are as follows.
– Rarely can’t reach to the castle in the chariots AGEs. Sub-boss BGM keeps playing.
– When kill a princess before her transformation, bonus stage notification remains on the screen.
– Fireballs can kill enemies not appeared from the right edge of the screen yet.
Those problem will be soon fixed, just wait a little bit.
I had the honor to be invited to be beta-tester of this game!
Now, I’m painting the definitive cover art! Thanks, Nobuaki Washio!
Good luck on the contest!
Wait for release about this and other MSX shmups on my blog TASBPAN ( http://www.filosofiashmup.blogspot.com )
This is a concept art montage: https://www.dropbox.com/s/gqse21fgijrsrif/draconic_throne_covert_concept.png?dl=0
*under license of the Nobuaki Washio
Great little game.
Does anyone have instructions for how exactly to change the dragon’s neck angle? I can’t seem to get the hang of it.
Check the following three points.
– Did you read the PDF-based Player’s Guide included in the archive? The answer you need is there with an illustration.
– Do you play the game on any emulator? A part of PC keyboard can not handle pushing two cursor-keys and a space bar at the same time. In this case I recommend you to play with a joypad supported by the emulator you use.
– If you mean “neck angle doesn’t obey me!”, I just have to say “Don’t try to control him finely. Feel rampaging power with him.”
Thanks.
Yes, my friend, the author shared a game instruction’s manual in PDF. Search your pack again, it must be there.