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Early access to simulations and prototypes in development for RetroFab · By Itizso

Suggestion: Dragon by Tiger Electronics 1982

A topic by gjupp created 2 days ago Views: 20 Replies: 4
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Long time no chat. I cant remember if I have mentioned this game from my childhood before but would love to see it implemented. Unfortunately I can't find a lot about it but have found these two recent ebay listings with some images and a short video.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/196555854108

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/285444716142

It looks like some of the LCD segments are missing but between the two ebay listings you might be able to get a full set.

Cheers,

Graham

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Thanks for the suggestion Graham. 

I'm not sure there is enough material online for an accurate simulation, but maybe someone in the community can help. 

I did find some scans of the packaging at http://handheldempire.com/game.jsp?game=1695,  

And there is a photo of all the LCD segments from the Orlitronic version at http://handheldempire.com/game.jsp?game=2560

There are also some scans of the  Grandstand version at http://handheldempire.com/game.jsp?game=914

Nice find, I do recall there were a few different releases of the same game from different companies (Tiger, Orlitronic and Grandstand), which may help when searching for some gameplay videos, the only video I could find for the Tiger version was on one of the ebay listings in my first post and it's very short.

Odd how the box art graphics are quite a bit different to the LCD background image on the actual game.

I suspect the segment image you mentioned is reasonably usable, not very high res but does probably show enough detail for an upscale or redraw? 


http://handheldempire.com/game_instance_images/tn_400x300_2560_2895_1321180390745_Orlitronic_Dragon.jpg

Also found this image of background https://patoe.fr/GAME/Jeux/Orlitronic/Photo/Dragon.htm

and an old expired listing on ebay with some decent box art but non english language text:

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/326442782334?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=705-154756-20017...

Here is the full size version of the LCD segments :)  
http://handheldempire.com/game_instance_images/2560_2895_1321180390745_Orlitronic_Dragon.jpg

Hey nice one... I didn't realise that the save button icon at handheldempire would result in revealing a higher quality image.  :)