Dragon Breed

STORY / GAMEPLAY
You play the role of King Kayus and you have a mighty dragon named Bahamoot as a companion. Riding your dragon you set off your quest to find and destroy Zambaquous and his army of evil creatures. Zambaquous wants to rule the Agamen world; your world! Your dragon is a very powerful badass and can protect you from the enemy shots and any impact with various objects. Uniquely enough for a shoot 'em up, Bahamoot's body is flexible and responds to Kayus' movements, enabling Kayus to use Bahamoot as a flying shield or as a whip-like weapon. You fly across six levels of Agamen, battling a big boss at the end of each level. The gameplay is quite difficult (as in all other games by Irem such as the R-Type series) but with the protection of your dragon and the collection of various power ups you'll have the potential to win and take revenge. Note that the game is too difficult to master so you'll need practice and patience.

GRAPHICS / SOUND
The Amiga conversion is technically convincing and pretty close to the arcade original. Compared to the ST they both use a different color-palette and the Amiga conversion looks a bit sharper and has more colors on-screen (30 to 50) with smoother background scrolling. The sprites are greatly animated with no slowdowns during action and some of them are amazingly large! As for the game's sound, it surely does the job, but unfortunately you can only choose whether you want sound effects or music during gameplay which is awkward since Amiga could easily handle both simultaneously.

GAMEPLAY SAMPLE VIDEO
On our video below you may watch the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64/128, Atari ST, Amiga OCS and coin-op arcade versions of the game.