7.8 /10 1 Votes
8/10 Steam Producer(s) Matt Gruson Writer(s) Douglas Kaufman Initial release date 1994 Genre Adventure game | 3.7/5 GOG Director(s) Douglas Kaufman Programmer(s) Paul Lahaise Composer(s) Michael Bross Developer MicroProse Mode Single-player video game | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist(s) Michael Gibson
Charles Shenton Platforms Microsoft Windows, MS-DOS, DOS, Macintosh operating systems, Linux Publishers MicroProse, Night Dive Studios, Tommo, Atari, Inc. Similar MicroProse games, Adventure games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dragonsphere scarfulhu
Dragonsphere is a point-and-click graphic adventure game developed and published by MicroProse in 1994. It has graphics which were considered high-quality at the time it was published, considered a novelty. It is still a cult classic for many.
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The game was the third graphical adventure game developed by MicroProse, following Rex Nebular and Return of the Phantom. It was designed by Douglas Kaufman and developed using the MicroProse Adventure Development system with 256-color graphics.
In 2011, GOG.com released the game for free. Tommo Inc. purchased the rights to this game and digitally publishes it through its Retroism brand in 2015.
Classic review dragonsphere
Plot
The story, taking place in a fantasy world, revolves around a magical sphere where the evil sorcerer, Sanwe, was trapped by the late King of Gran Callahach 20 years ago and he is about to break free.
The newly crowned king, Callash, goes on a quest to stop the wizard before he regains his powers. However, when he faces Sanwe, he discovers that he is not the real king but a shapechanger named Pid Shuffle. It is revealed that the Queen Mother concocted the scheme to get rid of Callash and put his evil brother MacMorn on the throne, persuading the Court Wizard to aid her under the false pretense of saving Callash from mortal danger. It falls to Pid to rescue the rightful King and defeat MacMorn.
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Music
The soundtrack was composed by Michael Bross.
Reception
Finland's Pelit gave the game 92 out of 100 and summarized that Dragonsphere is "a really enjoyable and atmospheric adventure which holds the player's attention until the end."