Colorful Dragon

{{Short description|1989 Nintendo Entertainment System game}} {{More citations needed|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox video game | title = Colorful Dragon | image = Colorful Dragon.jpg | caption = North American cover art | developer = Sachen | publisher = {{vgrelease|AS|Sachen|NA|Bunch Games}} | director = Rolland Cheng | designer = {{ubl|Wun Zu-Tsie|Hau Yu-Tsao|Min Fa-Tyei|Chieh Che-Chao}} | programmer = Rolland Cheng | composer = Rolland Cheng | platforms = NES | released = {{vgrelease|AS|1989|NA|1990}} | genre = Maze | modes = Single-player, multiplayer }}

'''''Colorful Dragon''''' ({{zh|t=變色龍|p=Biànsèlóng|l=Chameleon}}), is a maze video game developed and published by Sachen for the Nintendo Entertainment System on 1989 in Asia. Bunch Games later licensed the game for distribution in North America for a 1990 release, and published it as '''''Tagin' Dragon'''''.

The game was not licensed by Nintendo.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Weiss |first1=Brett |title=Classic Home Video Games, 1985-1988: A Complete Reference Guide |date=12 November 2012 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-0141-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F01wiUr9LKQC |language=en}}</ref> Sachen republished ''Colorful Dragon'' in the multi-game cartridge ''Super Cartridge Version 6: 6-in-1''.

==Gameplay== The player controls a dragon in a maze, attempting to bite the tails off other dragons.<ref name="Top Secret" /><ref name="Scullion2019" /> The longer a dragon's tail, the more bites required to defeat it. There are a total 20 mazes.{{cn|date=September 2024}}

Two players may play either competitively or cooperatively.<ref name="Scullion2019">{{cite book |last1=Scullion |first1=Chris |title=The NES Encyclopedia: Every Game Released for the Nintendo Entertainment System |date=30 March 2019 |publisher=Casemate Publishers |isbn=978-1-5267-3782-3 |page=257 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wJ75EAAAQBAJ |access-date=26 September 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

== Reception == {{VG reviews | rev1 = ''Top Secret'' | rev1Score = {{rating|3|5|full=Black check.svg|empty=SemiTransBlack v.svg|rating=tick}}<ref name="Top Secret">{{cite magazine |title=Pegasus: Colorful Dragon |magazine=Top Secret |date=February 1995 |issue=35 |page=56 |url=https://archive.org/details/TopSecret35/page/n55/mode/2up |access-date=22 September 2024}}</ref> }} A review in Polish magazine ''Top Secret'' thought that both the graphics and music average, but that the increase in challenge in later levels put it slightly above other arcade style games.<ref name="Top Secret" />

== References == {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{MobyGames|id=/tagin-dragon|name=''Tagin' Dragon''}}

Category:1989 video games Category:Maze games Category:Nintendo Entertainment System games Category:Nintendo Entertainment System-only games Category:Unauthorized video games Category:Top-down video games Category:Video games about dragons Category:Video games developed in Taiwan Category:Bunch Games games