# Colorful Dragon
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{{Short description|1989 Nintendo Entertainment System game}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = Colorful Dragon
| image = Colorful Dragon.jpg
| caption = North American cover art
| developer = [Sachen](/source/Thin_Chen_Enterprise)
| publisher = {{vgrelease|[AS](/source/Asia)|Sachen|NA|[Bunch Games](/source/Bunch_Games)}}
| director = [Rolland Cheng](/source/Hummer_Cheng)
| designer = {{ubl|Wun Zu-Tsie|Hau Yu-Tsao|Min Fa-Tyei|Chieh Che-Chao}}
| programmer = Rolland Cheng
| composer = Rolland Cheng
| platforms = [NES](/source/Nintendo_Entertainment_System)
| released = {{vgrelease|[AS](/source/Asia)|1989|NA|1990}}
| genre = [Maze](/source/Maze_video_game)
| modes = [Single-player](/source/Single-player), [multiplayer](/source/multiplayer)
}}
'''''Colorful Dragon''''' ({{zh|t=變色龍|p=Biànsèlóng|l=Chameleon}}), is a [maze video game](/source/maze_video_game) developed and published by [Sachen](/source/Thin_Chen_Enterprise) for the [Nintendo Entertainment System](/source/Nintendo_Entertainment_System) on 1989 in Asia. [Bunch Games](/source/Bunch_Games) later licensed the game for distribution in [North America](/source/North_America) for a 1990 release, and published it as '''''Tagin' Dragon'''''.
The game was not [licensed by Nintendo](/source/Nintendo_Entertainment_System).[{{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}}] Sachen republished ''Colorful Dragon'' in the multi-game cartridge ''Super Cartridge Version 6: 6-in-1''.
==Gameplay==
The player controls a [dragon](/source/European_dragon) in a maze, attempting to bite the tails off other dragons.[{{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}}]
== Reception ==
{{VG reviews
| rev1 = ''[Top Secret](/source/Top_Secret_(magazine))''
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5|full=Black check.svg|empty=SemiTransBlack v.svg|rating=tick}}[{{cite magazine |title=Pegasus: Colorful Dragon |magazine=[Top Secret](/source/Top_Secret_(magazine)) |date=February 1995 |issue=35 |page=56 |url=https://archive.org/details/TopSecret35/page/n55/mode/2up |access-date=22 September 2024}}]
}}
A review in Polish magazine ''[Top Secret](/source/Top_Secret_(magazine))'' 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.