Software:Little Puff in Dragonland
| Little Puff in Dragonland | |
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| Developer(s) | Consult Software |
| Publisher(s) | Codemasters |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum |
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| Genre(s) | Action |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Little Puff in Dragonland is a 1989 platformer video game developed by Consult Software and published by Codemasters for personal computers. Upon release, the game received mixed reviews, with critics considering the game had value as a budget title, but was too similar to other Codemasters platformers, including Dizzy. A sequel, DJ Puff, was released by Codemasters in 1992.[1]
Gameplay
The game is a platformer where players are Puff, a dragon, navigating levels to collect four envelopes to assemble a passport to travel home to see his family in Dragon Land.[2] Players explore the levels, avoiding enemies, and collecting power-ups including magic potions and food to restore energy, or revolvers and air pumps to shoot projectiles or jump higher.[3] However, players only have one life, and can only hold three items for use at a time.[3] The game features puzzles where players must collect and use the items in the correct location to pass by or remove enemies or obstacles.[4]
Reception
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Little Puff in Dragonland peaked in eleventh place in UK Gallup sales charts for the Amiga.[5] Reviews were mixed, with several critics feeling the game was largely similar to the Dizzy series of Codemasters games.[4][3] Amiga Joker considered the game's graphics, sound and handling to be "decent" for a budget title, praising the "relatively complex" level design, although felt the difficulty was "enormous" due to only having one life.[3] Your Sinclair considered the game to be "colorful" and "cute" and value for money as a budget title, but felt the game was a "rip-off" of the Dizzy series.[4]
See also
- 1989 in video games
References
- ↑ "T-Zers". Your Sinclair (79): 9. July 1992. https://archive.org/details/Your_Sinclair_079/mode/2up?q=%22Little+Puff+in+Dragonland%22.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Alter, Sandra (October 1990). "Is Okay" (in DE). Aktueller Software Markt: 76. https://archive.org/details/Aktueller_Software_Markt_-_Ausgabe_1990.10/mode/2up?q=%22Little+Puff+in+Dragonland%22.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Little Puff in Dragonland" (in DE). Amiga Joker: 28. April 1991. https://archive.org/details/AmigaJoker199104/mode/2up?q=%22Little+Puff+in+Dragonland%22.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Little Puff in Dragonland". Your Sinclair (55): 76-7. July 1990. https://archive.org/details/Your_Sinclair_055/page/n75/mode/2up?q=%22Little+Puff+in+Dragonland%22.
- ↑ "Amiga Power Gallup Charts: Amiga Top 100". Amiga Power (3): 17. July 1991. https://archive.org/details/amiga-power/AmigaPower03-Jul91/mode/2up?q=%22Little+Puff+in+Dragonland%22.
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