Dragon Crystal - Sega 8-bit RogueLike Action!

[@disneydadcraig]

Core memory unlock! This was one of the games I got Christmas day 1991 with my Game Gear! Forgotten classic!

[@GouldFishOnGames]

Amazing! How far did you get into it back in the day?

[@disneydadcraig]

@GouldFishOnGames I think I only saw the egg hatch about 5 times, it was ridiculously hard for a 9 year old 🤣 I think every time it went in I'd play 3 or 4 times then switch it out for Castle Of Illusion or G-Loc

[@GouldFishOnGames]

Its not the easiest of games, I had a few runs that ended on the very first room I started in as it was full of enemies!

[@nicholsliwilson]

Love me some Game Gear & having what felt at the time like a full sized RPG on the handheld was awesome at the time but it wasn’t that big of a game, which was lucky as like you said there was no save option! You’ve lost a lot of weight since I last saw you on camera, well done. I’m glad to see a video on Dragon Crystal it defiantly deserves more love than it gets. Thanks.

[@GouldFishOnGames]

Yeah the lack of save is a real issue, even a password would have helped. but in the 90s saving was really expected as you could sink a lot of time into it. and thanks, been working to loose weight over the last few years, lost almost 15kg / 32lbs this year.

[@nicholsliwilson]

@@GouldFishOnGames well done with weight, you should be proud of yourself.

[@GouldFishOnGames]

Thanks! Very happy with the result, if not so happy with all the work its taken 😉

[@grinbrothers]

Clever intro; I thought you were describing how you across this game. Neat to see you reviewing Game Gear games so soon after your Game Gear console creation video. 0:49 - I thought this had released on the Master System as well. Real interesting to learn it was a Game Gear first game. 1:52 - Nice also to see you show the differences between the two versions. I prefer the latter's music but the former has a nice cheeriness to it. 3:32 - Ah, yes, the Mystery Dungeon style of gameplay. I only played a bit of this game before (can't remember where I played it) and never knew that the 'slime' following behind you was actually an egg. 5:20 - Oh, there are multiple classes? That's more indepth than I thought, given they all are warrior based from the looks of it. 7:26 - Oooh, that is devious. Rather like how people play type randomisers of Pokémon games. 9:21 - I see Death can choose to look the other way with the right bribe in this game. 12:54 - Wait, what!? Then what is the point of the dragon!? Crazy that they'd title the game after it only for it to be a pointless visual feature. From the looks of it, you can't even pet the dragon.

[@GouldFishOnGames]

I've been trying to play with the intro more, to give the basic plot of the game in a more interesting way. then just looking at the manual if its a just a few lines of text. and yeah it was in the making of the GG console that I re-discovered the loose copy of the game that I had. ended up enjoying it enough I made the video. When I found out the dragon was just cosmetic, I had to check multiple guides to make sure it was true. as it feels like a major thing just to be not useful in any way.

[@grinbrothers]

@@GouldFishOnGames Did you use your GG console to record this review then? Certainly would be a cool way to show it off.

[@Fattydeposit]

I regard this game as probably the best SMS / GG title that fewest played. Your channel is great.

[@RetroSegaDev]

Great review! I'm guessing this game is related to Fatal Labyrinth on the Mega Drive! :)

[@GouldFishOnGames]

Thanks. It feels like this might have started as a cutdown version of Fatal Labyrinth then sorta went in its own direction. as it does share some artwork and some basic ideas.

[@CassiusZedaker-pr7kc]

They're both roguelikes, so they're pulling from the same source material.

[@WhatHoSnorkers]

This looks GLORIOUS! Well done, sir!

[@GouldFishOnGames]

Thanks mate, had a lot of fun with this one. as it was a game I hadn't really played before.

[@gabo21g7]

Dont know where your channel came from (I was watching an AVGN iceberg vid) but sweet vid, I always liked those niche rpg adventure games that always seem to fall through the cracks of game libraries when talking about the greats.

[@mattmcewan7080]

Played a lot of Fatal Labyrinth, and yes, you end up leaving the console on, lol. Great memories, thanks for a great video.

[@GouldFishOnGames]

Fatal Labyrinth did look interesting, annoying that it to didn't have a save feature.

[@RetrogradeScene]

I think I’ll be playing the game gear version of this over Christmas looks right up my street.

[@GouldFishOnGames]

Awesome, I hope you enjoy it!

[@100tinsoldiers]

At the start I was convinced you were going to talk about Mr Benn.

[@GouldFishOnGames]

I guess there is still a chance I might 😂

[@UNIRockLIVE]

Ah, zooming on blue finger nails

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Interesting. 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul's fate revealed. In time, all points converge; hope's strength resteeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again." 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ --Diamond Dragons (series)