Dragon 32 was a UK computer made in Wales hence the Dragon name (Welsh flag). They were 90% compatible with Tandy Coco's. Dragon Data went bust in 1984 and the rights were sold to a Spanish company, who in turn went bust in 1987. The 32k model was the standard one, the 64k version came later and a 128k version was planned. No, I didn't have one.
If you want a decent playable game for the Dragon, I would suggest the "Donkey king" game. From what I recall, that was the best game we had in our shop when we sold the Dragon32 back in the 80s. Maybe Frogger and Android Attack also...
Yeah, sadly, it's just one of them British computers, much like Oric etc. that tried to take advantage of the massive home computer market that was booming at the time, but pretty much died on it's backside. It isn't a bad machine per se, but sadly, there were only so many formats that developers were willing to support. After a year or so, once it become clear which formats had taken the lead(the C64 and ZX Spectrum, with the Acorn Electron in a distant third, barely hanging in there) they pretty much dropped support for all the stragglers, leaving them dead in the water. Might make it hard to find good info or software.
You might want to add Amstrad CPC and MSX. Well, admittedly slightly newer, but in any case those are (minus the Acorn machines) the 8 bit computers I remember seeing games sold for as a kid in southern Europe.
The 6809 CPU didn't help the Dragon's cause much - it greatly limited the potential for game conversions as finding competent coders to do the work was hard. The graphics and sound also didn't really suit the games market - although that didn't stop the Spectrum becoming a roaring success! I think the main issues though that the like of the Dragon and Oric suffered from was being late to market, without any real compelling reason to buy them over the market leaders. The CPC succeeded because it was packaged well, was cheap if you factored in the cost of a portable TV and cassette deck, and was graphically quite impressive. It also had a big, recognised brand behind it (even if Amstrad's products were pretty poor - ironically the CPC was probably the most reliable of all the early micros, certainly a lot better than the C64 and Spectrum!). Really the MSX should have been the market leader in more places, pretty much all the respected electronics companies were backing the standard, it could be coaxed to be almost as impressive as the C64 and had the fantastic Japanese arcade conversions. But again it was a year too late.
Looks like a fun computer to play on. I appreciate that you get right into it and we get to experience it with you! Unfortunately I have no clue how to help!
Good Morning from the Mitten! I seen one of these as a kid and thoguht it was a Apple ][, I cant remember where Maybe it was a School or Public Library...
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Dragon 32 was a UK computer made in Wales hence the Dragon name (Welsh flag). They were 90% compatible with Tandy Coco's. Dragon Data went bust in 1984 and the rights were sold to a Spanish company, who in turn went bust in 1987. The 32k model was the standard one, the 64k version came later and a 128k version was planned. No, I didn't have one.
I get why it is called the Tano Dragon. Dragons burn people, and playing these games must have made you feel really baked lol.
If you want a decent playable game for the Dragon, I would suggest the "Donkey king" game.
From what I recall, that was the best game we had in our shop when we sold the Dragon32 back in the 80s.
Maybe Frogger and Android Attack also...
Yoy mean Donkey King as in a Nintendo knockoff?
@@BilisNegra Yes, they quickly had to change the name to "The King" to appease the beast.
2:42 sure the king will give you the bad half.
Yeah, sadly, it's just one of them British computers, much like Oric etc. that tried to take advantage of the massive home computer market that was booming at the time, but pretty much died on it's backside.
It isn't a bad machine per se, but sadly, there were only so many formats that developers were willing to support. After a year or so, once it become clear which formats had taken the lead(the C64 and ZX Spectrum, with the Acorn Electron in a distant third, barely hanging in there) they pretty much dropped support for all the stragglers, leaving them dead in the water. Might make it hard to find good info or software.
You might want to add Amstrad CPC and MSX. Well, admittedly slightly newer, but in any case those are (minus the Acorn machines) the 8 bit computers I remember seeing games sold for as a kid in southern Europe.
The 6809 CPU didn't help the Dragon's cause much - it greatly limited the potential for game conversions as finding competent coders to do the work was hard. The graphics and sound also didn't really suit the games market - although that didn't stop the Spectrum becoming a roaring success!
I think the main issues though that the like of the Dragon and Oric suffered from was being late to market, without any real compelling reason to buy them over the market leaders. The CPC succeeded because it was packaged well, was cheap if you factored in the cost of a portable TV and cassette deck, and was graphically quite impressive. It also had a big, recognised brand behind it (even if Amstrad's products were pretty poor - ironically the CPC was probably the most reliable of all the early micros, certainly a lot better than the C64 and Spectrum!).
Really the MSX should have been the market leader in more places, pretty much all the respected electronics companies were backing the standard, it could be coaxed to be almost as impressive as the C64 and had the fantastic Japanese arcade conversions. But again it was a year too late.
@@BilisNegra The Amstrad wasn't out at this point, and the MSX never caught on in England, the Dragon probably did better..
Looks like a fun computer to play on. I appreciate that you get right into it and we get to experience it with you!
Unfortunately I have no clue how to help!
Good Morning from the Mitten!
I seen one of these as a kid and thoguht it was a Apple ][, I cant remember where
Maybe it was a School or Public Library...
Charles didn't have the Forsythe to realize his games would be unplayable, even by a vintage geek.
2:35 can you imagine playing that game for hours and... Oops wrong key! 🤬🤬🤬
But I can honestly say, I've not heard of that machine before...
The random TV clips are starting to take over your videos, the Montage was cool but the others are getting to be a bit too much.
Another great show !!! Loved the humorous breaks !!!🤣