Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (8-bit)

For the Sega Mega Drive version, see Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story.

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Master System Game Gear
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
System(s): Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear
Publisher: Acclaim Entertainment (US), Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe)
Developer: Acclaim Entertainment
Distributor: Ecofilmes (PT)
Licensor: Universal City Studios, MCA/Universal Merchandising
Genre: Action, Arcade
Number of players: 1-2 1
Release Date RRP Code EU 1994-09 MK-27079-50 PT 1994 MSJ27079 UK 1994-09 MK-27079-50 US 1996-09-05 T-81358 EU 1994-09 T-70148-50 PT 199x UK 1994-09 £29.9929.99 T-70148-50

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story is a Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear platform game based on the 1993 Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story film.

Story

The game follows the events of the film, a semi-fictionalized account of the life of renowned martial artist and actor Bruce Lee.

Gameplay

Gameplay combines elements of a platforming game and a beat-'em-up. Bruce moves through each level and encounters enemies to fight. Sometimes the screen locks in place until Bruce has dispatched all of the foes. Each level is divided into three parts, with a boss fight at the end.

Bruce with and . He crouches with and jumps with . He can jump to a higher platform (even if it is higher than his normal jump height) with + or to a lower platform with +. He can perform a number of attacks by holding and then pressing another button: holding or toward the enemy does a quick punch, holding or away from the enemy does a spinning punch that knocks the enemy away, pressing does a standing kick, pressing does a crouching kick, holding or away from the enemy does a roundhouse kick, and pressing leaps forward with a flying kick. Some moves can be linked together in combos (which awards bonus points at the end of the level). Bruce can interact with objects in some levels by hitting them, such as oil drums or large ice blocks. Enemies can also be defeated by knocking them into hazards (such as spikes or fire pits).

Bruce has a health bar, and he loses health when he is attacked by enemies. He loses a life when he loses all of his health, but he revives in place if he has extra lives remaining. The game ends if he loses all of his lives and cannot be continued. There are three difficulty levels (Easy, Medium, and Hard), and the player can choose the number of starting lives (3, 4, or 5).

Items

Items are collected by attacking them.

	Heart
	Restores a quarter of Bruce's health bar.
	Yin-Yang
	Restores all of Bruce's health bar.
	Paper Lantern
	Worth 20 points.
	Lantern
	Worth 40 points.
	Dragon Pearl
	Worth 50 points.
	Coin
	Awards an extra life.
	Bell
	Doubles the points earned until the end of the level (or until the player loses a life).
	Flaming Plate
	Increases Bruce's strength until the end of the level (or until the player loses a life).

Levels

	The Steamer
	The Ice House
	Victoria Harbor
	The Graveyard

History

Release

Despite being clearly labeled as a 1-2 player game on its packaging, the European Game Gear version of Dragon also erroneously claims compatibility with Hudson Soft's Super Multitap (a Super Famicom accessory), seemingly published by accident on the wrong system's box.

Production credits

• Coding and Design: Dave Semmens
• Graphics and Artwork: Doug Townsley
• Produced by: Ian Mathias
• Coordinator: Ken Love
• Music and Sound FX: Matt Furniss
• Manual Origination: Gary Penn
• Quality Assurance UK: Tony Byus, Michael Wenn
• Quality Assurance USA: Adam Ryan, Jim Getz, Chris Toft, Craig McCoy, Eric Harshman, Mitch Feldman

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (8-bit)/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in VideoGames (US) #80: "September 1995" (1995-08-22)
also published in:

• EGM² (US) #15: "September 1995" (1995-0x-xx)
• VideoGames (US) #81: "October 1995" (1995-09-19)
• Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #75: "October 1995" (1995-xx-xx)

Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #156: "November 1994" (1994-10-15)
also published in:

• Ultimate Future Games (UK) #1: "December 1994" (1994-11-01)
• Computer & Video Games (UK) #157: "December 1994" (1994-11-15)
• Ultimate Future Games (UK) #2: "January 1995" (1994-12-01)

Print advert in Supersonic (FR) #25: "Octobre 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:

• Mega Force (FR) #32: "Octobre 1994" (1994-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Master System version

Sega Retro Average
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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score Sega Power (UK) PAL 42 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 47 Todo Sega (ES) 43

	44
Based on 3 reviews

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (8-bit)

Master System, EU
Cover
Cart

Master System, PT

Game Gear version

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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score Computer & Video Games (UK) PAL 60 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U 60 Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL 80 Sega Power (UK) PAL 42 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 52 Todo Sega (ES) 44

	56
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Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (8-bit)

Game Gear, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear, PT
Cover
Cart Manual EU Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

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