Dragon's Fury
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| Devil Crash MD/Dragon's Fury |
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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive |
| Publisher: Technosoft (JP), Tengen |
Developer: Naxat Soft, Compile  |
| Genre: Action |
| Number of players: 1 |
Devil's Crush is a pinball game ghost-developed by Compile under license from Naxat Soft for the TurboGrafx-16, as part of NAXAT's Crush series of pinball games. Technosoft acquired a license to port the game to the Sega Mega Drive, calling it Devil Crash MD (デビルクラッシュＭＤ) and releasing it in Japan. They would then license it to Tengen for localization overseas; Tengen censored a few graphics deemed too Satanic for western audiences and released the final product as Dragon's Fury in the US and Europe (hence the page name) despite the TurboGrafx-16 version having been released internationally beforehand. While Naxat furthered the series itself, Tengen would later release a sequel, Dragon's Revenge, not under license from anyone.
Gameplay
The goal of the game is to accumulate as many points as possible by defeating hordes of enemies and other objects in each part of the table without losing all your balls. By default, the D-pad buttons each shoot the left flipper, 
shoots the right, and 
tilts; this can be configured in the Options menu. Holding charges a new ball for launch. Each section of the table has portals into bonus stages (see below). As there are no other tables and no way to "win" the game, the game ends when you lose all your balls; in typical arcade fashion, there is a high score screen where winning players enter their initials. Before the game actually ends, you are given a "LAST CHANCE" to increase your score — point values between 0 and 1000 shuffle quickly on screen; hit to choose the point value you want. 1,000,000 points gets you a new ball, even in this LAST CHANCE section (though if you get a bonus ball in the LAST CHANCE, you will not get another LAST CHANCE after losing it).
Pressing while paused gives you a password you may use to return to the game later.
The Options menu is accessible by pressing + START in Devil Crash MD, but is made directly accessible from the title screen in Dragon's Fury.
Bonus Stages
Each portal takes you to a random bonus stage. You have one ball to complete the mission in each bonus stage, but even if you lose that ball, you will still receive points for playing the bonus stage. Pockets on the sides of each table shoot the ball out again when entered.
Physical Scans
Mega Drive Version
JP cover
JP cart
