Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

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Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear
Publisher: Acclaim Entertainment (US), Virgin Interactive (EU)
Developer:
Sound driver:
Sega Mega Drive
GEMS
Peripherals supported:
Sega Mega Drive
Team Player
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US
$69.9569.95[3] T-81496
Sega Mega Drive
EU
T-70286-50
Sega Mega Drive
AU
Sega Mega Drive
BR
046980
Sega Master System
EU
MK-27079-50
Sega Master System
PT
MSJ27079
Sega Game Gear
US
T-81358
Sega Game Gear
EU
T-70148-50

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

History

Development

Graphics for the Mega Drive version of Dragon were draw in Deluxe Paint Animation, a 1990 art package for IBM PC compatibles[4].

Production credits

Mega Drive version

  • Executive Director: Colin Gordon
  • Producer: Dan Marchant
  • Asst Producer: Aron Phelan, Peter Hickman
  • USA Coordinator: Ken Love
  • Design Team: Ian Mathias, Dan Marchant, Peter Hickman, Ronald Pieket Weeserik, John Palmer
  • Programmer: Dave Chapman, Ronald Pieket Weeserik
  • Background Artist: Kevin Oxland
  • Animation Artist: John Palmer
  • Artist: Mark Smith, Stephen Cavalier, Mark Anthony, Paul Hallewell, Jonathan Green, Patrick Beirne, Simon Swift, Mark Bentley
  • Music and Sound: Allister Brimble
  • Lead Tester: Tony Hinds, Paul Welton
  • Assistant Tester: John Martin, Michael Wenn, Tony Byus, Kevin Turner
  • Respect to: Bruce Lee

Game Gear and Master System versions

  • 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

Magazine articles

Main article: Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in VideoGames (US) #80: "September 1995" (1995-08-22)
also published in:
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Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #156: "November 1994" (1994-10-15)
also published in:
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Print advert in Supersonic (FR) #25: "Octobre 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:
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Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
75 №152, p90-93[2]
78 №6, p18
90 №18, p40/41
77 №21, p66-68[12]
89 №22, p34/35/36
78 №12, p32/33
82 №47, p146
87 №7, p76/77
91 №56, p38/39/40/41
70 №34, p42/43
90 №36, p10
Sega Mega Drive
82
Based on
11 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[13]
Cool Gamer (RU)
70
[14]
Computer & Video Games (UK) PAL
75
[2]
Digitiser (UK) PAL
79
[15]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
55
[16]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
65
[3]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
90
[17]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
78
[18]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
67
[19]
Mega (UK) PAL
89
[20]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
73
[21]
Mega Power (UK) PAL
78
[22]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
85
[23]
Megazin (SI)
76
[24]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
77
[12]
Player One (FR) PAL
82
[25]
Play Time (DE) PAL
73
[26]
Power Up! (UK)
84
[27]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
87
[28]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
91
[29]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
70
[30]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
88
[31]
Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)
68
[32]
Sega Megazone (AU) PAL
63
[33]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
90
[34]
Todo Sega (ES)
75
[35]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
70
[36]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
70
[37]
Sega Mega Drive
76
Based on
28 reviews

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

Mega Drive, US
DTBLS MD US Box.jpg
Cover
Dragon MD US Cart Top.jpg
Dragon MD US Cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, EU
DTBLS MD EU Box.jpg
Cover
Dragon MD EU Cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, BR

Dragon MD BR Cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, FR

Dragon The Bruce Lee Story MD FR Manual.pdf
Manual

Master System version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
42 №56, p42/43
47 №34, p54/55
Sega Master System
45
Based on
2 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Sega Master System
N/A
Based on
0 reviews

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

Master System, EU
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Cover
DTBLS SMS EU Cart.jpg
Cart

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
60 №152, p90-93[2]
80 №21, p70/71[38]
42 №56, p42/43
52 №34, p58
Sega Game Gear
59
Based on
4 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Sega Game Gear
N/A
Based on
0 reviews

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

Game Gear, US
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Cover
DTBLS GG US Cart.jpg
Cart
Dragon The Bruce Lee Story GG US Manual.pdf
Manual
Game Gear, EU
DTBLS GG EU Box Back.jpgNospine.pngDTBLS GG EU Box Front.jpg
Cover
DTBLS GG EU Cart.jpg
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 efe850e5
MD5 94ebb9a19bbb7b5749bf07ab3ce8fbb9
SHA-1 01b45b9865282124253264c5f2e3d3338858ff92
2MB 1995-06 Cartridge (US)
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 fdeed51d
MD5 a279a2fa2317f9081ba02226cce6b1ed
SHA-1 d6fb86d73e1abc7b7f1aecf77a52fa3f759aedb1
2MB 1994-06 Cartridge (EU)
Sega Master System
 ?
CRC32 c88a5064
MD5 f86e099ca8e407a65a7751d84c2ee519
SHA-1 3d41a4e3b9ffc3e2ba87bd89baf13271f8560775
256kB Cartridge (EU)
Sega Game Gear
 ?
CRC32 19e1cf2b
MD5 c1473dfb6c51fbbc0632fe60d8438ffc
SHA-1 f1a90ffdff1003b4dedc61ce688591006a2d40be
256kB Cartridge (EU)
Sega Game Gear
 ?
CRC32 17f588e8
MD5 81e7bea1c445540544002a5ccf91fe3c
SHA-1 60c7cbe782c3df094452835076b9425c329c82ee
256kB Cartridge (US)

References

  1. File:Mega UK 20.pdf, page 81
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 File:CVG UK 152.pdf, page 90 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 152.pdf_p90" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 152.pdf_p90" defined multiple times with different content
  3. 3.0 3.1 File:GamePro US 076.pdf, page 80 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 076.pdf_p80" defined multiple times with different content
  4. File:MeanMachinesSega14UK.pdf, page 22
  5. EGM², "September 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 47
  6. VideoGames, "October 1995" (US; 1995-09-19), page 57
  7. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 179
  8. Ultimate Future Games, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-01), page 38
  9. Computer & Video Games, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 86
  10. Ultimate Future Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 8
  11. Mega Force, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 132
  12. 12.0 12.1 File:MeanMachinesSega21UK.pdf, page 66 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega21UK.pdf_p66" defined multiple times with different content
  13. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 63
  14. Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 67
  15. Digitiser (UK) (1994-07-01)
  16. Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 10 October 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 62
  17. GamesMaster, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-26), page 40
  18. Games World: The Magazine, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-28), page 18
  19. MAN!AC, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 91
  20. Mega, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-16), page 34
  21. Mega Fun, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 102
  22. Mega Power, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-23), page 32
  23. MegaTech, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-15), page 20
  24. Megazin, "Letnik 3, Številka 1, Januar 1995" (SI; 1995-xx-xx), page 73
  25. Player One, "Novembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 146
  26. Play Time, "1/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 108
  27. Power Up!, "Saturday, January 07, 1995" (UK; 1995-01-07), page 1
  28. Sega Magazine, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-16), page 76
  29. Sega Power, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-05), page 38
  30. Sega Pro, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-16), page 42
  31. Sega Zone, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-xx), page 24
  32. Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 53
  33. Sega Megazone, "September 1994" (AU; 1994-0x-xx), page 27
  34. Sonic the Comic, "October 14th 1994" (UK; 1994-10-01), page 10
  35. Todo Sega, "Febrero 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 58
  36. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 56
  37. VideoGames, "September 1995" (US; 1995-08-22), page 77
  38. File:MeanMachinesSega21UK.pdf, page 70