Collectors Corner

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Collectors Corner - Or as rare as hens teeth

This is a page dedicated to the truely rare items in the world of dragon. To be classed as rare and be mentioned on this page the items must:

1. Be demonstratably known to exist - No rumours please

2. Be Prototype or limited production/low sale numbers

Rare Hardware

Dragon 16K/Pippin/Project SAM - Evidence based on only 1 example known to exist out of 20 made.

Dragon Professional/Project Alpha - Evidence based on 2 known prototypes, 2 production examples, 1 more unknown and 1 motherboard. - Highest serial number known to date is 000008.

Dragon 128/Project Beta - Evidence of 1 completed prototype and 1 motherboard.

Rare Software

A & F Software - Deadwood and Swashbuckler. These games were provided to A&F to market and sell, but the author became dissapointed in the success A&F were having. Having recently formed his own software house Quickbeam Software he withdrew them from A&F and released them as Tombstone and Cod Creek on the Quickbeam Software label. Thus these games were only available for a limited time from A & F Software and sold in limited numbers.

Quickbeam Software - Metal-On-Metal. This game was due for launch in 1988 and an incomplete demo was shown at a 6809 show in that year but the game was never released bu the author.

Juxta-Position II: Usurpur of Rune - Believed to be completed and working on 64K, but never released.

Rare Peripherals

Compusense Ltd - Dragon Plus - It is not known how many of these were sold, but currently only one is still known to exist (currently not working) and none have appeared on ebay in the last 8 years.