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== Software - Cartridge ==
 
== Software - Cartridge ==
 
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{| class="wikitable"
[[All Dream]]
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|-
 
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!Title
[[A2000 Shop Demo]]
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!Format
 
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!Packaging
[[Astroblast]]
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|-
 
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|[[All Dream]]
[[Berserk]]
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|Cartridge
 
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|Large Case
[[Bridge Master]] (Plus Cassette)
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|-
 
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|[[A2000 Shop Demo]]
[[Cave Hunter]]
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|
 
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|
[[Chess]]
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|-
 
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|[[Astroblast]]
[[Cosmic Invaders]]
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|Cartridge
 
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|Black Box or White Box with red dragon logo
[[Doodle Bug]]
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|-
 
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|[[Berserk]]
[[Ghost Attack]]
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|Cartridge
 
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|Black Box or White Box with red dragon logo
[[LOGO]]
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|-
 
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|[[Bridge Master]] (Plus Cassette)
[[Meteoroids]]
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|Cartridge with Cassette
 
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|Large Case
[[Rail Runner]]
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|-
 
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|[[Cave Hunter]]
[[Starship Chameleon]]
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|Cartridge
 
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|Black Box or White Box with red dragon logo
[[Super Dragon Writer II]]
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|-
 +
|[[Chess]]
 +
|Cartridge
 +
|Large Case, Black Box or White Box with red dragon logo
 +
|-
 +
|[[Cosmic Invaders]]
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|Cartridge
 +
|Black Box, Black Box with 32 or White Box with red dragon logo
 +
|-
 +
|[[Doodle Bug]]
 +
|Cartridge
 +
|Black Box
 +
|-
 +
|[[Ghost Attack]]
 +
|Cartridge
 +
|Black Box or White Box with red dragon logo
 +
|-
 +
|[[LOGO]]
 +
|Cartridge
 +
|Large Case
 +
|-
 +
|[[Meteoroids]]
 +
|Cartridge
 +
|Black Box or White Box with red dragon logo
 +
|-
 +
|[[Rail Runner]]
 +
|Cartridge
 +
|Black Box
 +
|-
 +
|[[Starship Chameleon]]
 +
|Cartridge
 +
|Black Box or White Box with red dragon logo
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|-
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|[[Super Dragon Writer II]]
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|Cartridge
 +
|Large Case
 +
|}
  
 
== Software - Tapes ==
 
== Software - Tapes ==
 
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{| class="wikitable"
[[Adventure Trilogy]]
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|-
 
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!Title
[[All Dream]]
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!Format
 
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!Packaging
[[Astrology]]
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|-
 
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|[[Adventure Trilogy]]
[[Beyond The Cimeeon Moon]]
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|Tape
 
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|Large Case, Cassette Case
[[Black Sanctum]]
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|-
 
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|[[All Dream]]
[[Black Sanctum (Graphical)]]
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|Tape
 
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|Large Case
[[Bloc Head]]
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|-
 
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|[[Astrology]]
[[Bumpers]]
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|Tape
 
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|Large Case
[[Calixto Island]]
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|-
 
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|[[Beyond The Cimeeon Moon]]
[[Calixto Island (Graphical)]]
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|Tape
 
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|Large Case, Cassette Case
[[Children From Space]]
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|-
 
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|[[Black Sanctum]]
[[Cimeeon Moon]]
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|Tape
 
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|Bag (N30509), Black Box (A0509)
[[Circus Adventure]]
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|-
 
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|[[Black Sanctum (Graphical)]]
[[Computavoice]]
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|Tape
 
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|Cassette Case
[[Cosmic Clones]]
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|-
 
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|[[Bloc Head]]
[[Cranky]]
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|Tape
 
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|Large Case, Cassette Case
[[Dragon Birthday Special]]
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|-
 
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|[[Bumpers]]
[[Dragon Forth]]
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|Tape
 
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|Cassette Case
[[Dragon Mountain]]
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|-
 
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|[[Calixto Island]]
[[Dragon Selection 1]]
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|Tape
 
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|Bag, Black Box
[[Dragon Selection 2]]
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|-
 
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|[[Calixto Island (Graphical)]]
[[Dragon Selection 3]]
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|Tape
 
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|Cassette Case
[[Dragon Selection 4]]
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|-
 
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|[[Children From Space]]
[[Dragon Selection 5]]
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|Tape
 
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|Clamshell
[[Dream]]
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|-
 
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|[[Cimeeon Moon]]
[[DreamBug]]
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|Tape
 
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|Large Case, Cassette Case
[[Editor Assembler]]
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|-
 
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|[[Circus Adventure]]
[[El Bandito]]
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|Tape
 
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|Black Box
[[El Diablero]]
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|-
 
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|[[Computavoice]]
[[Eno / Stalag]]
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|Tape
 
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|Bag, Black Box, Large Case
[[Examples From The Manual]]
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|-
 
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|[[Cosmic Clones]]
[[Face Maker]]
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|Tape
 
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|Large Case, Cassette Case
[[Fembots' Revenge]]
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|-
 
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|[[Cranky]]
[[Final Countdown]]
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|Tape
 
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|Clamshell
[[Flag]]
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|-
 
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|[[Dragon Birthday Special]]
[[Flight]]
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|Tape
 
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|Large Case
[[Fruity]]
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|-
 
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|[[Dragon Forth]]
[[Galax Attax]]
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|Tape
 
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|Large Case
[[Graphic Animator]]
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|-
 
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|[[Dragon Mountain]]
[[Hide & Seek]]
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|Tape
 
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|Bag (N30513), Black Box (A0513)
[[Jumpjet]]
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|-
 
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|[[Dragon Selection 1]]
[[Junior's Revenge]]
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|Tape
 
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|Bag (N30500), Black Box (A0500)
[[Let's Count]]
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|-
 
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|[[Dragon Selection 2]]
[[Lunar Rover Patrol]]
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|Tape
 
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|Bag (N30501), Black Box (A0501)
[[Madness & The Minotaur]]
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|-
 
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|[[Dragon Selection 3]]
[[Mansion of Doom]]
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|Tape
 
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|Black Box
[[Middle Kingdom / Breakout]]
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|-
 
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|[[Dragon Selection 4]]
[[Monsters and Magic]]
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|Tape
 
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|Black Box
[[Moonhopper]]
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|-
 
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|[[Dragon Selection 5]]
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|Tape
 +
|Black Box
 +
|[[Dream]]
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|Tape
 +
|Large Case, Black Box
 +
|-
 +
|[[DreamBug]]
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|Tape
 +
|Large Case
 +
|-
 +
|[[Editor Assembler]]
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|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[El Bandito]]
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|Tape
 +
|Large Case, Cassette Case
 +
|-
 +
|[[El Diablero]]
 +
|Tape
 +
|Black Box (A0518)
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|-
 +
|[[Eno / Stalag]]
 +
|Tape
 +
|Black Box
 +
|-
 +
|[[Examples From The Manual]]
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|Tape
 +
|Bag (N30507), Black Box (A0507)
 +
|-
 +
|[[Face Maker]]
 +
|Tape
 +
|Clamshell
 +
|-
 +
|[[Fembots' Revenge]]
 +
|Tape
 +
|Cassette Case
 +
|-
 +
|[[Final Countdown]]
 +
|Tape
 +
|Black Box
 +
|-
 +
|[[Flag]]
 +
|Tape
 +
|Black Box (A0514)
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|-
 +
|[[Flight]]
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|Tape
 +
|Large Case, Cassette Case
 +
|-
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|[[Fruity]]
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|Tape
 +
|Cassette Case
 +
|-
 +
|[[Galax Attax]]
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|Tape
 +
|Black Box, Large Case, Cassette Case
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|-
 +
|[[Graphic Animator]]
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|Tape
 +
|Bag, Black Box
 +
|-
 +
|[[Hide & Seek]]
 +
|Tape
 +
|Black Box
 +
|-
 +
|[[Jumpjet]]
 +
|Tape
 +
|Large Case, Cassette Case
 +
|-
 +
|[[Junior's Revenge]]
 +
|Tape
 +
|Large Case, Cassette Case
 +
|-
 +
|[[Let's Count]]
 +
|Tape
 +
|Clamshell
 +
|-
 +
|[[Lunar Rover Patrol]]
 +
|Tape
 +
|Large Case, Cassette Case
 +
|-
 +
|[[Madness & The Minotaur]]
 +
|Tape
 +
|Bag, Black Box
 +
|-
 +
|[[Mansion of Doom]]
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|Tape
 +
|Black Box
 +
|-
 +
|[[Middle Kingdom / Breakout]]
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|Tape
 +
|Large Case
 +
|-
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|[[Monsters and Magic]]
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|Tape
 +
|Large Case, Cassette Case
 +
|-
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|[[Moonhopper]]
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|Tape
 +
|Large Case, Cassette Case
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|-
 
[[Music Box]]
 
[[Music Box]]
  

Revision as of 09:16, 10 May 2016

Dragon Data Ltd Factory

Dragon Data Ltd was a Welsh producer of home computers during the early 1980s. These computers, the Dragon 32 and Dragon 64, strongly resembled the Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer ("CoCo")—both followed a standard Motorola datasheet configuration for the three key components (CPU, SAM and VDG). The machines came in both 32KB and (later) 64KB versions.

The history of Dragon Data Ltd in the period 1982–84 was a chequered one. The company was originally set up by a Toy Company called Mettoy, and after initial good sales looked to have a bright future. At its high point it entered negotiations with Tano to form a North American branch. Mettoy then suffered financial difficulties, casting a shadow on the future of Dragon Data Ltd before it was spun off as a separate company. However, a number of circumstances (the delay in introducing the 64K model, poor colour support with a maximum of 4 colours displayable in "graphics mode" and only 2 colours in the highest 256 x 192 pixel mode, the late introduction of the external disk unit and of the supporting OS-9 based software) caused the company to lose market share.

To combat this, under the control of GEC, Dragon Data Ltd worked on the next generation of Dragon computers - the Project Alpha (or Dragon Professional) and Project Beta. These systems only made it to the prototype stage before the business went into receivership and was sold on to the Spanish startup Eurohard SA in 1984. Unfortunately Eurohard also suffered financial problems and went into receivership a couple of years later.

In addition to the Dragon 32 and Dragon 64, an MSX-compatible machine, the Dragon MSX reached the prototype stage.


History / Timeline

To see a full history of how Dragon Data Ltd came to be, look at timeline below:

1912 - 1933 Tipp & Co. (TCO)

1933 - 1983 Mettoy

1982 - 1984 Dragon Data Ltd


Software - Cartridge

Title Format Packaging
All Dream Cartridge Large Case
A2000 Shop Demo
Astroblast Cartridge Black Box or White Box with red dragon logo
Berserk Cartridge Black Box or White Box with red dragon logo
Bridge Master (Plus Cassette) Cartridge with Cassette Large Case
Cave Hunter Cartridge Black Box or White Box with red dragon logo
Chess Cartridge Large Case, Black Box or White Box with red dragon logo
Cosmic Invaders Cartridge Black Box, Black Box with 32 or White Box with red dragon logo
Doodle Bug Cartridge Black Box
Ghost Attack Cartridge Black Box or White Box with red dragon logo
LOGO Cartridge Large Case
Meteoroids Cartridge Black Box or White Box with red dragon logo
Rail Runner Cartridge Black Box
Starship Chameleon Cartridge Black Box or White Box with red dragon logo
Super Dragon Writer II Cartridge Large Case

Software - Tapes

Music BoxNerble ForceNumber ChaserNumber GulperNumber PuzzlerPersonal FinancePixel EditorPoseidon AdventureQuestSamsimSchool MazeSea QuestShaftShape UpShark TreasureShenanigansShuttlezapSpace TrekStarfighterStorm ArrowsSynther 7Table AdventuresTee OffThe Gruneberg Linkword Language System - FrenchThe Gruneberg Linkword Language System - GermanThe Gruneberg Linkword Language System - ItalianThe Gruneberg Linkword Language System - SpanishTimscriptTyping TutorVikingWhirlybird RunWords, Words, Words

Software - OS-9

OS-9 Basic 09

OS-9 C Compiler

OS-9 Cash & VAT

OS-9 Dynacalc

OS-9 Editor Assembler

OS-9 System

OS-9 Programmers Manual

OS-9 Pascal

OS-9 Record Management System

OS-9 Stock Recording

OS-9 Stylograph

Other

  • Dragon Data Blank Tape

DragonData Blank Tape.jpg

Title Format Packaging
Adventure Trilogy Tape Large Case, Cassette Case
All Dream Tape Large Case
Astrology Tape Large Case
Beyond The Cimeeon Moon Tape Large Case, Cassette Case
Black Sanctum Tape Bag (N30509), Black Box (A0509)
Black Sanctum (Graphical) Tape Cassette Case
Bloc Head Tape Large Case, Cassette Case
Bumpers Tape Cassette Case
Calixto Island Tape Bag, Black Box
Calixto Island (Graphical) Tape Cassette Case
Children From Space Tape Clamshell
Cimeeon Moon Tape Large Case, Cassette Case
Circus Adventure Tape Black Box
Computavoice Tape Bag, Black Box, Large Case
Cosmic Clones Tape Large Case, Cassette Case
Cranky Tape Clamshell
Dragon Birthday Special Tape Large Case
Dragon Forth Tape Large Case
Dragon Mountain Tape Bag (N30513), Black Box (A0513)
Dragon Selection 1 Tape Bag (N30500), Black Box (A0500)
Dragon Selection 2 Tape Bag (N30501), Black Box (A0501)
Dragon Selection 3 Tape Black Box
Dragon Selection 4 Tape Black Box
Dragon Selection 5 Tape Black Box Dream Tape Large Case, Black Box
DreamBug Tape Large Case
Editor Assembler
El Bandito Tape Large Case, Cassette Case
El Diablero Tape Black Box (A0518)
Eno / Stalag Tape Black Box
Examples From The Manual Tape Bag (N30507), Black Box (A0507)
Face Maker Tape Clamshell
Fembots' Revenge Tape Cassette Case
Final Countdown Tape Black Box
Flag Tape Black Box (A0514)
Flight Tape Large Case, Cassette Case
Fruity Tape Cassette Case
Galax Attax Tape Black Box, Large Case, Cassette Case
Graphic Animator Tape Bag, Black Box
Hide & Seek Tape Black Box
Jumpjet Tape Large Case, Cassette Case
Junior's Revenge Tape Large Case, Cassette Case
Let's Count Tape Clamshell
Lunar Rover Patrol Tape Large Case, Cassette Case
Madness & The Minotaur Tape Bag, Black Box
Mansion of Doom Tape Black Box
Middle Kingdom / Breakout Tape Large Case
Monsters and Magic Tape Large Case, Cassette Case
Moonhopper Tape Large Case, Cassette Case