Beijing Dejin Software Technology Co., Ltd. (北京德金软件技术有限), more commonly known by the brand name Dragon Co., is a Chinese game company that developed and published games for the Famicom, Neo-Geo, and Sega Mega Drive.
Company overview[]
Dragon Co. was formed in 1997 by former Hengmao Electronics employees; a company which produced mainly Gamate and Super A'can games, and closed around 1995. The Dragon Co. company mainly produced games for the Famicom/NES and Sega Genesis/Mega Drive; they reportedly also produced titles for the SNES and Game Boy, though no Dragon-produced games for these platforms have been found. Dragon Co. would be succeeded by Hummer Software in 2005;[1] several Hummer Software-produced titles are based on preexisting Dragon Co. games.
Tomsoft (Tommy Xie/Xie Rong Chun) was previously employed as a programmer by Dragon and developed their Famicom SDK in 1996. Later Dragon Co. games were produced without Tomsoft.[2]
A number of ex-Dragon employees would later work for Nice Code Software and took some resources from Dragon Co. with them, which they used to produce a number of games. The majority of these games are graphics hacks of Dragon titles; however, two Nice Code-published games (Titanic and Pikachu5) appear to be based on the coding of canceled Dragon Co. productions. As to if Nice Code actually retained the legal rights to Dragon-produced titles is unclear, though is seemingly unlikely (given the succeeding Hummer Software company).
Games[]
Famicom[]
Note that the release dates for most Dragon Co. titles are unknown, with the exception of Felix the Cat. An asterisk (*) indicates a game that is not 100% confirmed to be a Dragon Co. production.
Name | Released | Description | Cartridge No. |
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Felix the Cat | 1998 | Later hacked by Nice Code to create titles such as The Hacker, Little Blackmask, and Super Hero. | DH1065 |
Hong Lou Meng | Published by Shenzen Nanjing Technology. | ||
Luan Shi San Guo | Published by Shenzen Nanjing Technology. | ||
Panda Baby | 1997 (?) | DJ08006 | |
The Lion King III: Timon & Pumbaa |
1997 (?) | Later hacked by Nice Code to create Howling Killer, Mongoose Story, and Super Warthog. | DH1000 |
The Lion King V: Timon & Pumbaa |
1998 (?) | DH1069 | |
Tom & Jerry 3 | 1998 (?) | Later hacked by Nice Code to create Primitive Man and Primitive Woman. | DH1070 |
Wait and See! (aka Nu, pogodi!) |
1997 | DH1001 | |
Pikachu5* | Unknown | Released by ex-Dragon members from Nice Code Software. Later hacked to create titles such as Gardman, Wonder Rabbit, etc. | N/A |
Titanic* | Unknown | Released by ex-Dragon members from Nice Code Software; a cartridge version was published by Shenzen Nanjing Technology in 2005. Later hacked to create Sunken Ship. | N/A |
Neo-Geo[]
Name | Released | Description | Cartridge No. |
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The King of Fighters 2004: Special Edition |
2004 |
Mega Drive[]
Name | Released | Description | Cartridge No. |
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Command & Conquer (Beta) | |||
Commandos | |||
Death Caliber | May 18, 2002 | ||
Deer Hunter | Based on the "Deer hunter" game series | ||
Iraq War 2003 | 2003 | ||
Harry Potter* and Pokémon II* | Unknown | Two games that are effectively graphical variants of each other; it is unclear which came first. Later reworked by Hummer Software to create the plug & play game "3D Bean". |
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- In addition to its original games, Dragon also released pirate carts of officially licensed games.
References[]
List of games by Dragon Co. |
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