How to play Dragon Treasure online
- Run left and right: left and right arrow keys
- Duck under high fireballs: down arrow key
- Jump over low fireballs: Space bar
- Choose a game variation: F11 (the console’s Select switch)
- Start a new game: F12 (the console’s Reset switch)
- Player 2 (two players take turns): F and H to run, G to duck, A to jump
Gameplay
You are a young prince trying to win back a castle full of treasure from the dragons that took it. First you cross a bridge while fireballs fly at you at two heights, ducking the high ones and jumping the low ones. Then the view changes to the treasure room, seen from above, where you collect every item while a dragon at the bottom of the screen breathes fire at you. Take the last item, run for the exit and a faster dragon is waiting on the next round. The Dragonfire page explains the treasure values, variations and tips, and all of it applies here.
Where Dragon Treasure came from
AtariMania files this cartridge under “Zellers / Taiwan – 2600 Compatible” and credits Dragonfire’s programmer, Robert G. Smith, which shows that the code is Imagic’s. AtariAge rates the Zellers cartridge as rare. The game travelled widely under other labels too: a Brazilian Dragon Treasure from CCE, and versions called Dragon, Castelo Mal Assombrado and King Arthur, among others. Zellers sold other copies the same way, including the three listed below.
Similar games to play next
- Dragonfire – the original Imagic release; start here
- Ocean City Defender – a Zellers copy of Imagic’s Atlantis
- Busy Police – a Zellers copy of Activision’s Keystone Kapers
- Farmer Dan – a Zellers copy of U.S. Games’ Gopher