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Sonic Dragon
System(s): Super A'Can
Publisher: Funtech
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Genre: 2D Platform

Speedy Dragon, also known as Sonic Dragon, is a 1995 pirate game for the Super A'Can. It's a side-scroller with strong similarities to the classic Sonic games, but with a baseball weilding kid in the place of Sonic.

The main character has a bit of an attitude in his expressions, which was a part of Sonic's appeal. Besides the main character, there are also gameplay and design similarities. The player has high acceleration and top speed and can also get a burst of speed by holding down and pressing jump (it looks more like a Super Peel-Out than a Spin Dash). There are also collectables in the form of baseballs that act as hit points and are deducted by 10 when hit. Springboards and checkpoint poles which take the player to a special stage are also present. There are also breakable item boxes. The layout of objects and perspective of the special stage is very reminiscient to Sonic the Hedgehog 2's special stage. The boss of the first level is also pretty similar to Drill Eggman, the first boss in Sonic 2.

The game does have some differences from Sonic games though. The main character doesn't curl into a ball when jumping nor does jumping on an enemy actually hurt them. Instead, the character uses his baseball bat to attack. The inability to curl into a ball can slow down gameplay as it is hard to react quickly to approaching enemies as the player has to slow down before attacking. The game is also a bit difficult as there are no continues and only 3 lives.

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