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Weekday Shorts: ‘Dragon Crystal’

Release date: December 22, 1990 (JPN)

Hardware: SEGA Game Gear, SEGA Master System, Nintendo 3DS

Memory can be a tricky thing, but I’m reasonably sure that Dragon Crystal is the first roguelike I ever played. It certainly predates my knowledge of that term, and only in coming back to it years later did I realize exactly what it was. The game is especially familiar if you’ve played any of the releases in Chunsoft’s Mystery Dungeon series. Strangely enough, Dragon Crystal’s release predates that of the first Mystery Dungeon game by a good two plus years. Now, to be very fair, both games obviously are drawn from the same source, but it is interesting how similar the results are. I feel pretty comfortable calling this game, and its cousin Fatal Labyrinth, one of the earliest examples of the Japanese rogue-like sub-genre. You have to take your character through 30 randomly-generated floors full of monsters, traps, and treasure, seeking the crystal that will end your curse and send you home. Luck plays a major role in how successful you will be, so it’s your job to mitigate random factors as much as you possibly can.

When I was young, I was drawn to this game for a few reasons. First, it was one of the few RPG-like games on the Game Gear. Second, I loved the idea that every game was different from the last. You never knew what items would do each time you started anew, and only experimentation would reveal the secrets of your loot. I loved feeling along the walls searching for passages,too. In short, Dragon Crystal felt like nothing else I had played, and its differences were intoxicating. Of course, with the passage of time, it’s now about as unique as the average side-scrolling platformer, but I think there is still some value in this game. At the time, it was maligned for its brutal difficulty, but with roguelikes becoming a common genre, it’s easy to see how much of that can be chalked up to a lack of experience with the tropes of these kinds of games. Judged by today’s standards, Dragon Crystal is neither so hard as to be unfair nor as easy as to be dull. It’s also extremely easy to come by, as it was one of the handful of games selected to represent the Game Gear on the 3DS Virtual Console service. For a few dollars, it’s the best roguelike bang for your buck available on the system, at least in my nostalgia-laden opinion.

Play It Because: It’s surprisingly hard to put down for a game of its vintage.

Bonus Trivia: As is the case with many Game Gear games, much of the production staff of Dragon Crystal is unknown. The designer behind its Genesis sister title Fatal Labyrinth, however, was Hirokazu Yasuhara, who would go on to design the Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis games, the first game in the Uncharted series, and a number of other major titles. From humble beginnings!