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There are no credits, so it's been more difficult to pin down a developer. Evidence (as identified [http://www.smspower.org/forums/15421-WhodunitRits here]) points to [[Rit's]] as the culprit, a company that made some original RPGs, most notably the ''Dragon Master Silk'' series, and worked on many of the old ''Shining'' games.
 
There are no credits, so it's been more difficult to pin down a developer. Evidence (as identified [http://www.smspower.org/forums/15421-WhodunitRits here]) points to [[Rit's]] as the culprit, a company that made some original RPGs, most notably the ''Dragon Master Silk'' series, and worked on many of the old ''Shining'' games.
  
''Images from [http://www.smspower.org/ SMS Power!]''
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''Some images from [http://www.smspower.org/ SMS Power!]''
  
<div align="center">[[Image:PanzerDragoonMini-GG-01.png|Panzer Dragoon Mini]] [[Image:PanzerDragoonMini-GG-02.png|Panzer Dragoon Mini]]</div>
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<div align="center">[[Image:PanzerDragoonMini-GG-01.png|Panzer Dragoon Mini]] [[Image:PanzerDragoonMini-GG-02.png|Panzer Dragoon Mini]] [[Image:PANZER DRAGOON MINI JP -02.png|Panzer Dragoon Mini]] [[Image:PANZER DRAGOON MINI JP -03.png|Panzer Dragoon Mini]]</div>

Revision as of 22:19, 24 June 2015

CRV (talk) 16:35, 24 June 2015 (CEST) [permalink]

Panzer Dragoon Mini title screen

Towards the end of the Game Gear's life in Japan, Sega rebranded it the Kid's Gear in an attempt to market the system to children. One of the games released under this brand was Panzer Dragoon Mini. Besides maybe the dragons, there's nothing particularly cute about the game. This is Panzer Dragoon - stripped of anything people would have liked about the Saturn games.

After you choose a dragon, it's on to the action. You make your way through several stages shooting enemies, with either your regular shot or a lock-on laser. (There's no berserk attack. This was released after Zwei.) Sometimes the camera shifts to the side, but that's about as interesting as it gets. There are mid-bosses and end bosses, but their attack patterns primarily consist of moving back and forth spraying bullets.

The backgrounds and especially the sprites look nice, but the ground is made up of boring, rolling stripes. It goes without saying that the music isn't as good as the Saturn versions, but Hitoshi Sakimoto should be commended for producing these pleasant conversions.

Spoiler - here's the exciting ending:
CONGRATURATIONS!

There are no credits, so it's been more difficult to pin down a developer. Evidence (as identified here) points to Rit's as the culprit, a company that made some original RPGs, most notably the Dragon Master Silk series, and worked on many of the old Shining games.

Some images from SMS Power!

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