Educational game with a dragon attacking a castle

IceAlchemist · 26 November 2020, 12:20

Greetings,

I would like to find a little educational game from my childhood that I cannot for the life of me remember its name.

What I remember is the following:

You view the game from a side scrolling type perspective, on the right hand side there is a castle that you have to protect and on the left there is a dragon approaching the castle. At various moments the dragon stops and a question pops up. If you get the correct answer the dragon stays there and another question pops up but if you fail the dragon comes closer to the castle. After a number of failed questions the dragon reaches the castle and its game over.

Im not sure the type of questions and I cannot even remember if you could select the subject of the question being asked.

That's all I remember, everything else is lost in fuzzy memory. Would appreciate if someone could help me find this

dreamkatcha · 26 November 2020, 13:00

There's a dragony-castley bit in Math Wizard called Dragon Race. Could that be it?

IceAlchemist · 26 November 2020, 14:30

Thanks for the reply but unfortunately that is not it

chip · 26 November 2020, 14:32

You can check ALL the educational titles listed in HOL

http://hol.abime.net/hol_search.php?...genre_theme=33

retrogamer · 26 November 2020, 21:34

Castle Of Dr. Brain maybe?

IceAlchemist · 27 November 2020, 07:17

Thank you all for the replies.

I have gone through the list of educational games on HOL but still was unable to find it.

dreamkatcha · 27 November 2020, 15:54

Hmm, maybe not an Amiga game after all? If you played it at school I'd imagine more likely it would have been via a PC? My junior school had BBC Micros, but that was more of a UK thing.

IceAlchemist · 28 November 2020, 20:14

I was so sure to have played it on my Amiga 500 but now that you mention is and since my memory is rather fuzzy I have to accept that it might have been a PC game.

Titler · 16 December 2020, 00:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by IceAlchemist

I was so sure to have played it on my Amiga 500 but now that you mention is and since my memory is rather fuzzy I have to accept that it might have been a PC game.

UK based? A lot of schools back then were using BBC machines, and if it was Amiga era, you might have been thinking of the Archimedes instead, which did look reasonably like the 16 bit machines that followed, and had a few cross over software games (especially Lemmings)...

IceAlchemist · 16 December 2020, 12:12

No I am not from the UK, I'm from a tiny island called Malta

I have no idea what a BBC machine or Archimedes is so I doubt it was something that was on them.

Belgarath · 16 December 2020, 18:50

According to https://timesofmalta.com/articles/vi...s-Malta.469026

BBC Micros were used in Malta. I know your memory is fuzzy but some more information like roughly what year did you play this game and also where (home/school etc). would help.

IceAlchemist · 16 December 2020, 21:33

Well you learn knew things everyday

Thanks for the info, had no idea.

As for the year I can't say for sure but probably early to mid 90's and I definitely played it at home. Not sure what else I remember, it probably had more than one subject to choose from and it was similar to the Dragon Race in Math Wizard but it was viewed from much closer thus the dragon was bigger and it had brighter graphics as well.

26 November 2020, 12:20	#1
IceAlchemist Registered User Join Date: Nov 2020 Location: Malta Posts: 13	Educational game with a dragon attacking a castle Greetings, I would like to find a little educational game from my childhood that I cannot for the life of me remember its name. What I remember is the following: You view the game from a side scrolling type perspective, on the right hand side there is a castle that you have to protect and on the left there is a dragon approaching the castle. At various moments the dragon stops and a question pops up. If you get the correct answer the dragon stays there and another question pops up but if you fail the dragon comes closer to the castle. After a number of failed questions the dragon reaches the castle and its game over. Im not sure the type of questions and I cannot even remember if you could select the subject of the question being asked. That's all I remember, everything else is lost in fuzzy memory. Would appreciate if someone could help me find this

26 November 2020, 14:30	#3
IceAlchemist Registered User Join Date: Nov 2020 Location: Malta Posts: 13	Thanks for the reply but unfortunately that is not it Last edited by IceAlchemist; 27 November 2020 at 07:22. Reason: Spelling

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26 November 2020, 13:00	#2
dreamkatcha I've got a new byline Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 1,219	There's a dragony-castley bit in Math Wizard called Dragon Race. Could that be it?

26 November 2020, 14:32	#4
chip Registered User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Italy Age: 49 Posts: 2,942	You can check ALL the educational titles listed in HOL http://hol.abime.net/hol_search.php?...genre_theme=33

26 November 2020, 21:34	#5
retrogamer Zone Friend Join Date: May 2006 Location: Sweden Age: 44 Posts: 320	Castle Of Dr. Brain maybe?

27 November 2020, 07:17	#6
IceAlchemist Registered User Join Date: Nov 2020 Location: Malta Posts: 13	Thank you all for the replies. I have gone through the list of educational games on HOL but still was unable to find it.

27 November 2020, 15:54	#7
dreamkatcha I've got a new byline Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 1,219	Hmm, maybe not an Amiga game after all? If you played it at school I'd imagine more likely it would have been via a PC? My junior school had BBC Micros, but that was more of a UK thing.

28 November 2020, 20:14	#8
IceAlchemist Registered User Join Date: Nov 2020 Location: Malta Posts: 13	I was so sure to have played it on my Amiga 500 but now that you mention is and since my memory is rather fuzzy I have to accept that it might have been a PC game.

16 December 2020, 12:12	#10
IceAlchemist Registered User Join Date: Nov 2020 Location: Malta Posts: 13	No I am not from the UK, I'm from a tiny island called Malta I have no idea what a BBC machine or Archimedes is so I doubt it was something that was on them.

16 December 2020, 18:50	#11
Belgarath HOL Team Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Manchester Posts: 2,513	According to https://timesofmalta.com/articles/vi...s-Malta.469026 BBC Micros were used in Malta. I know your memory is fuzzy but some more information like roughly what year did you play this game and also where (home/school etc). would help.

16 December 2020, 21:33	#12
IceAlchemist Registered User Join Date: Nov 2020 Location: Malta Posts: 13	Well you learn knew things everyday Thanks for the info, had no idea. As for the year I can't say for sure but probably early to mid 90's and I definitely played it at home. Not sure what else I remember, it probably had more than one subject to choose from and it was similar to the Dragon Race in Math Wizard but it was viewed from much closer thus the dragon was bigger and it had brighter graphics as well.

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