<s>
DragonStrike	B-Application
is	O
a	O
1990	B-Application
video	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Dungeons	O
&	O
Dragons	O
fantasy	B-Application
tabletop	O
role-playing	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DragonStrike	B-Application
is	O
a	O
flight	B-Application
simulator	I-Application
in	O
a	O
high	O
fantasy	B-Application
setting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
character	O
is	O
a	O
knight	O
who	O
flies	O
on	O
the	O
back	O
of	O
a	O
metallic	O
dragon	O
equipped	O
with	O
a	O
lance	O
and	O
various	O
magic	O
items	O
(	O
among	O
other	O
things	O
a	O
magic	O
orb	O
that	O
acts	O
as	O
a	O
radar	B-Application
in	O
the	O
game	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
an	O
almost	O
identical	O
title	O
screen	O
and	O
box	O
cover	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
noticeably	O
different	O
from	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
other	O
systems	O
:	O
instead	O
of	O
being	O
a	O
first-person	O
flight	B-Application
simulator	I-Application
,	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
top-down	O
scrolling	O
shooter	O
,	O
with	O
only	O
14	O
missions	O
instead	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
40	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Westwood	O
Studios	O
had	O
ported	O
other	O
SSI	O
products	O
,	O
but	O
DragonStrike	B-Application
was	O
its	O
first	O
original	O
game	O
for	O
SSI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
1990	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
DragonStrike	B-Application
was	O
also	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
PC-9801	B-Operating_System
and	O
X68000	B-Device
by	O
Crosstalk	O
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SSI	O
sold	O
34,296	O
copies	O
of	O
DragonStrike	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
reviewed	O
in	O
1990	B-Application
in	O
Dragon	O
#161	O
by	O
Hartley	O
,	O
Patricia	O
,	O
and	O
Kirk	O
Lesser	O
in	O
"	O
The	O
Role	O
of	O
Computers	O
"	O
column	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
in	O
1990	B-Application
called	O
DragonStrike	B-Application
"	O
a	O
superlative	O
and	O
innovative	O
product	O
"	O
that	O
appealed	O
to	O
both	O
fantasy	B-Application
and	O
simulation	O
gamers	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
magazine	O
wished	O
that	O
it	O
could	O
import	O
Gold	O
Box	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
1992	O
survey	O
of	O
science	O
fiction	O
games	O
,	O
the	O
magazine	O
gave	O
the	O
title	O
four	O
of	O
five	O
stars	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
as	O
a	O
clone	O
of	O
Dragonriders	B-Application
of	I-Application
Pern	I-Application
"	O
Sadly	O
this	O
product	O
did	O
not	O
receive	O
the	O
attention	O
or	O
play	O
that	O
it	O
deserved	O
"	O
;	O
a	O
1994	O
survey	O
of	O
strategic	O
space	O
games	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
2000	O
and	O
later	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
three-plus	O
stars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
reviewer	O
at	O
GameSpy	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Westwood	O
 [ Studios ] 	O
was	O
finally	O
hitting	O
its	O
stride	O
as	O
a	O
developer	O
with	O
another	O
forgotten	O
classic	O
and	O
badly	O
underrated	O
DragonStrike.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reviewer	O
also	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
looked	O
great	O
for	O
its	O
time	O
,	O
with	O
beautiful	O
VGA	O
graphics	O
and	O
primitive	O
fractals	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
terrain	O
engine	O
,	O
and	O
unlike	O
later	O
dragonflight	O
games	O
,	O
it	O
rewarded	O
thinking	O
,	O
strategizing	O
,	O
and	O
taking	O
the	O
time	O
to	O
assess	O
the	O
situation	O
before	O
striking	O
rather	O
than	O
pure	O
reflexes	O
"	O
and	O
that	O
while	O
the	O
flight	O
model	O
was	O
a	O
bit	O
simplistic	O
,	O
"	O
DragonStrike	B-Application
is	O
long	O
overdue	O
for	O
a	O
remake.	O
"	O
</s>
