<s>
Dragon	B-Application
Dance	I-Application
(	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
1998	O
as	O
Pocket	O
Color	O
Block	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
2000	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
developed	O
by	O
Natsume	O
and	O
published	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
by	O
Crave	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
paddle-and-ball	O
game	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
Breakout	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compared	O
to	O
Breakout	B-Application
or	O
Arkanoid	B-Device
,	O
Dragon	B-Application
Dance	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
uses	O
a	O
paddle	O
to	O
bounce	O
a	O
ball	O
to	O
clear	O
several	O
rows	O
of	O
blocks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dragon	B-Application
Dance	I-Application
features	O
several	O
special	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
early	O
NTSC	O
prototype	O
build	O
of	O
Dragon	B-Application
Dance	I-Application
was	O
discovered	O
and	O
preserved	O
in	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
prototype	O
contains	O
a	O
splash	O
screen	O
for	O
Infogrames	O
,	O
suggesting	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
originally	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
publisher	O
of	O
Dragon	B-Application
Dance	I-Application
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dragon	B-Application
Dance	I-Application
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
,	O
with	O
critics	O
finding	O
limited	O
differentiation	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
from	O
the	O
arcade	O
games	O
its	O
gameplay	O
was	O
based	O
upon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
Boy	O
Xtreme	O
stated	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
"	O
novel	O
ideas	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
all	O
work	O
well	O
"	O
,	O
dismissing	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
"	O
not	O
a	O
great	O
Breakout	B-Application
clone	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Craig	O
Harris	O
of	O
IGN	O
stated	O
"	O
this	O
game	O
does	O
n't	O
offer	O
much	O
more	O
than	O
what	O
's	O
already	O
been	O
done	O
to	O
the	O
design	O
in	O
the	O
past	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
stated	O
"	O
as	O
a	O
Breakout	B-Application
clone	I-Application
,	O
(	O
it	O
's	O
)	O
a	O
really	O
good	O
one	O
"	O
,	O
praising	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
its	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
levels	O
and	O
finding	O
it	O
a	O
"	O
much	O
better	O
option	O
"	O
thanSuper	O
Breakout	B-Application
,	O
which	O
had	O
been	O
re-released	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
retrospective	O
review	O
,	O
Aaron	O
Vark	O
of	O
Hardcore	O
Gaming	O
101	O
conceded	O
that	O
Dragon	B-Application
Dance	I-Application
"	O
probably	O
did	O
n't	O
get	O
much	O
attention	O
due	O
to	O
being	O
a	O
Breakout-type	O
game	O
on	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
in	O
the	O
year	O
2000	O
,	O
which	O
by	O
that	O
point	O
had	O
games	O
with	O
more	O
depth	O
and	O
content	O
,	O
"	O
noting	O
that	O
"	O
half	O
the	O
game	O
seems	O
very	O
bland	O
while	O
the	O
other	O
half	O
has	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
genuinely	O
interesting	O
gimmicks.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Overall	O
,	O
he	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
stating	O
"	O
Today	O
,	O
(	O
Dragon	B-Application
Dance	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
hidden	O
gem	O
,	O
and	O
while	O
a	O
good	O
chunk	O
of	O
it	O
is	O
run	O
of	O
the	O
mill	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
interesting	O
ideas	O
that	O
still	O
let	O
it	O
hold	O
up	O
today	O
if	O
one	O
is	O
willing	O
to	O
tolerate	O
its	O
flaws.	O
"	O
</s>
