<s>
Dragon	B-Device
Wars	I-Device
is	O
a	O
fantasy	B-Application
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Rebecca	O
Heineman	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Interplay	O
Productions	O
in	O
1989	O
and	O
distributed	O
by	O
Activision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alternatively	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
may	O
import	O
characters	O
from	O
The	B-Device
Bard	I-Device
's	I-Device
Tale	I-Device
trilogy	O
into	O
Dragon	B-Device
Wars	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
initial	O
design	O
process	O
for	O
Bard	B-Application
's	I-Application
Tale	I-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
Thief	I-Application
of	I-Application
Fate	I-Application
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
designers	O
came	O
up	O
with	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
enhancements	O
and	O
improvements	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
possibility	O
that	O
Interplay	O
would	O
soon	O
be	O
parting	O
ways	O
with	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
decided	O
to	O
save	O
these	O
for	O
a	O
future	O
game	O
and	O
stick	O
closer	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
engine	O
,	O
though	O
the	O
auto-mapping	O
feature	O
did	O
make	O
it	O
into	O
Bard	B-Application
's	I-Application
Tale	I-Application
III	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
design	O
improvements	O
came	O
in	O
this	O
next	O
game	O
,	O
Dragon	B-Device
Wars	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
essence	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
a	O
fusion	O
of	O
Bard	B-Device
's	I-Device
Tale	I-Device
and	O
design	O
philosophy	O
pioneered	O
in	O
Wasteland	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
a	O
month	O
before	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
as	O
Bard	B-Device
's	I-Device
Tale	I-Device
IV	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Interplay	O
advertisements	O
displayed	O
the	O
slogan	O
"	O
Bard	B-Device
's	I-Device
Tale	I-Device
Fans	O
Rejoice	O
!	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
above	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
name	O
,	O
and	O
mentioned	O
Dragon	B-Device
Wars	I-Device
ability	O
to	O
import	O
Bard	B-Device
's	I-Device
Tale	I-Device
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
designers	O
all	O
felt	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
better	O
game	O
than	O
Bard	B-Application
's	I-Application
Tale	I-Application
III	I-Application
,	O
and	O
indeed	O
,	O
better	O
than	O
any	O
of	O
the	B-Device
Bard	I-Device
's	I-Device
Tale	I-Device
series	O
,	O
but	O
without	O
the	O
tie-in	O
to	O
the	O
old	O
title	O
and	O
without	O
Electronic	O
Arts'''	O
marketing	O
muscle	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
did	O
not	O
fare	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
defend	O
against	O
pirated	O
copies	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Dragon	B-Device
Wars	I-Device
included	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
numbered	O
paragraphs	O
within	O
their	O
manual.Copyright	O
protection	O
paragraph	O
reference	O
Classicgaming.cc	O
2016	O
Players	O
would	O
receive	O
an	O
in-game	O
message	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Dragon	B-Device
Wars	I-Device
2	O
was	O
in	O
the	O
concept	O
stage	O
of	O
development	O
around	O
the	O
mid-1990s	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
cancelled	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
's	O
tepid	O
sales	O
figures	O
and	O
RPGs	O
being	O
out	O
of	O
style	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scorpia	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
positive	O
review	O
in	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
in	O
1989	O
,	O
noting	O
improvements	O
over	O
the	B-Device
Bard	I-Device
's	I-Device
Tale	I-Device
series	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
,	O
"	O
Tighter	O
design	O
,	O
attention	O
to	O
detail	O
,	O
balanced	O
combat	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
carefully	O
constructed	O
plotline	O
all	O
combine	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
CRPG	O
well	O
worth	O
playing.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Heineman	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
sold	O
well	O
but	O
two	O
things	O
were	O
against	O
it	O
:	O
the	O
game	O
being	O
a	O
blobber	O
RPG	O
and	O
not	O
being	O
able	O
to	O
use	O
The	B-Device
Bard	I-Device
's	I-Device
Tale	I-Device
name	O
.	O
</s>
