<s>
Dragonstone	B-Application
is	O
a	O
fantasy	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
which	O
Core	O
Design	O
published	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
in	O
1994	O
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
CD32	I-Device
in	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
planned	O
as	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
game	O
Darkmere	B-Application
,	O
but	O
became	O
a	O
standalone	O
game	O
over	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
development	O
,	O
possibly	O
in	O
part	O
due	O
to	O
Darkmere	B-Application
's	O
repeated	O
delays	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
unnamed	O
hero	O
travels	O
across	O
seven	O
worlds	O
to	O
kill	O
dragons	O
,	O
rescue	O
Princess	O
Kirstie	O
and	O
restore	O
the	O
ultimate	O
power	O
to	O
the	O
dragonstones	B-Application
to	O
vanquish	O
the	O
dragon	O
hordes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dragonstone	B-Application
began	O
development	O
in	O
August	O
1993	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
developed	O
in	O
a	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dragonstone	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
designed	O
as	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
Darkmere	B-Application
,	O
but	O
over	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
its	O
development	O
became	O
a	O
standalone	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
One	O
reports	O
a	O
rumor	O
as	O
to	O
the	O
reason	O
behind	O
this	O
change	O
;	O
they	O
purport	O
that	O
this	O
may	O
have	O
been	O
due	O
to	O
Darkmere	B-Application
's	O
numerous	O
delays	O
,	O
and	O
Core	O
Design	O
possibly	O
believed	O
that	O
Dragonstone	B-Application
may	O
release	O
before	O
Darkmere	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
One	O
interviewed	O
Bob	O
Churchill	O
,	O
Dragonstone	B-Application
's	O
map	O
designer	O
,	O
for	O
information	O
regarding	O
its	O
development	O
in	O
a	O
pre-release	O
interview	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Churchill	O
states	O
that	O
Dragonstone	B-Application
began	O
because	O
"	O
The	O
Darkmere	B-Application
programmers	O
took	O
forever	O
and	O
Mark	O
Jones	O
,	O
the	O
graphic	O
artist	O
,	O
was	O
left	O
with	O
nothing	O
to	O
do	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dragonstone	B-Application
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
Zelda	B-Application
games	O
,	O
and	O
Churchill	O
states	O
that	O
he	O
"[loves]	O
the	O
Zelda	B-Application
games	O
to	O
bits	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
goes	O
on	O
to	O
say	O
that	O
"	O
There	O
are	O
many	O
reasons	O
why	O
they	O
're	O
brilliant	O
but	O
the	O
most	O
obvious	O
is	O
that	O
they	O
play	O
so	O
nicely	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
We	O
wanted	O
to	O
do	O
a	O
Zelda-type	O
game	O
on	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
because	O
no-one	O
has	O
ever	O
attempted	O
one	O
before.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
comparing	O
Dragonstone	B-Application
to	O
Zelda	B-Application
,	O
Churchill	O
states	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
two	O
games	O
are	O
pretty	O
close	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
plenty	O
of	O
wandering	O
around	O
and	O
interacting	O
with	O
people	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
very	O
Zelda-ish	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
difference	O
that	O
Churchill	O
notes	O
between	O
the	O
two	O
games	O
is	O
that	O
Dragonstone	B-Application
has	O
characters	O
that	O
"	O
move	O
around	O
of	O
their	O
own	O
free	O
will	O
"	O
regardless	O
of	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
involvement	O
,	O
posing	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
a	O
woodcutter	O
in	O
a	O
forest	O
who	O
chops	O
down	O
trees	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
"	O
You	O
'll	O
keep	O
bumping	O
into	O
him	O
and	O
you	O
'll	O
discover	O
new	O
areas	O
which	O
he	O
's	O
cleared	O
,	O
enabling	O
you	O
to	O
explore	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
level	O
which	O
were	O
previously	O
out	O
of	O
reach.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
regards	O
to	O
Dragonstone	B-Application
's	O
puzzles	O
,	O
Churchill	O
expresses	O
that	O
designing	O
them	O
is	O
difficult	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
programming	O
aspect	O
of	O
getting	O
them	O
into	O
the	O
game	O
;	O
stating	O
that	O
"	O
because	O
the	O
puzzles	O
you	O
think	O
up	O
are	O
limited	O
by	O
what	O
you	O
're	O
doing	O
in	O
the	O
actual	O
game	O
-	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
sprites	O
you	O
can	O
use	O
per	O
level	O
,	O
that	O
kind	O
of	O
thing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dragonstone	B-Application
's	O
puzzles	O
were	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
logic-based	O
,	O
and	O
Churchill	O
states	O
that	O
players	O
will	O
"	O
never	O
have	O
to	O
do	O
anything	O
obscure	O
to	O
progress	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
One	O
notes	O
the	O
importance	O
of	O
atmosphere	O
in	O
adventure	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
Churchill	O
expresses	O
several	O
ways	O
Dragonstone	B-Application
is	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
more	O
immersive	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
sound	O
effects	O
increasing	O
in	O
volume	O
the	O
closer	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
to	O
the	O
source	O
of	O
the	O
sound	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
"	O
smart	O
"	O
graphic	O
effects	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
an	O
interesting	O
mosaic	O
effect	O
"	O
which	O
occurs	O
when	O
the	O
player	O
teleports	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Churchill	O
,	O
some	O
parts	O
of	O
Dragonstone	B-Application
were	O
cut	O
so	O
the	O
game	O
could	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
A500	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mark	O
Jones	O
,	O
Dragonstone	B-Application
's	O
graphic	O
artist	O
,	O
was	O
n't	O
in-house	O
for	O
Dragonstone	B-Application
's	O
development	O
and	O
Churchill	O
states	O
that	O
"	O
he	O
had	O
to	O
send	O
all	O
the	O
 [ graphics ] 	O
up	O
to	O
us	O
by	O
post	O
,	O
which	O
meant	O
that	O
any	O
changes	O
we	O
wanted	O
to	O
make	O
took	O
a	O
lot	O
longer.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Churchill	O
states	O
that	O
Mark	O
Jones	O
aimed	O
for	O
a	O
"	O
realistic	O
"	O
art	O
style	O
with	O
Dragonstone	B-Application
's	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
One	O
gave	O
Dragonstone	B-Application
an	O
overall	O
score	O
of	O
79%	O
,	O
comparing	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
puzzles	O
to	O
Dizzy	O
,	O
and	O
furthermore	O
stating	O
,	O
"	O
the	O
difficulty	O
level	O
seems	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
aimed	O
at	O
the	O
younger	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
