Little Puff in Dragonland is a 1989 platformervideo game developed by Consult Software and published by Codemasters for personal computers. Upon release, the game received mixed reviews, with critics considering the game had value as a budget title, but was too similar to other Codemasters platformers, including Dizzy. A sequel, DJ Puff, was released by Codemasters in 1992.[1]
Gameplay in the Atari ST version of Little Puff in Dragonland.
The game is a platformer where players are Puff, a dragon, navigating levels to collect four envelopes to assemble a passport to travel home to see his family in Dragon Land.[2] Players explore the levels, avoiding enemies, and collecting power-ups including magic potions and food to restore energy, or revolvers and air pumps to shoot projectiles or jump higher.[3] However, players only have one life, and can only hold three items for use at a time.[3] The game features puzzles where players must collect and use the items in the correct location to pass by or remove enemies or obstacles.[4]
Little Puff in Dragonland peaked in eleventh place in UK Gallup sales charts for the Amiga.[5] Reviews were mixed, with several critics feeling the game was largely similar to the Dizzy series of Codemasters games.[4][3]Amiga Joker considered the game's graphics, sound and handling to be "decent" for a budget title, praising the "relatively complex" level design, although felt the difficulty was "enormous" due to only having one life.[3]Your Sinclair considered the game to be "colorful" and "cute" and value for money as a budget title, but felt the game was a "rip-off" of the Dizzy series.[4]
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