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Dragon - Memories

Icom Simulations in the US were well known for their Mac-style icon driven graphic adventure games like The Uninvited, Deja Vu and Deja Vu 2.

Dragon was ICOM Simulations (UK)'s second title signed to Firebird, after Blazing Barrels. Unfortunately, just like Blazing Barrels, Dragon never made it to market either. In fact, it was even less developed as a game than Blazing Barrels and that's saying something!

Dragon was never advertised, and the development version on the ST was extremely simple. Basically, on the left you saw a castle with a drawbridge. The drawbridge was open, and a large dragon sprite could walk along the drawbridge and back. That was about it!

If anyone who worked for Icom (UK) can remember anything further about this game, please get in touch!

Deja Vu too?

Icom's two year deal with Telecomsoft was for six titles, including Dragon, Blazing Barrels, the European distribution rights to Deja Vu 2 and three more titles that I don't ever remember seeing.

I do recall looking at Deja Vu 2 on the Apple Mac in the Telecomsoft office, but as with the two original games that were signed up from the new UK side, we didn't end up selling Deja Vu 2 either! In essence, the deal might as well have never happened, as nothing was released by Telecomsoft.