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Dragonriders of Pern
Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series is among the most unique and imaginative fantasy novels ever created, so it's not surprising that a strategy game based on its world would be among the most unique.
First released for Atari and Commodore 64, the game sold reasonably well, although it remains debatable whether Everlasting would have been more successful had they made an RPG of the license rather than an action/strategy hybrid as it is.
Set on the planet Pern, the game centers on the periodic fall of a deadly rain of silver thread, presaged by the appearance of the Red Star. The human population of Pern dwells in warehouses and Weyrs, strongholds where trade, industry and dragon-breeding take place. As a representative of a major Weyr, your dual task is to gain the trust of the other holds and Weyrs through negotiation, and to defend the planet from the fall of the silver thread by riding dragons whose fiery breath burns it.
You can choose a game with or without thread fighting, and select the speed and duration of the game. There are two stages of the game: negotiation and thread fighting. In the negotiation stage, your task is to, well, negotiate with many different characters, each with a different personality. Negotiation is difficult because you cannot predict exactly how a Peresian will react to your approaches; you can negotiate well, and still be denied the political alliance you seek.
In the thread fighting sequence, you fight with silver threads from your dragon's back. You fly in 3D in the first level, and in 3D in levels 2 and 3. Learning to maneuver the dragon is not easy, as you can only turn a quarter turn at a time. However, once you get the hang of steering, piloting your dragon is a breeze.
Overall, Dragonriders of Pern is a challenging game. You can assume different types of behavior when negotiating with the Pernese, so it's never the same game twice. Highly recommended.
