Dragon

In Brief

A bubble popping match three or more game, originally given away here Ten and Eleven years ago where it received 89% and 85% positive thumbs up respectively with 247 and 187 comments.

Installation:

Dragon downloads to a 21.9 MB zip file that unzips to three files, (a setup.gcd security wrapper, the set up file and a read me). Those with multiple hard drives can save games on any drive they wish. The newly installed game is 25.8 MB in size. The game installs to the following path by default, but can be changed by the user if you prefer:

C:\Program Files (x86)\MyPlayCity.com\Dragon

Four shortcuts are installed to the desktop, three of which can be safely deleted (Play Online Games, MyPlayCity Games and shortcuts to a free online game which vary each week). Also, if you don't like icons installed to the quick launch task bar, make sure you uncheck the box when the additional tasks window appears (after the Select Start Menu Folder window)

Introduction:

The Chinese civilization is one of the oldest in the world. According to some scientists, its age may be over 5000 years. According to a legend, the last ruler of the Xia dynasty was extraordinary cruel. He wanted to conquer the whole country so he sent the magic of dragons to the neighboring tribes.

In the game Dragon you have a unique chance to help and protect the Chinese civilization from the wild beast, so travel to the Great Chinese Wall and join the battle! The only way to defeat the dragon is to reduce the size of its body which consists of multi-colored balls. Thus, your goal is to make a row of three or more identical balls and knock them out. For this purpose, you need to shoot the balls so that the colors match. While you are doing so, you can also catch special bonuses which will help you get rid of the beast as soon as possible. You can play with only 3 elements or make longer chains and win more points; it's all up to you. After you destroy all the balls, the dragon will simply disappear from the playing field and the ancient Chinese pagodas will be rescued. You will be astonished with the animation in the ravishing game Dragon: it will make you forget about the worries of your everyday life and move you to the world of China. Chinese music will add some romance to this atmosphere and you will find yourself shooting the balls for hours without getting weary of the game. Restore the balance of the good and the evil in the game Dragon!

Reference accessed HERE 1st June 2018

The Game:

This is a decent Zuma/butterfly/Luxor clone, with some extra features not found in these games. The graphics and music are pleasant, and the game play is excellent, partly because of the extra incentives such as collecting letters to make a “secret” word and collecting coins; both tasks give you extra lives if you attain the targets. These and other power ups make this a very strong game that will definitely be added to my games library, as well as to both my children’s computers. They both like this genre of puzzle/strategy game, especially my daughter. The game is over a decade old now so don’t expect the latest graphics; that said, the graphics are okay.

If you miss today's game giveaway you can always get the game via MyPlayCity 24/7 HERE.

Useful Information not related to today's game giveaway:

I've updated the games section that used to be posted with the review. The thread is now called 'Weekly roundup of game deals', formerly the games section of the weekly reviews. You can find the new thread (which I've posted in the sticky section of the game discussion forums to make it easier to find if you are perusing the game discussion forums) HERE.

The rest of the information that used to be posted here can be found in the forums HERE. Also, check out Delenns thread over in the game discussion forums for details of other free games and offers HERE

Having problems installing today's game?

If you have a problem installing or activating or getting Dragon to work please visit the problems section, which you can find in the FAQ's thread HERE. Also, read through the communities comments because sometimes fixes have already been posted. The main issue we have is with the giveaway wrapper, which uses a Themida based code to protect the games executable. Unfortunately, Themida is also used to hide malware; so, as a precaution, some security software may block the installation and sometimes even delete the executable file. Blocking or deletion is usually determined partly by the way your computer is set up. Usually, you'll get a message saying ''the file is corrupted'', but in reality, the files are okay. There are a couple of things you can do to overcome this issue. The first is to reboot in safe mode with networking, install the game then reboot, or secondly, you can (at your own risk) temporarily turn off your security, install the game, then turn your security back on. A note of reassurance to those that choose the latter and quicker method. The game giveaway team have been giving away games for over a decade (Dec 2006 & prior to that, via the main site 2 or 3 times weekly from Oct 2006 to Dec 2006) and have 'NEVER' given away a game infected with malware; they always test every giveaway with several of the top anti-malware suites to ensure all games are free from malware.

If for any reason you want to contact the giveaway team, for example, if you have a problem getting the latest game or other issues that the FAQ's thread or these comments don't cover or solve or if you have a game to offer the community you can do so HERE