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Flying Dragon came out for the Nintendo 64 in 1998, developed by Culture Brain. It was part of that wave of N64 games trying different things, a 3D action RPG that felt a bit like a throwback even then. You control a young warrior named Ryuhi, and your quest is to defeat the evil Hiryu and restore peace to the land. The game is structured screen by screen, moving through distinct areas that scroll as you walk to the edge.

You explore these environments, fighting monsters with your sword and occasionally a bow. The main goal involves delving into dungeons and collecting the scattered pieces of the Ryu-Ken, which functions similarly to the Triforce in other games. A signature mechanic is the ability to switch between a standard human character and a super-deformed SD mode, which sometimes changes the gameplay. The pacing is deliberate, and the difficulty can be unforgiving, especially with some tricky platforming sections. Playing it feels like navigating a charming but sometimes stubborn relic from the early 3D era.