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Summary

Dragons of Flame picks up where Heroes of the Lance left off, swapping the party‑based trek for a straight‑up side‑scroll beat‑em‑up. You still control one hero at a time, sprinting across horizontally scrolling screens and slashing through hordes of classic AD&D monsters.

The game leans heavily on its tabletop roots, being a direct adaptation of the printed Dragons of Flame adventure module. While it expands the roster to ten selectable characters, the core hack‑and‑slash formula stays much the same, a point noted by GameSpy’s lukewarm assessment.

Commercially, the title moved over 55,000 units, a respectable showing for SSI at the time. Its follow‑up, Shadow Sorcerer, continues the storyline but abandons the side‑scroll format for a different style of play.

ST Action gave the Atari ST version a 73 % score, praising the tougher challenge compared to its predecessor, the friendly layout of its complex menus, and the variety of monsters and graphics that make the gameplay feel well‑implemented.

Storyline

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons – Dragons of Flame (often just called Dragons of Flame) on the NES follows the second half of the Dragonlance saga. The game’s narrative is drawn directly from the second Dragonlance campaign module of the same name and from the latter portion of the novel *Dragons of Autumn Twilight*. Its plot mirrors the books closely, delivering a faithful recreation of the classic fantasy storyline for players.