I loved the NES version of Dragon Spirit, and when I bought this I was expecting a prettier version of that. Unfortunately, I realized that the TG-16 version of this game is a direct port from the arcade, and was lacking features I was expecting from the NES version including an introduction level to decide your difficulty, story sequences in between stages, and different endings. If you died on the first level, you played as a gold dragon with double health, but got a crappy ending. I never did beat it as the blue dragon, but assumed the ending was better.

The gameplay is the same, the graphics are a little better, the soundtrack is still great, but anyone expecting a graphically enhanced version of the NES game should beware. I really miss the sequences.