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Reviewing the Jaguar version, Electronic Gaming Monthly called it "more or less your run-of-the-mill action fighter game".
GamePro similarly commented that the game "lacks fire", elaborating that the graphics are moderately impressive, but the gameplay is crude and requires little skill due to the limited set of moves.
Reviewing the later Genesis port, GamePro criticized the unimaginative graphics and weak music, and summarized that "there's nothing special about this fighter".
A critic for Next Generation said the Super NES version plays much better than the Jaguar version, but that the game is still poor.
In 2018, Complex ranked the game 94th on their "The Best Super Nintendo Games of All Time".
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story was first released for Sega platforms in 1994 on Europe including the Mega Drive, Game Gear and Master System, while each version of the game were developed internally at Virgin Interactive Entertainment.
The first console port to be released outside of Europe was the Atari Jaguar conversion on 28 November 1994, which was published by Atari Corporation instead of Virgin and/or Acclaim, and this version was also released in Japan by Messe Sansao in July 1995.
The second console port to be released was for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System on 23 February 1995 in Europe and later in North America on July of the same year, becoming both the last version of the game to be officially released and the final version developed by the original team.
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story is a fighting video game developed and originally published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment in Europe for the Sega Genesis in 1994.
A version for the 3DO was planned but never released.
Reviewing the later Genesis port, GamePro criticized the unimaginative graphics and weak music, and summarized that "there's nothing special about this fighter".
He also criticized the fighting system.
A version for the 3DO was planned but never released.
The Jaguar version has sold nearly 20,000 copies since its release as of 1 April 1995, though it is unknown how many were sold in total during its lifetime.
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