Dirt Dragons is a web-based first-person shooter released by Stampede Entertainment in 2004 to promote the release of Tremors 4: The Legend Begins. In it, the player assumes the role of a hired gun fighter tasked with protecting the town of Rejection, Nevada from the incoming hordes of graboids.
Plot[]
The game begins with a cutscene that reveals that the town of Rejection, Nevada is in urgent need of an experienced gunslinger who can deal with a graboid incursion.
Gameplay[]
The player has four firearms in their arsenal: Sharps 1874 Buffalo Rifle, Henry 1860, Colt Peacemaker and Punt Gun. Each has a different effective range, number of shots and reload time. The player can also punch the graboid when it's up close by pressing SPACE.
Every few seconds, a graboid (or several) emerges from under the ground, which is when the player has an opportunity to shoot, wound and/or kill it. At first, they resurface at 1000 yards, then 500, then 100, then 10 feet away from the player. If the player fails to kill the graboid after it goes underground for the 4th time, they "become graboid chow".
Arsenal[]
Sharps 1874 Buffalo Rifle (Z)[]
- Magazine capacity: 1
- Reload time: 5 seconds
- Range: 1000 yards
Henry 1860 (X)[]
- Magazine capacity: 16
- Reload time: 30 seconds
- Range: 500 yards
Colt Peacemaker (C)[]
- Magazine capacity: 6
- Reload time: 30 seconds
- Range: 100 yards
Punt Gun (V)[]
- Magazine capacity: 1
- Reload time: 60 seconds
- Range: 10 feet
Difficulty[]
The game comes with four difficulty levels, which can be toggled by pressing keys 1, 2, 3 and 4:
- One Dirt Dragon: the player is attacked by one graboid.
- Two Dirt Dragons: the player is attacked by two graboids at the same time.
- Three Dirt Dragons: the player is attacked by three Graboids at the same time.
- Four Dirt Dragons: the player is attacked by four graboids at the same time.
High scores[]
The game used to have an online high score table. It became unavailable at some point due to unmaintained infrastructure.