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Xbox One May One Day Play Panzer Dragoon Orta

Xbox One May One Day Play Panzer Dragoon Orta

By Solo Wing |

Phil Spencer, the current head of Microsoft’s Xbox division, was asked on Twitter how much work would be required to run original Xbox games on the Xbox One. Phil’s response is certainly hopeful for players wishing to play Panzer Dragoon Orta on...

Custom Sega Saturn With Panzer Dragoon Saga Theme

Custom Sega Saturn With Panzer Dragoon Saga Theme

By Solo Wing |

Carl Tough James has contributed photos and a video of his themed Sega Saturn. The console has been customised using art from Panzer Dragoon Saga to produce this glorious finish: The custom console was created by Mark Liptak of...

Single Physical Dragon Theory Remastered Edition

Single Physical Dragon Theory Remastered Edition

By Solo Wing |

Back in 2012, we reviewed all of the articles on The Will of the Ancients as part of the effort to bring the site up to a higher standard of quality. During this clean up process we edited or rewrote most of the existing articles, but a particular...

New Search Feature Powered by DuckDuckGo

New Search Feature Powered by DuckDuckGo

By Solo Wing |

I’ve added a search box to the left of the site’s horizontal navigation. You can use this to search for any content on The Will of the Ancients. Searches are powered by the excellent DuckDuckGo search engine, a top quality alternative to Google...

More Official Artwork From Panzer Dragoon Saga

More Official Artwork From Panzer Dragoon Saga

By Solo Wing |

This afternoon I uploaded another batch of official art based on the characters, creatures, locations, and vehicles featured in Panzer Dragoon Saga. Some of this art is new to The Will of the Ancients, while some replaces older images with higher...

Video of Unreleased White Desert Crimson Dragon Level

Video of Unreleased White Desert Crimson Dragon Level

By Solo Wing |

Back in 2012, a video playthrough was posted on Japanese website NicoGame of the White Desert level from the unreleased Xbox 360 version of Crimson Dragon. The level was featured in trailers but never made it into the final Xbox One release. The...

Saori Kobayashi Will Be Attending Japan Expo in July

Saori Kobayashi Will Be Attending Japan Expo in July

By Solo Wing |

Saori Kobayashi, the composer of multiple games in the Panzer Dragoon (and Crimson Dragon) series will be attending Japan Expo in July. Brave Wave tweeted the following: If you’re Panzer Dragoon fan in Europe, drop by our booth at...

Farewell to the Panzer Dragoon Subsites

Farewell to the Panzer Dragoon Subsites

By Solo Wing |

Over the last few months we’ve been working to consolidate the subsites hosted here on The Will of the Ancients into a single website. Today that process is complete. All of the content that we’ve deemed worth keeping from Lagi: The Art of Panzer...

Site Map and Category Groups

Site Map and Category Groups

By Solo Wing |

The content on this site has grown like an infestation of monsters, one which must be constantly kept in balance to prevent chaos from overwhelming the humans who visit here. One issue that stood out was the long lists of categories that were...

More Fan Art of the Blue Dragon

More Fan Art of the Blue Dragon

By Solo Wing |

I’ve added a fan sketch of the blue dragon about to fire homing lasers, to our archive: My thanks go to Josh Murray for this contribution.

A Complete Set of Data on Defeated Enemies Screenshots

A Complete Set of Data on Defeated Enemies Screenshots

By Solo Wing |

JacKc has captured screenshots of every enemy (and dragon type) from Panzer Dragoon Saga. I’ve added these screenshots in five new categories: Panzer Dragoon Saga Screenshots - Craymen’s Fleet Panzer Dragoon Saga Screenshots - Dragon...

GameFan's Preview of Panzer Dragoon Saga

GameFan's Preview of Panzer Dragoon Saga

By Solo Wing |

Jeremy Prusak has submitted a scan of GameFan’s two page preview of Panzer Dragoon Saga, from Volume 5, Issue 12: Despite being an interesting look back at Panzer Dragoon Saga before it was released, this preview isn’t entirely accurate. 100...

Panzer Dragoon Saga Vehicle Screenshots

Panzer Dragoon Saga Vehicle Screenshots

By Solo Wing |

I’ve uploaded some screenshots of Imperial and Black Fleet ships from Panzer Dragoon Saga to a new category. Check them out (Update 2020: screenshots replaced). These screenshots were moved from Sky Rider: The Imperial Archives, an abandoned...

New Solo Album From Saori Kobayashi in the Works

New Solo Album From Saori Kobayashi in the Works

By Solo Wing |

Mohammed Taher of Brave Wave Productions has confirmed that Saori Kobayashi is working on a new solo album. Earlier he tweeted the following: Had a pleasant lunch with Saori Kobayashi (Panzer Dragoon) & listened to three songs from her...

The Art of Panzer Dragoon Orta

The Art of Panzer Dragoon Orta

By Solo Wing |

All of the Panzer Dragoon Orta art has now been copied from The Art of Panzer Dragoon to The Will of the Ancients. As with the Panzer Dragoon Saga art, we’ve retained the same category structure: Panzer Dragoon Orta Official Art -...

More Panzer Dragoon Saga Extra Tracks

More Panzer Dragoon Saga Extra Tracks

By Solo Wing |

A number of tracks not found on the Azel: Panzer Dragoon Saga Complete Album have been uploaded to the site. Besides the three tracks added in a previous update, there are now a total of eight extra tracks, ripped directly from the game. Lossless...

New Panzer Dragoon Articles on SEGAbits

New Panzer Dragoon Articles on SEGAbits

By Solo Wing |

There’s been a couple of new articles as part of SEGAbits’ Team Andromeda month. Gunstar discusses the often forgotten Panzer Dragoon spin-offs, and why they are forgotten, while just today Nuckles87 has posted an article about the future of...

The Art of Panzer Dragoon Saga

The Art of Panzer Dragoon Saga

By Solo Wing |

Panzer Dragoon Saga’s art from Lagi’s website has now been moved to this site. On The Art of Panzer Dragoon, the images were divided into five categories and I’ve retained this organisational structure: Panzer Dragoon Saga Official Art -...

Music From The Panzer Place

Music From The Panzer Place

By Solo Wing |

In addition to moving The Art of Panzer Dragoon’s content to The Will of the Ancients, we also plan to move any worthwhile content from The Panzer Place as well. To start with, I’ve copied three music tracks that are missing from Panzer Dragoon...

More Content From The Art of Panzer Dragoon

More Content From The Art of Panzer Dragoon

By Solo Wing |

Another update to inform you that I’ve copied six images of Panzer Dragoon (Tiger Electronics) from The Art of Panzer Dragoon to The Will of the Ancients. For this update I’ve also copied across the concept art for the Panzer Dragoon Original...

Panzer Dragoon Mini Screenshots

Panzer Dragoon Mini Screenshots

By Solo Wing |

I’ve copied across the small number of Panzer Dragoon Mini screenshots from The Art of Panzer Dragoon as part of our ongoing effort to move that image gallery to The Will of the Ancients. You can find the images in the new Panzer Dragoon Mini...

Scans of Xbox Nation's “Chasing the Dragon” Article

Scans of Xbox Nation's “Chasing the Dragon” Article

By Solo Wing |

Barry the Nomad has posted scans of Xbox Nation’s “Chasing the Dragon” article over at SEGAbits. Barry explains the content of the article: XBN’s preview, which we’re featuring in full below, was an impressive eight pages long, featuring a...

Twenty Years of Panzer Dragoon

Twenty Years of Panzer Dragoon

By Solo Wing |

On the 10th of March, 1995, the original Panzer Dragoon game was released in Japan. The Panzer Dragoon series turns 20 today. Twenty years on, Panzer Dragoon may no longer be a prominent series, but it has not been forgotten.

Panzer Dragoon’s OST is a Beautiful Masterpiece

Panzer Dragoon’s OST is a Beautiful Masterpiece

By Solo Wing |

The next article in SEGAbits’ Team Andromeda month covers the soundtrack of the original Panzer Dragoon. Go check out this written article (complete with music clips) over on SEGAbits: SEGA Tunes: Panzer Dragoon’s OST is a beautiful masterpiece...

Team Andromeda Month at SEGAbits

Team Andromeda Month at SEGAbits

By Solo Wing |

Over at our partner site, SEGAbits, Team Andromeda month has arrived. To celebrate, Nuckles87 has written a new article summarising the Panzer Dragoon series. Check it out: Year of the Developers: We take flight with SEGA’s Team Andromeda