after its release, "dragonheart" spawned a spin-off 2d hack and slash game for the playstation and saturn called "dragonheart: fire & steel", made by acclaim entertainment. the game does not use the film's music, instead featuring an original score by thomas egeskov peterson. it was met with overwhelmingly negative reviews due to simplistic gameplay, poor controls, and jerky animation. though the graphics were praised, particularly the rendered backgrounds, critics agreed that the gameplay problems were an overriding problem. in late 1996, acclaim ported a pc version of the game, which received similar criticism.