Dragon Buster (1985)
Arcade · Family Computer · MSX · Sharp X68000 · Wii · Wii U
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A 1984 arcade platformer with action RPG elements, Dragon Buster is notable as the first game to feature a double jump. It was also one of the first games to include a life meter (along with Flash Boy and Punch-Out), known as vitality in this game. The game featured side-scrolling platform gameplay and a hub "world view" map similar to …
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A 1984 arcade platformer with action RPG elements, Dragon Buster is notable as the first game to feature a double jump. It was also one of the first games to include a life meter (along with Flash Boy and Punch-Out), known as vitality in this game. The game featured side-scrolling platform gameplay and a hub "world view" map similar to the later Super Mario Bros. series. It also featured hack & slash combat, like the later Tritorn and Legend of Zelda series.
Dragon Buster was developed and published by Namco. The game is a side-scrolling dungeon crawler, where the goal of the game is for the hero, Clovis, to rescue Princess Celia. Dragon Buster was later ported to a variety of home consoles, notably the Nintendo Entertainment System and the MSX.
It runs on Namco Pac-Land hardware, modified to support vertical scrolling
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Details
- Developers
- Namco
- Publishers
- Bandai Namco Entertainment, Bandai Namco Games, Namco, Namco Bandai Games
- Genres
- Platform, Role-playing (RPG)
- Themes
- Action
- Series
- Dragon Buster
Release dates
- 1985 (Full Release) (Japan) Arcade
- Jan 07, 1987 (Full Release) (Japan) Family Computer
- Dec 10, 1987 (Full Release) (Japan) Sharp X68000
- Dec 19, 1987 (Full Release) (Japan) MSX
- Nov 18, 2008 (Full Release) (Japan) Wii
- Jan 21, 2015 (Full Release) (Japan) Wii U
Also available on
- Arcade Archives: Dragon Buster (2021) · NSW, PS4
Related
Bundled in
- Namco Museum Vol. 2 (Feb 1996) · PS1, PS3
- Namco Collection Vol. 2 (Apr 1999) · PC
- Namco Museum Battle Collection (Feb 2005) · PSP
- Namco Museum Vol. 2 (Feb 2006) · PSP
- Let's! TV Play Namco Nostalgia 2 (Dec 2006) · Plug & Play
- Namco Museum Virtual Arcade (Nov 2008) · X360
- Namco Museum Vol. 2 (Feb 1996) · PS1, PS3
- Namco Collection Vol. 2 (Apr 1999) · PC
- Namco Museum Battle Collection (Feb 2005) · PSP
- Namco Museum Vol. 2 (Feb 2006) · PSP
- Let's! TV Play Namco Nostalgia 2 (Dec 2006) · Plug & Play
- Namco Museum Virtual Arcade (Nov 2008) · X360
- Namco Arcade (Jan 2012) · ANDR, iOS
- Pac-Man's Pixel Bash (Dec 2018) · ARC
- Namco Museum Archives Volume 1 (Jun 2020) · NSW, PC, PS4, XONE
- Namcot Collection (Jun 2020) · NSW
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