
Dragon Buster 1984 Namco
1984
Dragon Buster (c) 1984 Namco.
A role-playing game in which you travel through various scenery to rescue the princess from an evil dragon.
>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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Game ID : DB
Main CPU : M6809 (@ 1.536 Mhz), HD63701 (@ 1.536 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Namco 8-channel WSG
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 288 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.61 Hz
Palette colors : 256
Players : 2
Control : 4-way joystick
Buttons : 2
>>> TRIVIA
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Dragon buster is the first game from Namco to include a life-bar system.
Massimo Gaspari holds the official record for this game with 1,300,560 points on July 18, 1985.
Namco released a boardgame based on this game (same name) in 1985 (in Japan only) : You roll the dice to move around the board and complete quests. The game includes a variety of event cards, charts for randomizing events and encounters,counters for monsters and items and such. The goal of this game is to kill the dragon and rescue the princess.
>>> GAME SERIES
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1. Dragon Buster (1985)
2. Dragon Buster II - Yami no Fuuin (1989, Nintendo Famicom)
>>> DESIGNERS / PROGRAMMERS / STAFF
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Music by : Yuriko Keino
>>> GAME PORTS TO OTHER SYSTEMS
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* Consoles :
Nintendo Famicom (1987)
Sony PlayStation (1996, 'Namco Museum Vol.2')
Sony PSP (2005, 'Namco Museum Battle Collection')
* Computers :
FM-77AV (1987)
NEC PC-9801 (1989)
Sharp X68000 (1993)
Sharp X1
MSX2
>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.