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Arcade Archives: Dragon Buster

2021 · PlayStation 4 · Nintendo Switch · Arcade

About this game

Dragon Buster is an action game released by Namco in 1984. Become the hero Clovis, and use your sword and magic and make your way to Dragon Mountain. Battle through demon-infested graveyards and ruins to defeat the mighty Dragon and rescue Princess Celia.

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