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Dragon Buster

Game » consists of 3 releases. Released on 1984

Dragon Buster is an arcade game released by Namco in 1984. It was later ported to various home systems.

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An early 1984 arcade action role-playing game, Dragon Buster is notable as the first game to feature double jump. It was also the earliest known game to include a life meter, known as vitality in this game. Dragon Buster was developed and published by Namco. The game is a side-scrolling dungeon crawler, where the goal of the game is to rescue Princess Celia. Dragon Buster was later ported to a variety of home consoles, notably the Nintendo Entertainment System and the MSX.

Dragon Buster has also been included in Namco Museum Vol. 2, Namco Museum: Virtual Arcade, Namco Museum: Battle Collection, as well as an extra in Tales of the Abyss. The game later received a PlayStation exclusive sequel, titled Dragon Valor.

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