Dragon Buster

Description

A role-playing game in which you travel through various scenery to rescue the princess from an evil dragon.

Dragon Buster was produced by Namco in 1984.

Namco released 310 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1977. Namco was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Namco during the time period Dragon Buster was produced include: Phozon, Pac-Man & Chomp Chomp, Pac & Pal, Mappy, Libble Rabble, Galaga 3, Gaplus, Grobda, Shoot Away, and Super Xevious

Specs

Name	Dragon Buster
Developer	Namco (Japan)
Year	1984
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	7641
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Adventure
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	unique
Game Specific	Dragon Buster Pinout
Dipswitch Settings	Dragon Buster Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	1
Game Play	Single
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Game Introduction

An action role-playing game in which Clovis, the "Dragon Buster" of the title, travels through various scenery to rescue Princess Celia from an evil dragon. Afterwards, the game begins again, with Celia wearing a different outfit each time she's rescued.

Dragon Buster KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

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Trivia

This game was ported to the Japanese Famicom, after which there was a Famicom-only sequel. Another sequel to this game is Dragon Valor, released for the original Playstation. Of these home games, only Dragon Valor was released in the U.S.

Miscellaneous

Unlike most of Namco's previous games in which you had three lives and lost a life after getting hit once, in this game you only have one life, but you have a vitality meter. When you lose all of your vitality, the game ends.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Dragon Buster Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 13 known instances of this machine owned by Dragon Buster collectors who are active members. Of these, It is an original dedicated machine (not another machine converted with a kit). 12 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Dragon Buster machine for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 4 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

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Technical

The game uses a 6809 microprocessor, a 63701 microprocessor, and a Namco 8-channel waveform PSG for sounds.

Manuals

Pinout and DIP Switch Settings - Dragon Buster Manual — **Pinout and DIP Switch Settings**
(4 pages, 923 kB File)

Dragon Buster - Pinout - Dragon Buster Manual — **Dragon Buster - Pinout**
(1 page, 443 kB File)

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