Dragon Buster for Famicom Review & Retrospective 1987

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Published on September 26, 2022 2:00:00 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SXKMQM-NSg

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Dragon Buster (1985)

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Review

Duration: 14:07

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Retro Odyssey ep.019

An IN-DEPTH review, analysis, and retrospective of Dragon Buster (ドラゴン バスター) for the Nintendo Famicom – an arcade dungeon-crawler ported by Namco in 1987 under their alternative publishing game Namcot. The game is a bit jarring at first but after familiarizing myself with the controls and concepts I actually found it to be a lot of fun.

This has been my longest gap between Retro Odyssey content yet, and I hope to keep it that way!

I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments!

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~ Dragon Buster ~
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Title: Dragon Buster (ドラゴン バスター)

Platform(s): Arcade, Famicom, MSX, PC-8801, PC-9801, Sharp X68000

Release Date(s):
JP: January 7, 1987 (Famicom)

Developer(s): Namco
Publisher(s): Namcot
Composer(s): Yuriko Keino

Genre(s): Arcade / Dungeon Crawler / ARPG
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~ note: all gameplay footage for 𝑹𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒐 𝑶𝒅𝒚𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒚 is recorded using original hardware ~

LINKS
Music: https://outmind.bandcamp.com/
Polygon article: https://www.polygon.com/features/2014/1/20/5227582/the-rise-of-the-jump


Timestamps:
0:00 - introduction
1:16 - overview
3:31 - enemies
6:23 - controls & items
8:29 - my experience
11:53 - final thoughts
13:06 - outro

Next up: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (ゼルダの伝説リンクの冒険)

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