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Castle of Dragon (1989)

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Dragon Unit (known as Castle of Dragon as well) is an obscure arcade game developed by "Athena", who is better known for making shooting (SHMUP) games. You take control of a barbarian (who looks like a fancy and handsome anime guy in the arcade game when you see artwork for him) who slays hordes of ridiculously EVIL monsters and people...your objective? Basically, to save the damsel in distress and save the land! Dragon Unit was also made for the NES, though it is a significantly sloppier game (not because it was on NES, but because it was actually just made sloppily).

You get a lot of power-ups that help you in your quest; a mace (that stretches and can be used infinitely), magical orbs (that give you powerful lightning and fire magic that only lasts for a brief time), and a lot more...you can pretty much see all you need to see by watching the beginning of the video.

When you take damage, you slowly begin to lose your armor until you die. When you come back, so does your armor, but you lose all your power-ups, which (as one would expect) can make some areas a lot more annoying and cheap. However, nothing in the game is so annoying that it is game breaking and the game is playable (though very short). The music is...very repetitive to say the least; the sound quality also leaves something to be desired. There are also better arcade games to play for sure, but it isn't SUCH a bad game; a fair time waster and not so bad for something a little different from Athena.