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Dragon Saber
Dragon Saber flyer.png
Developer(s) Namco
Publisher(s) Namco
Designer(s) T. Negi, O. Sugi
Platform(s) Arcade, PC Engine
Release date(s) 1990
Virtual Console
JP September 15, 2009
Genre(s) Vertical scrolling shooter
Mode(s) 2 players can play simultaneously
Input methods 8-way Joystick; 2 buttons
Cabinet Upright, cabaret, and cocktail
Arcade system Namco System 2

Dragon Saber(ドラゴンセイバー) is a vertical scrolling shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1990. It is the sequel to Dragon Spirit, released three years earlier.

Story

The human beings have repeated their own foolish history, because of their own desires. And everything around then has amounted to come to nothing. Advanced alchemy has caused environmental disruption. The world has been filled with evil creatures. And the human beings have threatened with extinction. Meanwhile, the sun god, Amaterasu appeared from the sky to human, and told. "The brave young man Huey and Siria. I grant you this sacred saber." "Show your good spirit!"

Gameplay

In-game screenshot.

As in the original Dragon Spirit, the player controls a dragon who shoots at air-based enemies and bombs ground-based enemies, except this time two players can play simultaneously - player one controls Huey (the blue dragon) while player two controls Siria (the red dragon).

Ports

There were two arcade ports of this game in Japan. One was released on the Namco Museum Encore for Playstation in 1997 while the other is the Virtual Console Arcade release in 2009.


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Dragon Saber
Box artwork for Dragon Saber.
Developer(s) Namco
Publisher(s) Namco
Japanese title ドラゴンセイバー
Release date(s)
Genre(s) Vertical scrolling shooter
System(s) Arcade
Players 1-2
Mode(s) Single player, Multiplayer
Preceded by Dragon Spirit
Dragon Saber marquee

Dragon Saber is a vertical scrolling shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1990. It runs on Namco System 2 hardware, and is not nearly as difficult as its predecessor, Dragon Spirit, which was released three years earlier. It also allows two players to play simultaneously.

Story

The human beings have repeated their foolish history, because of their own desires. And everything around then has been to come to nothing. Advanced alchemy has caused environmental disruption, the world has been filled with evil creatures, and the human beings have been threatened with extinction. Meanwhile, the sun god Arlia appeared from the sky to the humans, and told: "The brave young men, Huey and Siria. I grant you this sacred saber. Show your good spirit!"

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Dragon Saber

Developer(s) Namco
Publisher(s) NEC
Release date PC-Engine:
December 27, 1991 (JP)
Genre Vertical Shoot 'em up
Mode(s) Single player
Age rating(s) N/A
PC-Engine
Platform(s) PC-Engine
Media HuCard
PC-Engine
Input Turbo Pad
Credits | Soundtrack | Codes | Walkthrough
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