Dragon Buster| 1984 |
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Developer: Namco
Controls/Input Device: Control(joy4way), Buttons(2)
Number of Players: 2
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Developer: Namco
Controls/Input Device: Control(joy4way), Buttons(2)
Number of Players: 2
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Dragon Buster VGMuseum Game Endings
Dragon Buster on CAESAR
Dragon Buster high score and replay at MARP
Dragon Buster on datObase
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URL: Reviews:
Dragon Buster VGMuseum Game Endings
Dragon Buster on CAESAR
Dragon Buster high score and replay at MARP
Dragon Buster on datObase
Mameinfo.dat entry:
0.37b10 [Yochizo]
WIP:
- 0.147u2: hap fixed clone Omega Fighter Special. The game fails to boot or finish post. After showing bad rom errors, the game resets.
- 0.147u1: Fixed maincpu rom loading.
- 0.122u7: Fixed gfx1/2/3/4/5 rom loading.
- 0.89u3: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 5MHz.
- 0.37b10: Yochizo added 'Omega Fighter' (UPL 1989) and clone Omega Fighter Special.
- 21st November 2000: Yochizo fixed some graphics bugs in the Omega Fighter / Atomic Robo-kid driver.
- 8th November 2000: Yochizo sent in a driver for Omega Fighter and Atomic Robo-kid.
- 25th April 1999: Dumped Omega Fighter Special.
LEVELS: 8 (restarts once)
Other Emulators:
* FB Alpha
* JFF
* Raine
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Nova 2001
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Alpha Mission II / ASO II
Astro Warrior (Mega-Tech)
Mission 660
Rafflesia
S.R.D. Mission
Truxton / Tatsujin
Tatsujin (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
Truxton II / Tatsujin Oh
Blast Off
Blazing Lazers
GunHed (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
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Omega Fighter
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Lethal Thunder
Pollux
Strike Gunner S.T.G
Vimana
Explosive Breaker
Final Star Force
Galmedes
Gunlock
GunNail
Nebulas Ray
Super-X
Gekirindan
Viper Phase 1
Fever SOS
Mars Matrix: Hyper Solid Shooting
Romset: 2016 kb / 8 files / 457.8 zip
Credits Mameinfo and Mametesters Project Robert J. Rabgno et al.
0.37b10 [Yochizo]
WIP:
- 0.147u2: hap fixed clone Omega Fighter Special. The game fails to boot or finish post. After showing bad rom errors, the game resets.
- 0.147u1: Fixed maincpu rom loading.
- 0.122u7: Fixed gfx1/2/3/4/5 rom loading.
- 0.89u3: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 5MHz.
- 0.37b10: Yochizo added 'Omega Fighter' (UPL 1989) and clone Omega Fighter Special.
- 21st November 2000: Yochizo fixed some graphics bugs in the Omega Fighter / Atomic Robo-kid driver.
- 8th November 2000: Yochizo sent in a driver for Omega Fighter and Atomic Robo-kid.
- 25th April 1999: Dumped Omega Fighter Special.
LEVELS: 8 (restarts once)
Other Emulators:
* FB Alpha
* JFF
* Raine
Recommended Games (Star Force):
Catacomb
Vega
Espial
Night Star (DECO Cassette)
Nova 2001
Star Jacker
Stunt Air
Zodiack
Star Force
Alpha Mission / ASO
Alpha Mission II / ASO II
Astro Warrior (Mega-Tech)
Mission 660
Rafflesia
S.R.D. Mission
Truxton / Tatsujin
Tatsujin (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
Truxton II / Tatsujin Oh
Blast Off
Blazing Lazers
GunHed (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
The Next Space
Omega Fighter
Super Star Soldier (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
Lethal Thunder
Pollux
Strike Gunner S.T.G
Vimana
Explosive Breaker
Final Star Force
Galmedes
Gunlock
GunNail
Nebulas Ray
Super-X
Gekirindan
Viper Phase 1
Fever SOS
Mars Matrix: Hyper Solid Shooting
Romset: 2016 kb / 8 files / 457.8 zip
Credits Mameinfo and Mametesters Project Robert J. Rabgno et al.
History.dat entry:
Dragon Buster (c) 1984 Namco.
Dragon Buster is a role-playing game in which you travel through various scenery to rescue the princess from an evil dragon.
- TECHNICAL -
Game ID : DB
Main CPU : Motorola M6809 (@ 1.536 Mhz), Hitachi HD63701 (@ 1.536 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Namco 8-channel WSG
Players : 2
Control : 4-way joystick
Buttons : 2
- TRIVIA -
Even if title screen says 1984, Dragon Buster was released in February 1985 in Japan.
Dragon buster is the first game from Namco to include a life-bar system.
Massimo Gaspari holds the official record for this game with 1,300,560 points on July 18, 1985.
Namco released a board game based on this game (same name) in 1985 (in Japan only) : You roll the dice to move around the board and complete quests. The game includes a variety of event cards, charts for randomizing events and encounters,counters for monsters and items and such. The goal of this game is to kill the dragon and rescue the princess.
- SERIES -
1. Dragon Buster (1985)
2. Dragon Buster II - Yami no Fuuin (1989, Nintendo Famicom)
- STAFF -
Music by : Yuriko Keino
- PORTS -
* Consoles :
Nintendo Famicom [JP] (January 7, 1987)
Sony PlayStation [AU] (1996) "Namco Museum Vol.2"
Sony PlayStation [JP] (February 9, 1996) "Namco Museum Vol.2 [Model SLPS-00210]"
Sony PlayStation [US] (September 30, 1996) "Namco Museum Vol.2 [Model SLUS-00216]"
Sony PlayStation [EU] (November 1996) "Namco Museum Vol.2 [Model SCES-00267]"
Microsoft XBOX 360 [US] (November 4, 2008) "Namco Museum - Virtual Arcade [Model 21022]"
Microsoft XBOX 360 [EU] (May 15, 2009) "Namco Museum - Virtual Arcade"
Microsoft XBOX 360 [AU] (June 3, 2009) "Namco Museum - Virtual Arcade"
Nintendo Wii [Virtual Console Arcade] [JP] (September 15, 2009)
Microsoft XBOX 360 [JP] (November 5, 2009) "Namco Museum - Virtual Arcade [Model 2RD-00001]"
* Handhelds :
Sony PSP [US] (August 23, 2005) "Namco Museum Battle Collection [Model ULUS-10035]"
Sony PSP [EU] (December 9, 2005) "Namco Museum Battle Collection [Model UCES-00116]"
Sony PSP [JP] (February 23, 2006) "Namco Museum Vol.2 [Model ULJS-00047]"
Sony PSP [KO] (November 8, 2007) "Namco Museum Vol.2"
* Computers :
FM-77AV [JP] (1987)
NEC PC 8801 [JP] (1987)
NEC PC 9801 [JP] (March 1989)
Sharp X68000 [JP] (1993)
Sharp X1 [JP]
MSX2 [JP]
* Others :
Let's! TV play classic series - Namco Nostalgia 2 [JP]
- CONTRIBUTE -
Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=694&o=2
Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License
Dragon Buster (c) 1984 Namco.
Dragon Buster is a role-playing game in which you travel through various scenery to rescue the princess from an evil dragon.
- TECHNICAL -
Game ID : DB
Main CPU : Motorola M6809 (@ 1.536 Mhz), Hitachi HD63701 (@ 1.536 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Namco 8-channel WSG
Players : 2
Control : 4-way joystick
Buttons : 2
- TRIVIA -
Even if title screen says 1984, Dragon Buster was released in February 1985 in Japan.
Dragon buster is the first game from Namco to include a life-bar system.
Massimo Gaspari holds the official record for this game with 1,300,560 points on July 18, 1985.
Namco released a board game based on this game (same name) in 1985 (in Japan only) : You roll the dice to move around the board and complete quests. The game includes a variety of event cards, charts for randomizing events and encounters,counters for monsters and items and such. The goal of this game is to kill the dragon and rescue the princess.
- SERIES -
1. Dragon Buster (1985)
2. Dragon Buster II - Yami no Fuuin (1989, Nintendo Famicom)
- STAFF -
Music by : Yuriko Keino
- PORTS -
* Consoles :
Nintendo Famicom [JP] (January 7, 1987)
Sony PlayStation [AU] (1996) "Namco Museum Vol.2"
Sony PlayStation [JP] (February 9, 1996) "Namco Museum Vol.2 [Model SLPS-00210]"
Sony PlayStation [US] (September 30, 1996) "Namco Museum Vol.2 [Model SLUS-00216]"
Sony PlayStation [EU] (November 1996) "Namco Museum Vol.2 [Model SCES-00267]"
Microsoft XBOX 360 [US] (November 4, 2008) "Namco Museum - Virtual Arcade [Model 21022]"
Microsoft XBOX 360 [EU] (May 15, 2009) "Namco Museum - Virtual Arcade"
Microsoft XBOX 360 [AU] (June 3, 2009) "Namco Museum - Virtual Arcade"
Nintendo Wii [Virtual Console Arcade] [JP] (September 15, 2009)
Microsoft XBOX 360 [JP] (November 5, 2009) "Namco Museum - Virtual Arcade [Model 2RD-00001]"
* Handhelds :
Sony PSP [US] (August 23, 2005) "Namco Museum Battle Collection [Model ULUS-10035]"
Sony PSP [EU] (December 9, 2005) "Namco Museum Battle Collection [Model UCES-00116]"
Sony PSP [JP] (February 23, 2006) "Namco Museum Vol.2 [Model ULJS-00047]"
Sony PSP [KO] (November 8, 2007) "Namco Museum Vol.2"
* Computers :
FM-77AV [JP] (1987)
NEC PC 8801 [JP] (1987)
NEC PC 9801 [JP] (March 1989)
Sharp X68000 [JP] (1993)
Sharp X1 [JP]
MSX2 [JP]
* Others :
Let's! TV play classic series - Namco Nostalgia 2 [JP]
- CONTRIBUTE -
Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=694&o=2
Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License
cheat.dat entry:
00000000 4865 000000FF FFFFFFFF Infinite Energy
20800000 ACF6 00000020 FFFFFFFF Invincibility
20810000 F5FF 00000020 FFFFFFFF Invincibility (2/2)
20810000 F61B 00000020 FFFFFFFF Invincibility (3/3)
00000000 4C00 00000002 FFFFFFFF Infinite Small Fireballs
00000000 4C00 00000004 FFFFFFFF Infinite 4-Way Fireballs
00000000 4866 00000001 FFFFFFFF Always have Shield
00000000 4867 00000001 FFFFFFFF Always have Sword
00000000 4868 00000001 FFFFFFFF Always have Crown
00000000 4869 00000001 FFFFFFFF Always have Cepter
00000001 4866 00000001 FFFFFFFF Get Shield Now!
00000001 4867 00000001 FFFFFFFF Get Sword Now!
00000001 4868 00000001 FFFFFFFF Get Crown Now!
00000001 4869 00000001 FFFFFFFF Get Cepter Now!
00000001 4D61 00000000 FFFFFFFF Kill Dragon Now!
Credit Pugsy's MAME Cheat file
00000000 4865 000000FF FFFFFFFF Infinite Energy
20800000 ACF6 00000020 FFFFFFFF Invincibility
20810000 F5FF 00000020 FFFFFFFF Invincibility (2/2)
20810000 F61B 00000020 FFFFFFFF Invincibility (3/3)
00000000 4C00 00000002 FFFFFFFF Infinite Small Fireballs
00000000 4C00 00000004 FFFFFFFF Infinite 4-Way Fireballs
00000000 4866 00000001 FFFFFFFF Always have Shield
00000000 4867 00000001 FFFFFFFF Always have Sword
00000000 4868 00000001 FFFFFFFF Always have Crown
00000000 4869 00000001 FFFFFFFF Always have Cepter
00000001 4866 00000001 FFFFFFFF Get Shield Now!
00000001 4867 00000001 FFFFFFFF Get Sword Now!
00000001 4868 00000001 FFFFFFFF Get Crown Now!
00000001 4869 00000001 FFFFFFFF Get Cepter Now!
00000001 4D61 00000000 FFFFFFFF Kill Dragon Now!
Credit Pugsy's MAME Cheat file
