Dragon Spirit

a.k.a. ドラゴンスピリット

created and published by Namco in 1988-12-26, running on PC Engine

type: shooter
genre: Fantasy, Scrolling shooter
perspective: bird's-eye
player options: single player

languages: eng jpn

3.5/5

Personal review

I remember playing the homecomputer ports of 'Dragon Spirit' and I was utterly disappointed. The PC-Engine version however is different. Still the same game but with much smoother graphics and sound and fantastic playability. It's another of those examples that show the PC-Engine's capability in providing perfect conversions of arcade shooters.

teran01 # 2016-05-10 17:49:11

Official description

Amur, the spirit of the dragon, lives within you. As the winged creature that breathes mega-tons of fire, your mission is revealed. Rescue Princess Alicia from Zowel, Demon of Darkness. So take to the skies and destroy enemy creatures with breath and fireballs. Add dragon heads and incredible power-ups. Confront Zowel in a Super Battle of Beasts. (Careful not to breathe on Alicia).

# 2020-09-19 15:27:02 - official description

Technical specs

display: raster

Authors / Staff

management

Greatist Asayan (producer)

design

Arakawa da! (character design)
Macchan (character design)

coding

Haruhisa Udagawa (guest programmer)
Otenba Kid (main programmer)

audio

Etsuo Ishii (music composer)
Shinji Hosoe (music composer)
Thunder Noguchi (music composer)
Toshi Kobasan (sound programmer)
Yoshinori Kawamoto (music composer)

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game genre

External reviews (6) - average: 74.2% - median: 68.5%

review source		issue	date	score
Aktueller Software Markt (ASM) (9+)	de	30	1989-03	8/12	66%	view
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) (085-173)	uk	90	1989-04	94/100	94%	view
Electronic Gaming Monthly	us	6	1990-01	27/40	67%	view
IGN		2007	*	7/10	70%
Power Play	de	16	1989-07	83/100	83%	view
The Games Machine	uk	17	1989-04	65/100	65%	view