Dragon Saber

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Dragon Saber

Developer(s) Namco
Publisher(s) Namco
Designer(s) T. Negi, O. Sugi
Platform(s) Arcade, TurboGrafx-16
Release date 1990
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
Display Vertical orientation, Raster

Dragon Saber is a vertical scrolling shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1990. It is the sequel to Dragon Spirit, released three years before its own debute.

[edit] 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!"

[edit] Gameplay

In-game screenshot.
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).

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