Dragon Buster

Even if the 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.

Music by : Yuriko Keino

CONSOLES:
Nintendo Famicom (jan.7, 1987)
Sony PlayStation (1996) "Namco Museum Vol.2"
Sony PlayStation (feb.9, 1996) "Namco Museum Vol.2 [Model SLPS-00210]"
Sony PlayStation (sept.30, 1996) "Namco Museum Vol.2 [Model SLUS-00216]"
Sony PlayStation (nov.1996) "Namco Museum Vol.2 [Model SCES-00267]"
Microsoft XBOX 360 (nov.4, 2008) "Namco Museum - Virtual Arcade [Model 21022]"
Microsoft XBOX 360 (may.15, 2009) "Namco Museum - Virtual Arcade"
Microsoft XBOX 360 (june.3, 2009) "Namco Museum - Virtual Arcade"
Nintendo Wii [Virtual Console Arcade] (sept.15, 2009)
Microsoft XBOX 360 (nov.5, 2009) "Namco Museum - Virtual Arcade [Model 2RD-00001]"

HANDHELDS:
Sony PSP (aug.23, 2005) "Namco Museum Battle Collection [Model ULUS-10035]"
Sony PSP (dec.9, 2005) "Namco Museum Battle Collection [Model UCES-00116]"
Sony PSP (feb.23, 2006) "Namco Museum Vol.2 [Model ULJS-00047]"
Sony PSP (nov.8, 2007) "Namco Museum Vol.2"

COMPUTERS:
FM-77AV (1987)
NEC PC 8801 (1987)
NEC PC 9801 (mar.1989)
Sharp X68000 (1993)
Sharp X1
MSX2

OTHERS:
Let's! TV play classic series - Namco Nostalgia 2
Arcade (2018) "Pac-Man's Pixel Bash"