game
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title Dragon Buster
set name drgnbstr
manufacturer Namco
year 1984
genre Platform (hof)
category Platform / Fighter Scrolling (hof)
driver status good
driver source skykid.c
snapshots MW: in game / CT: in game | title / EJ: in game / PS: in game | title
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rating

66.1% after 67 votes
 
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display
colour emulation good
palette 1280
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 288x224
frequency 60.606060Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
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controls
players 2
nplayers 2P alt
controls 4 way joystick
buttons 2
coin slots 2
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hardware
cpu M6809 @ 1.536MHz
cpu HD63701 @ 6.144MHz
audio Namco CUS30 @ 0.024MHz
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data
version added .036b11
last change(s) .107u3 .080 .059
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
db1_2b.6c  16384  0f11cd17  drgnbstr    691d853f4f08898ecf4bccfb70a568de309329f1 
db1_1.6b  16384  1c7c1821  drgnbstr    8b6111afc42e2996bdc2fc276be0c40556cd431e 
db1_3.6d  16384  6da169ae  drgnbstr    235211c26562fef0660e3fde1e87f2e52626d119 
db1_4.3c  8192  8a0b1fc1  drgnbstr    c2861d0da63e2d17f2d1ad46dccf753ecd902ce3 
cus60-60a1.mcu  4096  076ea82a  drgnbstr    22b5e62e26390d7d5cacc0503c7aa5ed524204df 
db1_6.6l  8192  c080b66c  drgnbstr    05dcd45274d0bd12ef8ae7fd10c8719e679b3e7b 
db1_5.7e  8192  28129aed  drgnbstr    d7f52e871d97179ec88c142a1c70eb6ad09e534a 
db1_8.10n  16384  11942c61  drgnbstr    0f065cb82cf83967e90b3c7326b36956f4fa9a52 
db1_7.10m  16384  cc130fe2  drgnbstr    4f5d4f21152b3b4e523a6d17dd5ff5cef52447f2 
db1-1.2n  256  3f8cce97  drgnbstr    027b3fb0f322a9d68b434b207a40b31799a8a8d6 
db1-2.2p  256  afe32436  drgnbstr    e405787f7f2aa992edd63078e3944334d8acddb1 
db1-3.2r  256  c95ff576  drgnbstr    861a7340d29e6a6a0d5ead93abd3f73cc3df0cc7 
db1-4.5n  512  b2180c21  drgnbstr    a5d14c31d54f04494ea99c3d94bd1b5e072b612e 
db1-5.6n  512  5e2b3f74  drgnbstr    ef58661fa12a52bc358e81179254d37de7551b38 
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cabinet art
flyer drgnbstr.png
PCB drgnbstr.png
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additional information
info 0.36b11 [Manuel Abadia]

Bugs:
  • Priority problems: I noticed some priority problems in dragon buster in the second stage of the second round. Problem is at the top where score and high score is dislayed... It may occure somewhere else later, have not tried further. Hebus (ID 02175)
WIP:
  • 0.123u1: Zsolt Vasvari removed color tables from Dragon Buster. Added resnet.c color computations where appropriate. Changed palettesize to 1280 colors.
  • 0.122u7: Changed HD63701 CPU2 clock speed to 6144000 Hz.
  • 0.120u2: Mike Haaland added save state support to Dragon Buster.
  • 0.107u3: Brian Troha properly documented and connected the CUS60 MCU code to Dragon Buster.
  • 0.96u1: Added dipswitches 'Spurt Time', 'Level of Monster', 'Starting Vitality', 'Bonus Vitality', 'Bonus Level' and 'Allow Continue'.
  • 0.80: Nicola Salmoria fixed sprites in Dragon Buster.
  • 0.60: Added 'Starting Vitality' dipswitch.
  • 0.59: Fixed rom names.
  • 0.37b12: Changed VSync to 60.606060Hz.
  • 26th March 2000: Manuel Abadia added cocktail support to Sky Kid and Dragon Buster.
  • 0.36b11: Manuel Abadia added Dragon Buster (Namco 1984).
  • 23rd November 1999: Manuel Abadia fixed Sky Kid and Dragon Buster colors.
  • 21st November 1999: Manuel Abadia fixed the resolution in Sky Kid, Dragon Buster, Metro Cross and Baraduke.
  • 20th November 1999: Manuel Abadia sent in a driver for Sky Kid / Dragon Buster, but the colors aren't quite correct yet.
LEVELS: 3

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Romset: 110 kb / 14 files / 58.9 zip
history Dragon Buster (c) 1984 Namco.


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 : M6809 (@ 1.536 Mhz), HD63701 (@ 1.536 Mhz)

Sound Chips : Namco 8-channel WSG


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 288 x 224 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.61 Hz

Palette colors : 256


Players : 2

Control : 4-way joystick

Buttons : 2


- TRIVIA -


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 boardgame 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)
    3. - STAFF -
    • Music by : Yuriko Keino
    • - PORTS -
    • * Consoles :
    • Nintendo Famicom (1987)
    • Sony PlayStation (1996, "Namco Museum Vol.2")
    • Sony PSP (2005, "Namco Museum Battle Collection")
    • * Computers :
    • FM-77AV (1987)
    • NEC PC-9801 (1989)
    • Sharp X68000 (1993)
    • Sharp X1
    • MSX2
    • - SOURCES -
    • Game's rom.
    • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=dragon-buster&page=detail&id=694&o=2
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cheats
cheats
code comments
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!
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