MAWS - showing resource: drgnbstr

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 zoom
rating	66.5% after 65 votes

colour emulation	good
palette	1280
display type	raster
orientation	horizontal
resolution	288x224
frequency	60.606060Hz

sound emulation	good
channels	mono

players	2
nplayers	2P alt
controls	4 way joystick
buttons	2
coin slots	2

cpu	M6809 @ 1.536MHz
cpu	HD63701 @ 6.144MHz
audio	Namco CUS30 @ 0.024MHz

version added

.036b11

last change(s)

.107u3 .080 .059

roms

name	size	crc	set	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

flyer	drgnbstr.png
PCB	drgnbstr.png

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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Cadash

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Knights of Valour 2

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 -

Dragon Buster (1985)
Dragon Buster II - Yami no Fuuin (1989, Nintendo Famicom)

- 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.

resource links

view in MAWS
view in CAESAR
view high score and replay at MARP
view in Progetto EMMA (Italian)
view in arcade-history.com
view in GameFAQs
view in KLOV
view in MamEnd
view in System16
view in The Arcade Flyer Archive
view in VGMuseum Game Endings
view in VGMuseum Gamepics

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!