Dragon Slayer (video game)

This article is about the video game. For the series, see Dragon Slayer (series). For other uses, see Dragon slayer (disambiguation).
Dragon Slayer
Developer(s)Nihon Falcom
Publisher(s)
  • JP: Nihon Falcom
Designer(s)Yoshio Kiya
SeriesDragon Slayer
Platform(s)FM-7, NEC PC-8801, MSX, X1, Super Cassette Vision, Game Boy, Sega Saturn
ReleasePC-8801
  • JP: September 10, 1984
PC-9801 & FM-7
  • JP: October 18, 1984
X1
MSX
  • JP: July 15, 1985
Super Cassette Vision
Game Boy
  • JP: August 12, 1990
Sega Saturn
Falcom Classics
  • JP: November 6, 1997
Genre(s)Action role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Dragon Slayer (ドラゴンスレイヤー, Doragon Sureiyā) is an action role-playing game,[2][3] developed by Nihon Falcom and designed by Yoshio Kiya.[4] It was originally released in 1984 for the PC-8801, PC-9801, X1[1] and FM-7,[5] and became a major success in Japan.[6] It was followed by an MSX port published by Square in 1985 (making it one of the first titles to be published by Square),[7] a Super Cassette Vision by Epoch in 1986 and a Game Boy port by the same company in 1990 under the name Dragon Slayer I (ドラゴンスレイヤーI, Doragon Sureiyā Wan). A version for PC-6001mkII was in development but was never released.[8] A remake of Dragon Slayer is included in the Falcom Classics collection for the Sega Saturn.[9]

Dragon Slayer began the Dragon Slayer series, a banner which encompasses a number of popular Falcom titles, such as Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu, Sorcerian, and Legacy of the Wizard. It also includes Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes, which would later spawn over a dozen entries across multiple subseries.

  1. ^ a b Falcom Chronicle, Nihon Falcom
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  4. ^ John Szczepaniak. "Retro Japanese Computers: Gaming's Final Frontier Retro Japanese Computers". Hardcore Gaming 101. p. 3. Retrieved 2011-03-29. Reprinted from Retro Gamer, 2009
  5. ^ "Dragon Slayer". Oh!FM7. Retrieved 2015-01-14.
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  8. ^ Szczepaniak, John (21 October 2022). "Poor Pay, Underage Staff And No Credits - Digging Into Falcom's Dark Past". Time Extension. Hookshot Media Ltd. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Falcom Classics". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 102. Ziff Davis. January 1998. p. 58.