Underplayed Gems

Lightning Legend: Daigo no Daibouken (1996)

Lightning Legend: Daigo no Daibouken cover
Platforms
PlayStation
Genres
Fighting, Arcade
The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

More games like this

How it feels

A breezy, old-school arcade fighting game where a young hero's fantastical quest unfolds through quick, energetic bouts.

arcade fighterfast-pacedlightheartedfantasy adventureyouthfulold-schoolstraightforwardenergetic

About

The setting takes place in the Japan-inspired Kingdom of Japone, where, around 450 years before the story starts, the Demon King Dragless rampaged through the lands until a young hero defeated and sealed him away. After centuries of slumber, Dragless is now showing signs of awakening, and it's now up to the 14-years old Daigo Raioh, descendant of the young hero, to defeat the monster once and for all. Meanwhile, other talented fighters will set out, some for reasons related to Dragless (like Terrific Forelock, the bodyguard and childhood friend of Princess Mirona, who's out to save her after she has been kidnapped by the Demon King), others not at all (like Misa Atago, who goes on a trip to ease the pain of her break-up with her boyfriend). In the end, all of them will learn about Dragless and realize how serious the situation is.

Screenshots

Lightning Legend: Daigo no Daibouken screenshot 1Lightning Legend: Daigo no Daibouken screenshot 2

More games like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.