Dragon Slayer I (1990)

Developer

Nihon Falcom

Publisher

Epoch

Platforms

Game Boy

Genres

Role-playing (RPG)

How it feels

An early action RPG classic ported to Game Boy, helping define the genre with its dragon-slaying adventure.

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About

Dragon Slayer I is a Game Boy conversion of the Dragon Slayer, an action RPG designed by Yoshio Kiya and developed by Nihon Falcom. The title helped to pioneer the action RPG genre in Japan and spawned many sequels that would spin-off into their own franchises over time.

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• Dragon Slayer (1986)
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• DragonStrike (1990)
• Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury / Dragon Ball GT: Transformation (2005)
• Dragon Quest: Shounen Yangus to Fushigi no Dungeon (2006)
• Dragon Warrior IV (1990)

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