Dragon Spirit: The New Legend

Dragon Spirit: The New Legend
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Developer(s)	Namco[1]
Publisher(s)	JP Namco[1] NA Bandai[1]
Platform(s)	Family Computer
Release date(s)	JP April 14, 1989[2] NA June 1990[1]
Genre(s)	Action[1]
Mode(s)	Single-player

Dragon Spirit: The New Legend (ドラゴンスピリット 新たなる伝説, Dragon Spirit: Aratanaru Densetsu^?)^[3] is a Family Computer video game that was released to both North America and Japan.

Summary

This game is a completely family-friendly vertical shooter that is based on 1942, 1943, and Tiger Heli.^[4] The player controls a dragon who must use fireballs to destroy bigger dragons. Video game critics have given this game mixed reviews from very positive to very negative.^[5]

There are two different kinds of game: the golden dragon game (easy difficulty level) or the blue dragon game (hard difficulty level).^[6]

Peace has roamed the kingdom of Olympis for years, thanks to King Amru's heroic battle against the demon Zawel.^[6] After Amru had married his lovely wife Aricia, they were blessed with the birth of their children, Princess Iris and Prince Lace.^[6] But little did they know that the evil Galda was building an army of evil and used his black magic to resurrect Zawel from the dead.^[6] Galda has decided to attack the Earth and the player must stop him.^[5] Taking a sword that belongs to the player's father, he must rescue his sister Iris.^[5]

While the player has 360° control within the screen on display, players have to avoid hitting enemies on-screen as it would damage (and ultimately kill) the main character.^[7] Players have two kinds of attacks; shoot directly in the air with fire or bomb the ground with mysterious dragon bombs.^[7] The main character sprite is large; meaning that the player is easy to destroy.^[7] There are nine worlds in the game - ranging from the Paleozoic era to a parallel universe known only as the Evil Place where the final boss awaits the player in his lair.^[7]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Release information". GameFAQs. http://www.gamefaqs.com/nes/587247-dragon-spirit-the-new-legend/data. Retrieved 2011-05-24. 
2. ^ "Japanese release date information". Famicom World. http://famicomworld.com/game/266/. Retrieved 2011-05-24. 
3. ^ "Japanese-English title translation". SuperFamicom.org. http://superfamicom.org/famicom/info/dragon-spirit-aratanaru-densetsu/. Retrieved 2011-05-24. 
4. ^ "Advanced overview". NeoSeeker. http://www.neoseeker.com/Games/Products/NES/dragon_spirit_the_new_legend/. Retrieved 2011-05-24. 
5. ^ ^{a b c} "Basic overview of game". MobyGames. http://www.mobygames.com/game/nes/dragon-spirit-the-new-legend. Retrieved 2011-05-24. 
6. ^ ^{a b c d} "Story/gameplay information". NES World. http://www.nesworld.com/spotlight-dragonspirit.php. Retrieved 2011-05-24. 
7. ^ ^{a b c d} "Gameplay information". Mike Di Donato. http://www.mikedidonato.com/2011/03/18/nes-review-1-dragon-spirit-the-new-legend/. Retrieved 2011-05-24.