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Dragon Breed [ドラゴンブリード] Game Sample - Arcade

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Channel: Vysethedetermined2 · 2017 · Gaming

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Dragon Breed is one of MANY "old, but gold" games released by Irem back during the days of old. While this upload is for the original arcade game made back in 1989, Dragon Breed was actually converted over to several home computer platforms as well...which isn't exactly well known. Naturally, the ports vary quite a bit and your mileage will vary. As for what the game deals with, the story seems to generally be the same.

A boy named Kayus became the King of the Agamen Empire when he was just 15 years old. Those who dissatisfied with his enthronement conspired to break the seal confining the King of Darkness, Zambaquous, to seize the kingdom with the black power. With black power flowing freely, the wind became filled with miasma and the ground rotted...things gradually began to change due to the power of darkness. King Kayus gets together with the dragon of light, Bahamoot, to stop the recovery of darkness before it engulfs everything.

The game was pretty cool for a game in the late 80s, and it stood out more because of the gameplay...you rode on top of a dragon and both the dragon and Kayus could fight and increase in power. Kayus had a basic shot that could be increased in power, and he aids the dragon by dismounting at several points and gathering powerups. While dismounted, Kayus can shoot in multiple directions by aiming his gun and he can crouch and jump as well. While on top of Bahamoot, he can still attack, aiding Bahamoot with additional firepower. However, regardless of whether Kayus is on the dragon or not, if he is hit, you lose a life.

The interesting thing is how you use Bahamoot. The dragon acts as both your weapon and a shield and it takes shots and can also destroy enemies by ramming into them. In that regard, there is a sort of "risk versus reward" system at play, because by using body ramming as a means of attack, you may put Kayus at greater risk, but if done skillfully, it can serve as great offense. Bahamoot has different forms and in the gold and blue forms, you can roll Bahamoot up to offer a superb defense to Kayus.

Grabbing the same power-up multiple times powers up Bahamoot's firepower as well. Red is like a flamethrower. Blue allows you to shoot lightning bolts from beneath you. Gold enables Bahamoot's body to fire crescents in all directions. Silver allows you to shoot "homing dragons" at enemies...on top of all of that, holding down the shot button allows you to shoot a powerful charged shot, that has several "stages", with the max power shot being a dragon head blast.

It is a solid title...not so sure about the home computer ports right now. There are conversions/ports on the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and Sinclair ZX Spectrum...from what I saw, visually, the Atari ST and Amiga versions seemed the closest.

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