Dragon Spirit

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TurboGrafx-16 PC Engine
Dragon Spirit
System(s): PC Engine, TurboGrafx-16, Virtual Console (Wii)
Publisher: Namco NEC Home Electronics (USA)
Developer: Namco
Original system(s): Arcade boards
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1988-12-16 ¥5,5005,500 NC63003 US 1989-11 TGX020016 JP ▼ 2007-11-13 600pts600 US ▼ 2007-07-02 600pts600 EU ▼ 2007-07-06 600pts600 AU ▼ 2007-08-10 600pts600
Non-NEC versions Arcade Amiga Amstrad CPC Atari ST Commodore 64 X68000 ZX Spectrum

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Dragon Spirit (ドラゴンスピリット) is a vertical scrolling shoot-'em-up originally released by Namco for Namco System 1 arcade hardware in 1987. A year later the company brought it to the PC Engine in Japan, and in 1989 it was released for the TurboGrafx-16 in North America.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as

Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Dragon Spirit	Dragon Spirit
Japanese	ドラゴンスピリット	Dragon Spirit

Production credits

---- Staff ----

• Character Design: Macchan, Arakawa Da!
• Music Composer: Megaten Hosoe, Astron Ishii, Kawagen, Thunder Noguchi
• Main programmer: Otenba Kid
• Guest Programmer: Hal/Uda
• Sound Programmer: Toshi Kobasan
• Producer: Greatist Asayan
• Special thanks to: Kyonta?, Kazuchan, Yohkun

Omake!

• ＜＜＜ 1984 ＞＞＞: Glaxian, Pac-Man, Xevious, Mappy
• ＜＜＜ 1985 ＞＞＞: Galaga, Digdug, The Tower Of Druaga, Warpman, Battle City, Pac-Land, Burger Time, Star Luster
• ＜＜＜ 1986 ＞＞＞: Digdug2, Tag Team Prowrestling, Super Chinese, Babel, Valkyrie, Skykid, Super Xevious, Mappy-Land, Family Stadium, Metrocross
• ＜＜＜ 1987 ＞＞＞: Dragon Buster, Family Jockey, Sanma No Meitantei, Dragonslayer4, Family Boxing, Family Mahjong, Digital Devil Story, Side Pocket, Lupin The 3Rd, Devious, Karnov, Family Stadium'87, Family Tennis, Star Wars
• ＜＜＜ 1988 ＞＞＞: Family Circuit, Yokai Douchuki, Dokuganryu Masamune, World Stadium, Namco Classic, Yokai Douchuki, Galaga'88, The Quest Of Ki, Sangokushi, World Court, And Dragon Spirit

The End

• Presented by: Namcot

Source:

In-game credits (JP)

Digital manuals

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  PC Engine mini JP manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Dragon Spirit/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

PC Engine version

NEC Retro Average
Publication Score Source Complete Guide to Consoles 92 №1, p54 Computer Entertainer 88 №8.09, p11 Computer & Video Games 94 №90, p108-109

	91
Based on 3 reviews

PC Engine, JP
Cover
Card File:DragonSpirit PCE HuCard JP Manual.pdf Manual

TurboGrafx-16 version

TurboGrafx-16, US
Cover
Card File:DragonSpirit TG16 US Manual.pdf Manual Jewel Case

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 01a76935 MD5 0a459d74f0545f4538705276422be34e SHA-1 09b037fde801b71d1ff343c40ff5a58372b9a514	256kB		Card (JP)
✔	CRC32 086f148c MD5 1fe13078c7aba4ef0777d5a470d56986 SHA-1 3bdd082360335232715633b469da71ab2597279d	256kB		Card (US)

External links

• Dragon Spirit on Nintendo eShop: UK

References

Dragon Spirit games for NEC systems
Dragon Spirit (1988) | Dragon Saber (1991)