Dragon Breed Longplay (Arcade] [4K]

Game Info
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Developer: Irem
Publisher: Irem
Year of Release: 1989
Game Review & Impressions
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yet another game from Irem's back catalogue of shoot 'em ups, Dragon Breed is a visually stunning entry in the annals of coin-op shoot 'em up history. The art style, which would become synonymous with Irem's arcade titles from here on out, is superb. I couldn't find a list of credits for the game, but I suspect the artist is Akio Oyabu, who worked on many of Irem's arcade titles and, perhaps even more famously, Metal Slug.
As with R-Type and X-Multiply, Dragon Breed follows similar design principles by allowing the player to use the body of the dragon to block incoming projectiles. Grabbing power-up capsules from defeated enemies both changes your drake's main weapon and, if multiple capsules of the same colour are collected, increasing the power of the shot. If I'm honest, the only weapon I found to be of any real use was the flame breath (red); the others all felt just a little too weak to bother with.
Perhaps the game's most interesting mechanic is the ability to dismount from your scaley steed when positioned directly over a floating platform. Whilst on foot, your blaster increases in power and spread, and the dragon will automatically engage foes until you're ready to take off again. This all seems like a cool idea, but there's actually very little opportunity to use this mechanic and, if I'm honest, it's not particularly useful do so.
While Dragon Breed might not be as iconic as R-Type or its sequel, I think this it's certainly one of Irem's more interesting coin-ops. This is in large part to the graphics and outlandish enemy designs, which would certainly have caught the eye of passing punters. If you're in the mood for a decent blasting game, Dragon Breed will certainly scratch that particular itch.
Chapters
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00:00 Attract mode
00:10 Stage 1
03:32 Stage 2
05:45 Stage 3
08:45 Stage 4
12:18 Stage 5
15:22 Stage 6
18:18 Ending

[@miniaturasydragones2426]

At the end the man is on the ground, crying the lost of his dragon, I wished a happy ending like "neverending story", but this touched my heart .😢

[@theodorehsu5023]

He gave his life for his friend, and the man never forgot that sacrifice. Because that was true friendship, and he was grateful.

[@greensun1334]

The enemies and artstyle of this game looks like a cross between Jim Power and Gynoug/Wings of Wor, pretty cool!

[@ArttuTheCat]

DRAGON BREED looks so retrospectively awesome,
i still want to look for the Commodore 64 and Amiga versions of this game 😹😺👍.
And you, AL82, are still an retrospectively awesome gamer 😺👍🕹️.
You deserve a big retrospective like 👍🕹️ from Vantaa, Finland 🇫🇮.

[@Silpiobaire]

One of the most ubiquitous arcade games in the early 90s for me. I’d step into any arcade/movie theater and instantly know they had it with the telltale sound effects.

[@CesaryGamer]

Amazing Game Experience 👏👏👏

[@EamonThePhilogynistWalford]

R-Type with dragons, methinks. Well played! 🙂

[@bibicmoi2697]

Damn... I remember playing this on amstrad. I let you imagine the differences, no music, commodore 64 style graphics (guess it was a 100% port) much slower obviously a'd such horrendous dificulty

[@herpderp9774]

Very cool game, I am not sure why the guy bothered to turn up though, that dragon is completely invulnerable to everything that hits it and absolutely smokes everything.

[@sdfghgtrew]

As the legned goes.

[@johnmichaelarnaud]

No wonder I never finished this. It's even harder than I remember.

[@captain0080]

Interesting concept, i've only ever seen something like this in one stage of the arcade version of Joe and Mac/Stone Age/Caveman Ninja.

[@johnwardjr-ru2bx]

The yellow/gold dragon is the best all-around weapon for best defense.

[@john.infinite78]

It's like Saint Dragon.. but BIGGER 😮

[@kacpersobieraj5421]

Every time ya hop off of the dragon and onto the ground, the game begins to resemble Contra for the NES, even if unintentionally.

[@giuseppelavecchia775]

Bel gioco,ho la versione AMIGA

[@Chaos1612mr]

Came here just for the stage 1 soundtrack 😊

[@billy6427]

This is Cool

[@VJFranzK]

some of the weirdest levitating stuff that isn't spaceships!

[@TheKrensada]

Why is the game called Dragon Breed?

[@kerbal666]

This gave me Shadow of the Beast vibes for some reason

[@echidna13]

I wonder why in this game you need time if the screen moves on its own and you have no influence on the speed of completing the stage? funny))

[@ebenolivier2762]

You do have control over how long you take to defeat the boss. And there are also sections where you can climb off the dragon, causing the screen to stop scrolling.

[@Robotron2084psn]

I expected better from Irem.

[@magicjohnson3121]

What’s wrong? This game is cool

[@guillermoconesa5549]

NO DEJEMOS PERDER ESTOS BUENOS CANALES AMIGOS , DANDO LIKE , SUSCRIBIRSE , COMENTAR Y RECOMENDAR SIRVE PARA TODOS , PORFA Y GRACIAS👍👍