Dragon Slayer (video game)

Dragon Slayer (ドラゴンスレイヤー, Doragon Sureiyā) is an action role-playing game, developed by Nihon Falcom and designed by Yoshio Kiya. It was originally released in 1984 for the PC-8801, PC-9801, X1 and FM-7, and became a major success in Japan. It was followed by an MSX port published by Square in 1985 (making it one of the first titles to be published by Square), a Super Cassette Vision by Epoch in 1986 and a Game Boy port by the same company in 1990 under the name Dragon Slayer I (ドラゴンスレイヤーI, Doragon Sureiyā Wan). A version for PC-6001mkII was in development but was never released. A remake of Dragon Slayer is included in the Falcom Classics collection for the Sega Saturn.

This article is about the video game. For the series, see Dragon Slayer (series). For other uses, see Dragon slayer (disambiguation).
Dragon Slayer
Developer(s)Nihon Falcom
Publisher(s)
  • JP: Nihon Falcom
  • JP: Square (MSX)
Designer(s)Yoshio Kiya
SeriesDragon Slayer
Platform(s)FM-7, NEC PC-8801, MSX, X1, Super Cassette Vision, Game Boy, Sega Saturn
ReleasePC-8801
  • JP: September 10, 1984
PC-9801 & FM-7
  • JP: October 18, 1984
X1
  • JP: December 12, 1984
MSX
  • JP: July 15, 1985
Super Cassette Vision
Game Boy
  • JP: August 12, 1990
Sega Saturn
Falcom Classics
  • JP: November 6, 1997
Genre(s)Action role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Dragon Slayer began the Dragon Slayer series, a banner which encompasses a number of popular Falcom titles, such as Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu, Sorcerian, and Legacy of the Wizard. It also includes Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes, which would later spawn over a dozen entries across multiple subseries.

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