Black Dragon

Description

A barbarian runs about in a horizontally-oriented playfield, collecting coins with which he can buy upgrades for his armor, a whip-like weapon, keys for treasure chests, and anti-poisoning potions. Special items that reveal coins, upgraded armor or points may be found by whipping certain walls.

Black Dragon was produced by Capcom in 1987.

Capcom released 228 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1984. Capcom was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Capcom during the time period Black Dragon was produced include: Legendary Wings, Side Arms - Hyper Dyne, Ares No Tsubasa - The Legendary Soldiers, Speed Rumbler, The, Rush & Crash, Avengers, 1943 Kai - Midway Kaisen, 1943: The Battle Of Midway, Black Tiger, and Bionic Commando

Specs

Name	Black Dragon
Developer	Capcom (Japan)
Year	1987
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	7132
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Platform
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	JAMMA
Game Specific	Black Dragon Pinout
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 2 - JumpWhip
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
PCB	Black Dragon PCB Image

Black Dragon KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

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Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs

Near the end of level seven, there is a place where you have to jump up and to the right. It may seem like you cannot make the jump, but to make it you will need to push up and right at the exact time you push jump. Keep holding up and right until you complete the jump and if you do it right, you will sort of appear up on the next platform

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Miscellaneous

This is the Japanese verion of Black Tiger. The bootleg is titled "Black Tiger" as well, but the logo is different than the US release. Both games are identical to the original in all other respects.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Black Dragon Census

There are 14,755 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,475 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,460 machines (6,896 unique titles).

Common - There are 22 known instances of this machine owned by Black Dragon collectors who are active members. Of these, It is an original dedicated machine (not another machine converted with a kit). 21 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with an extra Black Dragon circuit board for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Black Dragon circuit board set.

This game ranks a 10 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

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Technical

CPU: Z80
SOUND: YM-2203

Manuals

Pinout and DIP Switch Settings - Black Dragon Manual — **Pinout and DIP Switch Settings**
(4 pages, 781 kB File)

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