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Instruction booklet · April 1994

The King of Dragons

Role-playing (RPG)Hack and slash/Beat 'em upArcade1 playerPre-ESRB

The story

SNES Port of the arcade game with the same name. Changes it was given includes reducing the number of simultaneous players down to two, reducing the sizes of the in game sprites moderately, and it being possible to assign the magic attack and shield defense to different buttons.

Specifications

Released
April 1994
Developer
Capcom
Publisher
Capcom
Players
1
Genre
Role-playing (RPG) · Hack and slash/Beat 'em up · Arcade
Rating
Pre-ESRB
Themes
Action · Fantasy
View
Side view

What the magazines said

8
7
EGM · two reviewers
Computer and Video Games
77/100
Game Informer
5/10
GP
57%
Hyper
30/100
Official Nintendo Magazine
64/100
Super Play
53%
Total!
60%, 3-
Electronic Games
C+
Super Gamer
53/100
VideoGames
5/10
BE KIND, REWINDApril 1994
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Vol. 4 · No. 137Omaha, Nebraska · Late edition25¢
The Omaha World-Pixel
Week of April 1, 1994
Apr. 7

A deadheading Federal Express flight engineer attempts to hijack and intentionally crash Federal Express Flight 705, a cargo flight from Memphis, Tennessee to San Jose, California. The attempt is unsuccessful, resulting in severe injuries to the attempted hijacker and the 3 other pilots on board. The aircraft makes a successful emergency return landing in Memphis.

💵 A Super NES was $199.99 at launch · about $473 today

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