Dragon Ball Z
Dragon Ball Z is a fighting game designed and manufactured in Japan by Banpresto in 1993. The game's cabinet is shaped like a robot with markings similar to Goku's gi (suit). The game features large sprites…
Dragon Ball Z is an arcade developed by Banpresto, released 1 November 1993 on Arcade. The main story takes about 2 hrs to finish.
What Dragon Ball Z is
Dragon Ball Z is an arcade game developed by Banpresto and released in 1993. It is available on Arcade only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Dragon Ball Z is a fighting game designed and manufactured in Japan by Banpresto in 1993. The game's cabinet is shaped like a robot with markings similar to Goku's gi (suit). The game features large sprites and a color palete that is identical Toriyama's water color scheme in the manga. The environments are semi destructible as chunks of wall or ground could be destroyed. The controls are unique as most of the characters movements are flight related. The playable characters are Goku, Super Saiyan Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, Piccolo, Frieza, Captain Ginyu, Recoome, and Burter.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Dragon Ball series
Dragon Ball Z is the 18th of 179 entries we hold in the Dragon Ball series. The next entry was Dragon Ball Z: Super Butouden 2 in 1993.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 2 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 3 hrs, roughly 1.5 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Dragon Ball Z launched on 1 November 1993, within three weeks of Sam & Max Hit the Road and Disney's Aladdin.
Released around the same time: Sam & Max Hit the Road, Disney's Aladdin.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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Quick answers
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