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Saint Dragon

Tenseiryuu: Saint Dragon is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up video game originally released as a coin-op by Jaleco in 1989. It was converted to several home computer platforms by Storm Entertainment in 1990.

31 December 1989

Saint Dragon is a shooter developed by NMK Co. Ltd., released 31 December 1989 on TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine, Amiga, Amstrad CPC and Arcade.

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What Saint Dragon is

Saint Dragon is a shooter game developed by NMK Co. Ltd. and released in 1989. It was published by Jaleco. It is available on TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, MSX, Sinclair ZX81 and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Cyborg Monsters have taken over the galaxy, reducing race after race into slavery. Being designed by man these beings have superior firepower and attack capabilities, and can only really be beaten by one of their own. St. Dragon the Cyborg Warrior chooses to fight back against this tyranny, and that is the role you take in this horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Saint Dragon launched on 31 December 1989, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris and Pipe Dream.

Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris, Pipe Dream.

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When did Saint Dragon come out?
Saint Dragon was released on 31 December 1989 for TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, MSX, Sinclair ZX81 and ZX Spectrum.

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