Play Dragon Buster (Japan) Online

Game Overview

Dragon Buster is one of those early NES games that feels like a time capsule—it’s rough around the edges, but there’s something charming about it. You play as a knight swinging a sword through side-scrolling dungeons, fighting dragons and skeletons in this 1984 Namco arcade port. The controls are stiff by today’s standards, but back then, the double-jump mechanic felt surprisingly fresh. Just don’t expect deep combat—most enemies go down in one or two hits, though the later dragons put up a decent fight. The music’s got that classic 8-bit chiptune energy, too. It’s short, simple, and very much of its era.