The Dragon Ball video games are based on the manga series of the same name created by Akira Toriyama.

In 2000, Infogrames acquired the license to produce and release Dragon Ball games for the North American and international market.

[7] Dragon Ball was Atari's top-earning licensed property, earning $85 million in 2005 and accounting for over 49% of their annual revenue in 2008.

In addition, the mobile game Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle has exceeded 300 million downloads[17] and grossed over $3 billion.

The game is an overhead shoot'em up that allows players to take on the role of Goku who rides on the Nimbus while firing Ki blasts and swatting at enemies with his Power Pole.

[44][45] The playable characters are Goku, Gohan, Krillin, Piccolo, Vegeta, Captain Ginyu, Recoome, Frieza, Future Trunks, Android 18, and Cell.

Dragon Ball Z Gaiden: Saiyan Zetsumetsu Keikaku Chikyū-Hen (ドラゴンボールZ外伝 真サイヤ人絶滅計画 地球編, Doragon Bōru Z Gaiden Shin Saiyajin Zetsumetsu Keikaku Chikyū-Hen, Dragon Ball Z Side Story: True Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans: Earth Edition) is part one in the Saiyan Zenmetsu Keikaku series for the Playdia.

The game illustrates Goku's seven greatest battles: Fighting Tao Pai Pai, challenging Tienshinhan at the Tenkaichi Budokai, destroying King Piccolo, fighting Piccolo at the Tenkaichi Budokai, protecting Earth from Vegeta, saving Namek from Frieza, and sacrificing his life to save the world from Perfect Cell.

The playable characters are Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, Future Trunks, Cell, Android 16 (C16), Android 18 (C18), Frieza, Zarbon, Recoome, Captain Ginyu, Dabura, Goten, Kid Trunks, Supreme Kai, Fat Buu, Super Buu, Super Saiyan Gotenks, Great Saiyaman, Krillin, Tien, and Piccolo.

Most characters from the Namek arc can be fought during the story mode, including ones such as Zarbon and Freeza's transformed states.

[19] In Europe, only the Sega Saturn version was released in France, Portugal and Spain on December 1996,[56] with the French edition retaining the original Japanese name (although is translated as Dragon Ball Z: La grande légende des boules de cristal in the title screen) and the Spanish edition being re-addressed as Dragon Ball Z: The Legend.

The game utilizes a unique system of play that is different from most other fighters and the graphics feature 2-D sprites in a three dimensional world.

The game is similar to other fighters but features 3D environments and characters from the Z and GT series of Dragon Ball franchise.

A series of 10 collectible pocket CD-ROMs released in 2001 exclusively in Australia and designed and produced by Streamedia Pty Ltd. Each CD-ROM featured a different character and contained information on the respective character and the Dragon Ball Z sagas, merchandise available to acquire and a "BattlePrint" activity mode.

Dragon Ball Z: Legendary Super Warriors (ドラゴンボールZ 伝説の超戦士たち, Doragon Bōru Z Densetsu no Chō Senshi Tachi) is a turn-based strategy game developed by Flight-Plan and released for the Game Boy Color by Banpresto.

While the American version of the game only had two movie clips to unlock (the instrumental and vocal openings from Budokai 2), many fans thought there were extra movies to unlock, since the American strategy guide indicated that there were two additional "Baba's Crystal Ball" capsules to purchase.

Atari's PAL distribution network was absorbed into Bandai Namco Partners and Bandai Namco has also handled publishing in North America for future Dragon Ball Z games since 2010, effectively ending Atari's involvement.

PlayStation 2 Super Dragon Ball Z (Japanese: 超スーパードラゴンボールZ, Hepburn: Sūpā Doragonbōru Z ) is a cel-shaded 3D fighting video game, based on the Japanese manga series Dragon Ball created by Akira Toriyama.

The game was released internationally using its Japanese title, which translates to Dragon Ball Z: The Distant Legend of Goku.

Atari's PAL distribution network was absorbed into Bandai Namco Partners and Bandai Namco has also handled publishing in North America for future Dragon Ball Z games since 2010, effectively ending Atari's involvement.

Released in Japan as Dragon Ball: World's Greatest Adventure (ドラゴンボール天下一大冒険, Doragon Bōru Tenka-ichi Dai-Bōken)[58]

This extra content was also available through pre-ordering the game digitally via the Nintendo eShop or through purchasing the Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butōden New 3DS bundle.

Dragon Ball Z (ドラゴンボールZ, Doragon Bōru Z) is a fighting game designed and manufactured in Japan by Banpresto in 1993.

Dragon Ball Z: Bakuretsu Impact (ドラゴンボールZ 爆烈インパクト, Doragon Bōru Z Bakuretsu Inpakuto, Dragon Ball Z: Burst Impact) is the third card-based fighting game for Bandai's Data Carddass arcade system.

Dragon Ball Z: W Bakuretsu Impact (ドラゴンボールZ W爆烈インパクト, Doragon Bōru Z Daburu Bakuretsu Inpakuto, Dragon Ball Z: W Burst Impact) is the fourth card-based fighting game released on Bandai's Data Carddass arcade system.

Dragon Radar Mobile (ドラゴンレーダーモバイル, Doragon Rēdā Mobairu) is a handheld LCD game that is produced by Bandai exclusively in Japan in January 2007 (2007-01).

It has direct control by touching the screen, and it features a two-player mode available via Bluetooth connection, letting players play against each other just by having their phones close to each other.

By tapping the screen with fingers, the player can cause an intense battle to unfold and enjoy the genuine fighting action of Dragon Ball on their smartphone.

Correctly tapping the screen during "Super Break Fight" action events allow to deal massive damage to the opponent.

Developed by Akatsuki and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, it was released in Japan for Android on January 30, 2015 and for iOS on February 19, 2015.