Dragon Buster[a] is an action role-playing platform video game developed and published by Namco for arcades.

In Japan, the game was ported to the Family Computer (Famicom), MSX, and X68000; the latter version was later released for the Virtual Console in the same region on November 18, 2008.

[6] Dragon Buster was also the earliest game to feature a double jump mechanic,[7] and one of the first to use a visual health meter.

[8] Clovis, the son of the royal family's chief bodyguard, is a young swordsman who was sent to live and train with a monk in the forest as a youth due to mischievous behavior in his childhood.

The kingdom's legend comes to light as a dragon and his minions raid the land and kidnap King Lawrence's 16-year-old daughter, Princess Celia.

The player must guide the hero Clovis through each round on to the Dragon Mountain[9] to rescue his beloved Princess Celia.

The player must find the boss that contains the exit on each level to proceed through the round and finally reach the castle.

Dragon Buster was a hit in Japan,[1] where Game Machine listed it on their March 1, 1985 issue as being the third most-successful table arcade unit of the month.