SLAM DRAGON
Official Title  Slam Dragon
Common Title  Slam Dragon
Serial Number(s)  SLPS-00246
Region  NTSC-J
Genre / Style  Fighting 

Developer  Jaleco
Publisher  Jaleco.
Date Released  12 April 1996
Disc Number &
Printed Serial Number		 DISC 1

SLPS-00246
Serial Number In Disc SLPS-00246
Media Disc ID N / A
Number Of Tracks 2
( 1 Data Track &
1 Audio Track )
Approx. Image Size
( Image Format Used )		 458 MB
( .bin / .cue )
Approx.Size On Disc MB
Approx. Archive Size
( Archive Type Used )		 MB
( 1 RAR File with
2% Recovery )
Barcode Number(s)
( UPC / EAN )
From the back cover.
  •  4907859108030  - 
     

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English
Menus and gameplay are in English.

Slam Dragon is a 2d fighter game that features two game modes:
- Arcade Mode
- Vs Mode

Slam Dragon is akin to Virtua Fighter with 2D sprites. With one punch, one kick, and a guard button, you have various short attack strings and "special moves" that are flashier single attacks or longer attack chains. There are no projectiles or burning/electric attacks, even supers are nothing more than a long series of attacks or throws. Knockdowns are often excruciatingly long in order to allow pursuit attacks and the juggle system seems to be open for anything once someone is airborne. Some fake 3D elements are present, such as characters getting knocked into and out of the polygonal backgrounds, and a sort of sidestep ability.

As for the quality of the game, well, I'll say I've played worse. The controls are ponderous and unresponsive, making calculated performance inordinately difficult while mashing becomes the more effective tactic. The characters are all fairly well differentiated, if not original in the slightest. Terry Bogard, a black dancer, the cleavagey grappling cop, Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, and a wrestler, with the Japanese lady luchadore and big monk being "standouts." You also get a weird kind of cyborg/mutant boss guy.

Graphically Slam Dragon is quite poor. Both the FMVs and more importantly the sprites seem to suffer from massive compression issues. Many non-key frames of character animation are blurry, artifacted messes. This on top of the graphics being pre-rendered CG to begin with, an artistic technique that has not aged well at all. Given that, it's hard to find fault with the 3D backgrounds.

CHARACTERS:
The game features eight playable characters:
- Amanda Raian
- Dick Gorunouskye
- Eric Lee
- Gennpachi Daienji
- Jonny Danniales
- Paris Brown
- Riona Ichinose
- Wong Wang

The game features also another character, the boss called Lung X .

  Manufacturer's description:

Wage a fierce battle action fighting with CD rendered the real character. Legendary Man "X" ?Mimasu the eight fighters in the battle. Standing, air, ground, wrap, free system ?Ri?Seru skills in all situations but, uniquely positioned mounting technique employed. Pooled super-powerful mortal power gauge "Super Blow" ?Ri?Sou to.

  Features:
  • Third person perspective.
  • 2D graphics
  • Cartoon graphics
  • Fighting theme.
Number Of Players  1-2 Players
Number Of Memory Card Blocks  1 Block
Compatible Controllers Tested
( Official Gamepads Only )		  Standard Controller ( Digital Controller compatible only )
Compatible Light Guns
( Official Light Guns Only )		  None
Other Compatible Controllers
( Official Controllers Only )		  None
Special Controllers Included Or
Supported ( Official Only )		  None
Vibration Function Compatible  No
Multi-Tap Function Compatible  No
Link Cable Function Compatibile  No
Emulator  ePSXe v.1.7.0
Video Plugin  Pete's OpenGL Driver v2.9 ( internal X & Internal Y= Very High, Stretching mode: Stretch to full window size, render Mode: 2 (Use framebuffer object) text filt = 2 FPS limit= 63, Compatibility=2,3,2; Shader effects= 1 (Fullscreen smoothin))
Audio Plugin  ePSXe SPU Core v.1.7.0
CD-ROM Plugin  ePSXe Cdrom plugin
Game Pad Plugin  N / A
Vibration Compatible  The game doesn't have it (Digital only).
Console Bios Used  SCPH7502

  NOTE:   This is not the only possible combination of plugins. There are others that will work (better or worse) for your particular hardware. We provide you with one working set-up so that you may get the game up and running, hassle-free. Testing other emulators/plugins is up to you.
 

 BASIC CONTROLS:
  Move character:  D-Pad
  Kick -  X Button
  Guard -  Circle Button
  Punch -  Square Button
  Charge -  Triangle Button
  Throw -  Square + X Button
  Step A -  D-Pad Up + Triangle Button
  Step B -  D-Pad Down + Triangle Button
  Pause game -  Start Button
 

GAMESHARK CODES:
  Infinite energy player one -  
800447ED 006E 
 - Jewel Case Covers
FRONT BACK
CLICK THE IMAGE
Dim. - 650 x 656 pix.
Res. - 1200 dpi
File Size - 973 KB		 CLICK THE IMAGE
Dim. - 830 x 649 pix.
Res. - 1200 dpi
File Size - 1'21 MB
 - Disc Cover
DISC
CLICK THE IMAGE
Dim. - 650 x 654 pix.
Res. - 1200 dpi
File Size - 613 KB

 

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Thanks to EXMORTIS for providing part of the game description.
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