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''The King of Dragons'' is a 1991 [[Medieval European Fantasy]]-themed [[Beat'Em Up]]/[[Hack and Slash]] with a spice of [[Action RPG]] from [[Capcom]], released first in [[Arcade Game|arcades]] and later ported to the [[Super Nintendo|SNES]] in 1994. The game is very similar in gameplay to ''[[Knights of the Round]]'', specially in its level-up system, but it has also weapon upgrading similar to ''[[Magic Sword]]''. Each of the 5 selectable characters has their own strenghts and weakness, and they gain experience with each slain [[Mook]] and treasure picked. Added to this is a total of 8 swords and shields, found in certain treasure chests, which enhance their attack and defense even more.
The story is set in the fictional kingdom of Malus, where the evil red dragon Gildiss has woke up after years of slumber. Following his rise, hordes of monsters loyal to him start raiding Malus, spearheaded by the Dark Wizard from Castle Garenos. With even the knights of Malus and princess Mari unable to face this threat, the task lands upon a group of wandering adventurers who have just come to Malus at the right time.
The game has 5 playable characters, originally [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|only referred by their character class]], but later given official names in one of [[All There in the Manual|Capcom's artbook compilations]].
* '''Derek''', the [[Barbarian Hero|Fighter]]:
* '''Regie''', the [[Squishy Wizard|Wizard]]:
* '''Reval''', the [[Our Elves Are Different|Elf]]:
* '''Aldo''', the [[The Medic|Cleric]]:
* '''Vargas''', the [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same|Dwarf]]:
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* [[All There in the Manual]]: As stated above, the characters' names.
* [[
* [[An Ice Person]]: The Ice Wyvern and [[Evil Is Deathly Cold|the Black Knight]].
* [[The Archer]]: Reval. There are also black-armored archer [[Mook|Mooks]].
* [[Automatic Crossbow]]: Used by the werewolf mooks.
* [[Badass Beard]]: Vargas.
* [[Baleful Polymorph]]: The frog spell.
* [[Barbarian Hero]]: Derek.
* [[Big Bad]]: The Red Dragon Gildiss.
** [[The Dragon]]: The Dark Wizard.
* [[The Big Guy]]: Aldo.
* [[Bolt of Divine Retribution]]: The only explanation for the Great Dragonian's rather random demise.▼
▲* [[Black Knight]]: One of the bosses, even named as such.
** [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: He appears to be wielding a [[Sinister Scimitar|scimitar]] and moves like a [[Ninja]].
* [[Blob Monster]]: A variety of [[Mook]], it crawls along and tries to [[Shock and Awe|electrocute you]].
▲* [[Bolt of Divine Retribution]]: The only explanation for the Great Dragonian's rather random demise.
* [[Breath Weapon]]: Gildiss (of course), the two Wyverns and the Dragon Rider bosses.
* [[Carry a Big Stick]]: Aldo.
* [[Character Level]]
* [[Credits Montage]]
* [[Crossover]]: All the good guys and Gildiss appear in the crossover quiz game ''Adventure Quiz: Capcom World 2''.
* [[Degraded Boss]]: The Minotaur gets demoted into a [[Mini Boss]], while the Dragon Rider goes all the way down to [[Giant Mook]] status.
* [[Dem Bones]]: [[Mook]] enemies.
▲* [[Distressed Damsel]]: Only reason Princess Mari exists at all.
* [[Dual Boss]]: The Royal Knights and the second Cyclops battle. ▼
* [[Dragon Rider]]: The identical-named boss and his [[Palette Swap|Palette Swapped]] mooks. Though the dragons in question are more like [[Dinosaurs Are Dragons|2-legged dinosaurs]].
* [[Drop the Hammer]]: Aldo gets a few of these.
* [[Elemental Powers]]: Each hero has his own magic attack [[Cast
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Evil Old Folks]]: Dark Wizard.
* [[Evil Sorcerer]]: [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Giant Spider]]: Multiple ones, at the boss fight with the exact same name.
* [[Hyperactive Metabolism]]
* [[Inexplicable Treasure Chests]]:
** [[Chest Monster]]: Teethed chest monsters, at that.
* [[In the Hood]]: Regie and the thief [[Mooks]].
* [[Lizard Folk]]: A variety of mooks. The Great Dragonian, on the other hand, is a Dragonian Folk.
* [[
* [[Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me]]: Derek, Vargas and Aldo can pick up shields to increase their defense.
* [[Magic Wand]]: Regie's [[Weapon of Choice]].
* [[Medieval European Fantasy]]
* [[Mummy]]: [[Mook]] enemies.
* [[Palette Swap]]: The Royal Knights are a green and red swapped version of the Black Knight (albeit with new heads). There's also the grey-swapped Cyclops in the second Cyclops boss fight, and the ice-powered second Wyvern.
* [[Playing
* [[Power Floats]]: The Dark Wizard.
* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: Well, not that much. Gildiss is a typical western dragon, right up to the secret hoard of treasures he guards in a limestone cavern.
* [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same]]: Vargas.
* [[Our Elves Are Different]]: Reval.
* [[Our Mermaids Are Different]]: Mermen are [[Elite Mook|Elite Mooks]] that go hopping all over the place with their sharp [[Prongs of Poseidon|tridents]].
* [[Our Orcs Are Different]]: [[The Goomba|Most common mook enemy]]. There's also the first boss, the Ork King.
* [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]: Two [[Mook]] varieties: those wielding [[Automatic Crossbow|Automatic Crossbows]] and those wielding [[Blade
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: Princess Mari led the knight force against Gildiss... too bad she [[Save the Princess|creates more problems that way]].
* [[Shout
* [[Storming the Castle]]: The focus on stages 8/9 (Malus Castle), 11 (a fort) and 12/13 (Castle Garenos).
* [[Teleport Spam]]: There's a wizard [[Mini Boss]] who just ''loves'' this tactic.
▲* [[The World Tree]]: Trent.
* [[Whip Sword]]: The Great Dragonian has one.
* [[The World Tree]]: Trent.
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