Dragon Slayer I

Parallel development

In order to hedge their bets, Falcom let Yoshio Kiya and Tadanobu Inoue each develop their own Dragon Slayer. Kiya's version was taken up by Falcom as their own product, while Inoue's version (for the Sharp X1 and NEC PC-8801 computers) was submitted to the programming olympic contest held by Login magazine.

Versions and revisions

The original PC88 version underwent several revisions, both to the game system and audiovisuals. The original version, called "Level 1.0", had a sparse title screen and trickier enemies, which were revised first in Level 1.1 and finally in Level 2.0, which also added more elaborate sound and a striking title screen for the floppy disk version.