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In the "5th Gamest Awards" (1991) run by the game magazine Gamest, it took No. 2 for the Best Action Award, No. 9 for the Best Presentation Award, No. 8 for the Best Graphics Award, and No. 19 for Hit Games of the Year.
In the "5th Gamest Awards" (1991) run by the game magazine Gamest, it took No. 2 for the Best Action Award, No. 9 for the Best Presentation Award, No. 8 for the Best Graphics Award, and No. 19 for Hit Games of the Year.
In the "Cross Review" feature of the magazine Famitsu,the four reviewers gave 7, 6, 7, and 5, for a total of 25 out of 40. In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by Family Computer Magazine,it scored 21.6 out of 30, as shown below.
In addition, the game publication Chozetsu Daigirin '98 Spring Edition (Tokuma Shoten), published in 1998, pointed out that 3-player simultaneous play had become 2-player simultaneous play, and rated it positively, saying "the atmosphere faithfully reproduces the arcade version".
According to Famitsu, The King of Dragons sold 8,979 copies in its first week on the market and 11,544 copies during its lifetime in Japan.
In Japan, Game Machine listed The King of Dragons on their October 1, 1991 issue as being the most-popular arcade game for the previous two weeks.
The Japanese publication Micom BASIC Magazine ranked the game twenty-fifth in popularity in its November 1991 issue.
At the start of development the Wizard was made as a female character, but an instruction came that "a female character showing her thighs is bad for overseas", and it was hastily changed to its present form.
Micom BASIC Magazine also gave the game several awards at the 1991 "Video Game Grand Prize", placing 5th in "Overall Grand Prize", 6th in "Player Division", 3rd in "Best Action", and 9th in "Game Center Department".
According to Famitsu, The King of Dragons sold 8,979 copies in its first week on the market and 11,544 copies during its lifetime in Japan.
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