Dragon Knight 4 (Jpn) - ドラゴンナイトIV
Dragon Knight 4 (ドラゴンナイト４) is an anime-style role-playing video game developed by ELF Corporation and released in Japan on several platforms between 1994 and 1997. In 1994, the game first became available for PC DOS, NEC PC-9801 and Sharp X68000, with a censored version ported to the SNES in 1996 and later to the PC-FX, PlayStation and Sega Saturn in 1997.
Dragon Knight 4 is a continuation of the Dragon Knight series, and a sequel to Knights of Xentar.
The game features a turn-based battle system, with the player in control of up to eight additional characters. Allies and enemies are both separated into statistically distinct classes: swordsmen, archers and sorcerers, with certain armour and weaponry being appropriate to each.
Dragon Knight 4 is a continuation of the Dragon Knight series, and a sequel to Knights of Xentar.
The game features a turn-based battle system, with the player in control of up to eight additional characters. Allies and enemies are both separated into statistically distinct classes: swordsmen, archers and sorcerers, with certain armour and weaponry being appropriate to each.
Dragon Knight 4 (Jpn)
Technical
CPU
- maincpu 5A22 (@ 21 Mhz)
- soundcpu SPC700 (@ 1 Mhz)
Chipset
- SNES Custom DSP (SPC700)
Display
- Orientation Yoko
- Resolution 255 x 225
- Frequency 60.098476 Hz
Controlers
- Number of players 2
- Number of buttons 6
- Kind of controler
- joy (8 ways)
- joy (8 ways)
- joy (8 ways)
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Dragon Knight 4 (Jpn) Screenshots
Story
The central character of Dragon Knight 4 is Kakeru, the son of Yamato Takeru, the protagonist of the earlier games in the series. At the outset, the player is informed of the sorcerer Lushifon's plot to destroy civilization and must guide Kakeru through a number of battles before finally confronting the wizard.
Censorship
The original DOS, FM Towns and PC-98 versions of the game feature erotic scenes.Banpresto removed these aspects before re-publishing the game for the SNES, PC-FX and PlayStation platforms. A third remake brought the game into the third dimension and brought back the erotic scenes.
Adaptations
Novel
- Wani Books version: 3 volumes. Authored by Rei Marimura.
- Kill Time Communication: 2 volumes. Authored by Youko Kagura.
Comic book
- Media Works version: 3 volumes. Authored by Togashi.
OVA
- 2 volumes were animated by Dangun Pictures and released by PinkPineapple. Each contains 2 episodes.
