Dragon Spirit: The New Legend

Dragon Spirit: The New Legend is like a sequel to the arcade original story-wise, with you controlling the son of the original's protagonist saving his sister from a new antagonist, but its more like a remixed port of it.

It also includes a Gold Dragon mode which is an easier, shorter version of the game that grants you the Bad Ending, which is played if you fail at the intro stage recapping the end of the original game including its final boss.

Sound Test#

At the title screen, hold A + B + Up on Controller 2 and press Reset.

Level Select#

Enter the Sound Test mode. Then press Up, Up, B, Down, Down, B on the second controller. Another pair of numbers will appear under the sound index numbers. Use the D-Pad on the second controller to select the starting level.

The Maidens#

For a long time, the requirements for the maidens to appear after each area have remained a mystery, but thanks to Famicomall, it has been solved. Normally when you beat an Area, the maiden is rescued, but she appears as a shadow. However, if you fulfill the following conditions, they'll show up, give you a different message and will grant some help. However, it doesn't change the story or ending if you rescue them or not. This only applies to the "Blue Dragon" route, because the maidens always appear in the "Gold Dragon" route.

Blue Dragon route:

• Area 1: The maiden always appears, leaves a message.
• Area 2: Appears if your Firepower is below three, restores your energy.
• Area 3: Appears at random (50% chance), gives a 1up.
• Area 4: Appears if your Dragon has less than three heads, restores energy.
• Area 5: Appears at random (50% chance), gives a 1up.
• Area 6: Appears if your Dragon has less than three heads, restores energy.

Regional Differences#

Title Screen#

Japan	US

Dream Cutscene#

If you lose on the prologue stage, a cutscene shows the character waking up. For the US version, a shirt was added to the character.

Japan	US

Good Ending#

In the Japanese version, press Select 20 times at the good ending scene where Iris is riding on top of the Dragon's head to lift her skirt up. The code was removed in the USA version of the game, but the upskirt graphics are still present inside the ROM.

Japanese/US scene	Japanese Only

Staff Roll#

The US staff roll is a bit different from the Japanese version.

Below is a translation:

PRODUCE
ねぎちゃん

GAME.CHARA DESIGN
はろ ７０００

CHARACTER DESIGN
ばっかす おはる

SOUND DESIGN
ぶるじょあ きよし

PROGRAM
やっぴい あさきち

PRODUCE
Negi-chan

GAME.CHARA DESIGN
Haro 7000

CHARACTER DESIGN
Bacchus Oharu

SOUND DESIGN
Bourgeois Kiyoshi

PROGRAM
Yappy Asakichi

PRODUCE
Mr.NEGI

GAME DEISGN
HARO 7000

CHARACTER DESIGN
BACCHUS HARU

SOUND DESIGN
RICH KIYOSHI

PROGRAM
YAPPY

• Negi-chan was renamed to Mr. Negi.
• The role GAME.CHARA DESIGN was renamed to GAME DESIGN.
• Bourgeois Kiyoshi was renamed to Rich Kiyoshi, implying that the US name Rich is not based on the name "Richard", but rather rich as in a rich person.
• Yappy Asakichi was renamed to just Yappy.

• The Japanese version's The End screen has the Namcot logo, while the US version has Namco in plain white text.