The King of Dragons [Arcade] - Wizard - 1CC/ALL - Hardest (with commentary)

Commentary-free footage here:    • The King of Dragons [Arcade] - 1CC/ALL (Ha...   My 1 Credit Clear (1CC/ALL) of the arcade version of The King of Dragons, a 1991 belt-scrolling action game from Capcom, on the hardest difficulty. Played as the Wizard character on the World 910805 version of the game on WolfMAME 0.278. It's a great game! You only have one attack and you don't have any grabs or crowd control tools like a regular beat 'em up, so it plays more like a belt-scrolling Castlevania or Ghosts 'n Goblins. It feels like the first game in a subgenre that doesn't exist, so I hope people will make more games that expand on its ideas one day! My main issues with the game are that some of the bosses have a ton of health on hardest difficulty, and trying to carefully space yourself in the Z axis to hit a boss without being at risk of counterattack can feel awkward at first, compared to regular beat em ups where hitting an enemy/boss will put them in hitstun so you don't need to worry about them immediately counterattacking you. These issues aren't anywhere near significant enough to stop me from recommending it though, so give it a try! Originally played live on my Twitch steam (  / cassmakesgames  . Steam footage here:    • The King of Dragons [Arcade] - 1CC/ALL - W...   0:00 Intro 0:14 Character Select 0:18 Stage 1 1:25 Boss 1: Orc King 2:08 Stage 2: Treasure in an Old Castle 2:46 Boss 2: Minotaur 4:12 Stage 3: Battle on a Mountain Peak 5:33 Boss 3: Wyvern 7:47 Stage 4: Cave of Hydra 9:33 Boss 4: Hydra 12:29 Stage 5: To the Norde Isle 13:33 Stage 6: The Giant in the Shrine 15:48 Miniboss: Minotaur (refight) 16:56 Stage 6 (second half) 18:38 Boss 6: Cyclops 20:30 Stage 7: Trent Woods 22:08 Boss 7: Giant Spider 23:02 Stage 8: To the Castle 24:43 Boss 8: Dragon Rider 25:19 Stage 9: In the Castle 28:24 Boss 9: Black Knight 29:48 Stage 10: Underpass 31:30 Boss 10: Wraith 33:03 Stage 11: Battle in the Fort 34:54 Boss 11: Great Dragonian 36:36 Stage 12: Castle Gardens 37:55 Boss 12: Royal Knights 39:26 Stage 13: Dark Wizard 40:22 Miniboss: Dark Apprentice 40:54 Boss 13: Dark Wizard 43:12 Stage 14: A Cave in the Woods 45:07 Boss 14: Wyvern (Ice) 46:41 Stage 15: Underground Labyrinth 47:51 Boss 15: Cyclops (x2) 49:10 Stage 16: Golden Limestone Cave 49:48 Final Boss: Red Dragon 53:58 Ending