is an arcade

Arcade game

An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers...

 video game released by Taito

Taito

Taito may mean:*Taito Corporation, a Japanese developer of video game software and arcade hardware*Taito, Tokyo, a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan*Taito, also known as matai, paramount chiefs according to Fa'a Samoa...

 in 1988. The player controls a metal dragon with shooter gameplay. This game was designed by Fukio Mitsuji

Fukio Mitsuji

, also known as 'MTJ', was a Japanese game designer and game artist.Mitsuji is best known for his work at Taito, where he created popular arcade platform game Bubble Bobble and its follow-up Rainbow Islands...

, creator of Bubble Bobble

Bubble Bobble

is an arcade game by Taito, first released in 1986 and later ported to numerous home computers and game consoles. The game, starring the twin Bubble Dragons and , is an action-platform game in which players travel through one hundred different stages, blowing and bursting bubbles, avoiding...

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It was re-released for PC, PS2 and Xbox as a part of Taito Legends 2

Taito Legends 2

Taito Legends 2 is the sequel to Taito Legends and is a follow-up collection of 39 Taito arcade games for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC....

 in 2006.

Trivia

In the Taito game Darius Burst

Darius Burst

is a horizontal scrolling shooter developed by Pyramid and published by Taito. It is the latest installment of the Darius series and it is released for the PlayStation Portable in December 24, 2009....

the boss named Dark Helios changes form and appears to be the metal dragon.