is an

arcade Arcade most often refers to: * Arcade game, a coin-operated game machine ** Arcade cabinet, housing which holds an arcade game's hardware ** Arcade system board, a standardized printed circuit board * Amusement arcade, a place with arcade games * ...

shooter

video game Video games, also known as computer games, are electronic games that involves interaction with a user interface or input device such as a joystick, game controller, controller, computer keyboard, keyboard, or motion sensing device to gener ...

released by

Taito is a Japanese company that specializes in video games, toys, arcade cabinets and game centers, based in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The company was founded by Michael Kogan in 1953 as the importing vodka, vending machines and jukeboxes into Japan. It ...

in 1988 and designed by Fukio Mitsuji, creator of ''

Bubble Bobble is a 1986 platform arcade game developed and published by Taito. It was distributed in the United States by Romstar, and in Europe by Electrocoin. Players control Bub and Bob, two dragons that set out to save their girlfriends from a world known ...

''. The player controls a golden metal dragon which flies around, breathing fire at its enemies while collecting power-ups to recharge its fire. The enemies are robots and tanks. At the end of each level, the player fights a boss. It was re-released for the PlayStation 2 as a part of ''

Taito Legends 2 ''Taito Legends 2'' is the sequel to '' Taito Legends'' and is a follow-up collection of 39 (or 43, see below) Taito arcade games for Xbox, PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Windows. As the former collection, it has been derived from the Japan exclus ...

'' in 2006.

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Dariusburst is a horizontal scrolling shooter developed by Pyramid and published by Taito. Forming part of the ''Darius'' series, it was released for the PlayStation Portable on December 24, 2009. Like previous ''Darius'' games, ''Dariusburst'' is an offbea ...

'', also from Taito, the boss named Dark Helios changes form and appears to be the metal dragon from ''Syvalion''.

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''Syvalion'' at KLOV

''Syvalion'' at Arcade History

''Syvalion'' at GameFAQs
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