Year of the Dragon (series)

Year of the Dragon (ドラゴンの年 - Doragon no toshi) is a video game series developed by the famous company Ocean Games that has spanned over 25 years of releases, with the original game releasing in 1992 and the most recent installment coming out in 2019. Year of the Dragon originally began its life as an action-platformer, before being transitioned into an RPG series, and eventually making a return to the platforming genre in the form of 3D platformers with the release of "Year of the Dragon: Red's Vengeance" for 5th generation consoles. The series was originally designed by the woman Aiko Namarami (なまらみあいこ).

Setting
Year of the Dragon 's setting would be that of a world filled with both dragons and humans, and they both live in peace. However, when a rogue dragon army destroys most of the human race, the humans turn against dragon kind. The Year of the Dragon series shows the protagonist, who changes almost every game, fight off the rogue nation and the head of the army, Red. You'd also have to try and win back the human's trust in the dragons, which would be an overarching plot for most of the series.

List of Games
A list of games in the Year of the Dragon franchise.

Main Games

 * Year of the Dragon (1992; SNES, Super Famicom, Genesis)
 * Year of the Dragon II (1995; SNES, Saturn, PlayStation)
 * Year of the Dragon: Red's Vengeance (2002; Gamecube, PlayStation 2, X-Box)
 * Year of the Dragon: Race of the Crystal (2009; PlayStation 3, X-Box 360, Wii)
 * Year of the Dragon 3D (2013; 3DS)
 * Year of the Dragon: The Quasar's Reign (2019; Samsung Zeo Plus, PlayStation 4, X-Box One, Switch)
 * Year of the Dragon: Jacked Up! (2023; Samsung Zeo Plus, PlayStation 5, X-Box: Anaconda)
 * Year of the Dragon: Switch (2024; Switch)

Spin-Off Games

 * Year of the Dragon: Reflamed! (1998; N64, Saturn, PlayStation)
 * Year of the Dragon: Pocket (2002; Game Boy Advance)
 * Year of the Dragon: Collection (2005; Game Boy Advance)
 * Classic: Year of the Dragon (2007; WiiWare)

Manga

 * Year of the Dragon (1995 - 1999)
 * Year of the Dragon: Red's Vengeance (2002 - 2008)
 * Year of the Dragon: Race of the Crystal (2009 - 2012)
 * Year of the Dragon: The Quasar's Reign (2019 - )

Anime

 * Year of the Dragon (2002 - 2007)
 * Year of the Dragon: Red's Vengeance (2008 - 2012)
 * Year of the Dragon: The Quasar Crystal (2013 - 2018)
 * Year of the Dragon: Red's Battle (2019 - )