Destrega: A DBZ game without the license.

RemiLeopold · Post by **RemiLeopold** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 11:24 pm

As a kid growing up in the mid 90s, I had fell in love with Dragon Ball Z through both syndication and Telemundo. I was attracted to the high-octane battles that I thought would translate wonderfully to the world of video games. Sadly, there was only the highly disappointing DBGT: Final Bout, which I had sold right before the DB craze hit America (and thus my the money I received wasn't quite the astronomical $200 asking price Funcoland asked for a year later).
However, at the rental store, a game had caught my eye. Developed by Koei, a fighting game known as Destrega would worm its way into my living room, and subsequently my heart.

The game was fast paced, easily accessible, and contained the much loved ki-blast craziness of Dragon Ball Z. Though lacking a flight capability, Destrega did a better job of capturing the feel of Dragon Ball then any of the licensed games before it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bmlXzkFkcs A video of gameplay for the deprived.

I've always felt that this is what the Budokai Tenkaichi games would play like, if it were developed within the limits of the PS1.

Has anyone else on Daizex played Destrega?

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Big Momma · Post by **Big Momma** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 11:51 pm

I definitely remember the title of the game, and the opening cinematic feels somewhat...."nostalgic".

I can't remember if I've played it, though.

I see where you're coming from. It DOES look like what I think Sparking! would be on the PS1. It also looks like it controls terribly, though...

Thanos · Post by **Thanos** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 12:59 am

Wow, the opening video didn't impress me too much, but the gameplay... it looks fun!

Miesteron · Post by **Miesteron** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 6:27 am

Wow, I'm so glad somebody actually remembers this game! I picked it up on a whim when it first came out and loved it. Still dust it off every now and then for a few quick fights. The gameplay is fast, the controls are tight.. it's a blast and definitely one of my favorite PSX games. Needless to say, I've always felt it would serve as a terrific basis for a DBZ fighter; in my opinion, it's right up there with the Sparking! series and the Supersonic Warriors games as far as replicating that sort of action from the anime.

Above all else, I'm sad that it's seemingly quite unpopular and relatively unknown. I've yet to show it to anybody who already knew about it's existence. A sequel really would have been amazing.

The Tori-bot · Post by **The Tori-bot** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 6:58 am

Was that Onsokumaru at 0:40?

Shoryuken · Post by **Shoryuken** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 3:20 pm

Looks a lot like Super Dragonball Z apart from that I suppose it's just another (underrated) game that's been influenced by the Dragon Ball franchise.

Sin · Post by **Sin** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 4:22 pm

I agree, this is underrated.

I remember I used to play this game all the time, acting out as if they were DBZ characters. To me this was a better representation of Dragonball than Final Bout (though in honesty, I got Final Bout just as Toonami began airing the Freeza saga and thought Cell was one of Freeza's transformations)

Kingdom Heartless · Post by **Kingdom Heartless** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 12:11 am

Speaking of games you played when deprived of a decent Dragon Ball one, I used to play Rival Schools because it kind of reminded me of Dragon Ball.

Hellspawn28 · Post by **Hellspawn28** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 10:17 am

I think I might have remember this game, and it sucks that Final About was the only DB game that cameout in the US at the time.