Nestled somewhere between its earlier scrolling beat-em-up games like Final Fight and Magic Sword and its later Dungeons and Dragons series, Capcom's The King of Dragons brought 3-player fantasy combat to arcades in 1991 with five playable characters of varying abilities. The party must fight its way through hordes of orcs, trolls, minotaurs and other fantasy baddies to fight the red dragon Gildiss, who has besieged the land of Malus. Though the combat system is relatively rudimentary, it does feature a magic system which attacks all characters on-screen at the expense of health, providing a measure of tactical depth, in addition to a leveling system that increases player health and attack strength as you continue. Though not a classic on the level of Golden Axe, the game does have a colorful graphic style that evokes a certain era in arcades.