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Dragon Ball: Pilaf no Gyakushuu

The first Dragon Ball video game. The gameplay consists of the player controlling Goku on the Flying Nimbus, moving left and right to defend himself from enemy missiles.

1 August 1986

Dragon Ball: Pilaf no Gyakushuu is a video game, released 1 August 1986 on Handheld Electronic LCD.

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What Dragon Ball: Pilaf no Gyakushuu is

Dragon Ball: Pilaf no Gyakushuu was released in 1986. It was published by Epoch. It is available on Handheld Electronic LCD only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The first Dragon Ball video game. The gameplay consists of the player controlling Goku on the Flying Nimbus, moving left and right to defend himself from enemy missiles.
Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Dragon Ball series

Dragon Ball: Pilaf no Gyakushuu is the first of 179 entries we hold in the Dragon Ball series. The next entry was Dragon Ball: Dragon Daihikyou in 1986.

See all 179 Dragon Ball games in release order →

Official trailer

Gameplay Video thumbnail

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Quick answers

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When did Dragon Ball: Pilaf no Gyakushuu come out?
Dragon Ball: Pilaf no Gyakushuu was released on 1 August 1986 for Handheld Electronic LCD.