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Fighting Card & Board Game

Dragon Ball Z: Gekitou Tenkaichi Budoukai

Tose · Bandai

Tuesday, December 29, 199233.7 years ago

Release

Tuesday, December 29, 1992

Player score

Awaiting reviews

Platform families

Not announced

Connected releases

Core game only

Game data from IGDB

Editorial overview

Inside Dragon Ball Z: Gekitou Tenkaichi Budoukai

What it is

Dragon Ball Z: Gekitou Tenkaichi Budoukai is the first fighting video game based on Dragon Ball Z. The game was unique in that it came with a special card reader attachment, the Datach Joint Rom System, which requires several special cards to be swiped in order to add characters and items in the game.

Play styles

Single player · Multiplayer

Perspective

Side view

Themes

Action

Languages

1 supported

Cinematic archive

See the world in motion

Official footage, in-game captures, and production artwork—collected into one immersive gallery.

13 assets

Official trailers

Gameplay Video

Screenshots

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Production dossier

The complete game record

Cast, creators, hardware, release history, and the details that define how this game plays.

Who made it

Platforms

Family Computer Disk System
Gen 3
Family Computer
Gen 3

Themes & modes

ActionSingle playerMultiplayer

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