Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
↗ 15%
🙂 6.8/10
(Super Nintendo - PAL, Fighting)
.png)
.png)
Complete
$81.34
Loose $17.37
Manage Collection
Developed_By:
Virgin Interactive
Published_By:
Acclaim
Released On:
01 Jan 1993
Also available on:
The gameplay revolves around performing various high-flying martial arts moves, such as roundhouse kicks, flying kicks, flying chops, and throws. As you defeat opponents, you'll build up your Chi , which allows you to unlock special abilities and weapons.
Nintendo Media PN:
SNSP-4N-EUR (United Kingdom)
YouTube
Reddit
Twitch
Wikipedia
DB
IGDB
RG
RAWG
HowLong
GF
GameFAQs
Additional Hardware Supported:
Multitap
Number of Players Supported:
1-3 Players
Prices as of 09 Oct 2026
Typical $81.12–$81.34 (last 90 days)
New
Complete
Loose
Box
Manual
Smoothed
Log · Auto
Medians
Market activity: active · about 36 sales a year
Activity is a 12-month sales count. Dashed segments rest on two sales a year or fewer.
More PAL Super Nintendo Fighting
Uncommon
😊 7.7/10
Street Fighter II
$77.10 (Complete)
Dec 1992
Scarce
😊 7.7/10
Killer Instinct
$83.52 (Complete)
Aug 1995
Scarce
😊 8.4/10
Street Fighter II Turbo
$118.69 (Complete)
Aug 1993
Scarce
🙂 7.3/10
Mortal Kombat
$80.56 (Complete)
Sep 1993
Scarce
😊 7.9/10
Mortal Kombat II
$80.25 (Complete)
Sep 1994
Scarce
😊 7.9/10
Super Street Fighter II
$56.91 (Complete)
Jul 1994
Rare
😊 7.5/10
Mortal Kombat 3
$64.99 (Complete)
Oct 1995
Rare
Super Punch Out
$117.36 (Complete)
Sep 1994
Rare
🙂 6.7/10
Primal Rage
$31.06 (Complete)
Aug 1995
Rare
😕 4.4/10
Rise of the Robots
$22.91 (Complete)
Dec 1994
More from Virgin Interactive
Very Common
😊 8.0/10
Aladdin
$18.22 (Complete)
Nov 1993
Common
The Jungle Book
$36.99 (Complete)
Aug 1994
Common
😊 7.5/10
Cool Spot
$26.00 (Complete)
Apr 1993
Common
Robocop vs The Terminator
$60.00 (Complete)
May 1994
Uncommon
😊 7.5/10
Cool Spot
$53.13 (Complete)
Sep 1993
Uncommon
😊 7.9/10
Aladdin
$20.46 (Complete)
Jan 1993
Uncommon
🙂 6.7/10
M.C. Kids
$68.29 (Complete)
Feb 1992
Uncommon
🙂 7.0/10
Pinocchio
$70.00 (Complete)
Nov 1996
Uncommon
😊 7.5/10
Terminator
$245.00 (Complete)
Jun 1993
Scarce
Mick and Mack Global Gladiators
$22.49 (Complete)
Jan 1992
Manual
Game Guide
Extracted from the original game manual
This is a 2D fighting game where players control martial arts legend Bruce Lee as he battles various opponents across multiple stages, culminating in a final showdown with The Phantom. Depending on the chosen difficulty level, players face one or two enemies simultaneously in locations like Hong Kong. To reach the final stages and complete the game, players must challenge themselves on normal or higher difficulty settings.
Story
The Stages
Depending on the stage, Bruce will face one or two opponents simultaneously.
The difficulty chosen on the Options Screen determines how many stages you can play. Choosing Piece of Cake means you cannot play any further than Stage Four, while choosing Easier limits your progress to Stage Seven. Only by playing on Normal or Harder will you get to meet The Phantom!
Stage One: Hong Kong
The Lantern Festival Dance is bristling with sailors spoiling for a fight. Beware the Sailor's chain!
•
Opponent: A Sailor
How to Play
Let's Go!
•
Set up your Super NES as described in its instruction manual.
•
With the power switch OFF, insert the DRAGON™ Game Pak, its label facing towards you, into the Super NES and press it down firmly.
•
Push the power switch to ON. After a second or so, the Nintendo screen will appear. When the DRAGON™ title screen is shown you are ready to play DRAGON™!
•
If the Nintendo screen or DRAGON™ title screen doesn't appear, push the power switch to OFF. Ensure your Super NES is set up correctly and the DRAGON™ Game Pak is properly inserted before pushing the power switch to ON again.
Always ensure the Super NES power switch is set to OFF before inserting or removing the DRAGON™ Game Pak.
The Title Screen
After the Credits have been shown, the DRAGON™ title screen is presented. After a short time the eight highest scores are displayed and eventually a slide show introduction sets the scene.
If no button is pressed on a controller, a brief demonstration of DRAGON™ in action is shown.
•
Press the START BUTTON to call up the game select screen.
The Game Select Screen
Here's where you decide how to play DRAGON™: either on your own or with a friend in a combat-intensive version of Bruce Lee's life story, or as a straightforward match between two or three Bruce Lee characters.
Eight options are presented. The option to be selected or changed is indicated by a small arrow beside it. Ghosted options are unavailable for selection. All options are chosen as follows:
•
Press ANY Button (including the Start Button) to select the option.
•
Press the Control Pad left or right to change the indicated option.
Game Select Options
•
ONE PLAYER STORY GAME - Select this to fight opponents controlled by the Super NES in a progressive match following the film's storyline.
•
TWO PLAYER STORY GAME - Choose this option to enable combat between two Bruce characters (controlled by you and a friend) and a Super NES controlled opponent.
•
ONE PLAYER MATCH - Take on another Bruce Lee controlled by the Super NES at the scene of your choice. Note that selecting this option calls up the Match Game Screen.
•
TWO PLAYER MATCH - This option allows you and a friend (each controlling a Bruce Lee character) to fight in a head to head clash to the finish. Note that selecting this option calls up the Match Game Screen.
•
THREE PLAYER MATCH - If a Multi-Tap is attached to your Super NES, a third person can join in for all out combat. Note that selecting this option calls up the Match Game Screen.
•
HIGH SCORES - See the names of the eight best players of the day. Note that your high scores will be lost when you turn off your Super NES.
•
OPTIONS - Calls up the Options Screen.
The Options Screen
From here you can adjust the playing environment to suit your taste. Eight new options are presented.
•
DIFFICULTY - Choose from NORMAL, PIECE OF CAKE, EASIER, TOUGH or ARCADE ACE to affect the ability of the opponents that Bruce will face. This option also determines how many Stages you can play in a Story.
•
GAME SPEED - Choose from NORMAL, TURBO or ORIGINAL.
•
SOUND TEST - Your chance to hear all the sound effects (represented by numbers) used in DRAGON™. Choose a sound effect in the same way as you would an option. Press any button to listen.
•
MUSIC TEST - Your chance to hear all the pieces of music (represented by numbers) used in DRAGON™. Choose a piece of music in the same way as you would an option. Press any button to listen.
•
MUSIC - ON or OFF, gives you the option to have music or not.
•
SOUND - Choose to hear all the sound effects and music in either STEREO or MONO.
•
MOVIE SEQUENCES - YES, or NO if you don't wish to see the short scene-setting animation preceding each level.
•
EXIT - Select this to return to the Game Select Screen.
Gameplay Status Indicators
•
SCORE - Points are earned for every successful attack, but bonus points are only awarded for impressive play (for example, winning a bout without getting hit). A Form bonus is given when the quality of Bruce's combat is exceptional.
•
ENERGY - For every hit taken, energy is lost. Note that some attacks remove more energy than others. There is no energy replacement; energy is regained only when Chi is at its maximum.
•
CHI - This is Bruce's inner strength (mystical power). Increase it to enable two new modes of combat: Fighter and Nunchaku. The Chi Meter is boosted for every successful attack (hit) and lost when an attack fails (Chi is lost in all modes, but is gained only from successful attacks in Mantis mode). Chi is also earned by performing certain tasks, for example, hitting the opponent first or collecting a Yin Yang when fighting in a Match.
•
MIRRORS - The number determines how many chances you have. For every defeat, a Mirror is lost. When all Mirrors are lost, the game is over. Note that the Mirrors are only shown at the end of each bout, whether Bruce has won or lost.
The Bonus Round
The fastest but most challenging way to acquire Chi and points is in the Bonus Round. Attack Pete The Dummy, hitting the pads for points and avoiding the sticks.
Be warned, the more often a pad is hit, the faster the stick will spin. However, the faster the stick/pad spins, the faster your Chi level will increase.
You can only do the Bonus Round in Mantis Mode; the
Controls
Control Pad RIGHT or LEFT
move towards or away from the opponent
Control Pad UP
jump straight up
Control Pad UP and RIGHT or LEFT
jump towards or away from the opponent
B Button
perform a Fast Kick
Y Button
perform a Fast Punch
X Button
perform a Hard Punch
A Button
perform a Hard Kick
Fast Kick Button
perform a Knee (when very close to opponent) or perform a Shin Kick (when opponent is crouching)
Control Pad AWAY (press and hold) + Hard Punch Button
throw the opponent (when close to opponent)
Hard Kick Button
perform a High Kick (when very close to opponent)
Control Pad UP or UP and TOWARDS (at peak of jump and above opponent's chest), then Control Pad DOWN
perform a Stomp
Fast Punch Button THREE times quickly
perform a Forearm Smash
Hard Punch Button TWICE quickly
perform a Forearm Smash
Press and hold Control Pad DOWN, then Fast Punch Button
perform a Low Punch (Fast Low Punch)
Press and hold Control Pad DOWN, then Hard Punch Button
perform a Low Punch (Hard Low Punch)
Press and hold Control Pad DOWN, then Fast Kick Button
perform a Low Kick (Low Fast Kick)
Press and hold Control Pad DOWN, then Hard Kick Button
perform a Low Hard Kick
Hard Kick Button TWICE
perform a Roundhouse Kick
Control Pad AWAY from the opponent, then Hard Kick Button TWICE
perform a Reverse Kick
Hard Kick Button (when an opponent is on either side of him)
perform a Split Kick
Control Pad UP, then Fast or Hard Kick Button while in the air
perform a Jumping Kick
Control Pad UP, then Fast or Hard Punch Button while in the air
perform a Chop
Control Pad DOWN and TOWARDS the opponent, then quickly Heavy Kick Button
perform a Flip Kick
Press and hold Control Pad UP and TOWARDS or AWAY from the opponent, then Fast or Hard Kick Button while in the air
perform a Flying Kick
Control Pad UP and TOWARDS the opponent, then Fast or Hard Punch Button while in the air
perform a Flying Chop
Control Pad AWAY from the opponent (when opponent is close)
block an attacking move (High Block)
Control Pad DOWN
crouch
Control Pad DOWN and AWAY from the opponent
perform a Crouching Block
Control Pad DOWN and RIGHT or LEFT
perform a flip towards or away from the opponent
Any Button (except the Hard Kick Button) repeatedly
revive Bruce when he has been stunned or floored
Hard Kick Button repeatedly (when knocked down)
make Bruce leap up with a Kick (Special Recovery Kick)
Press away on Control Pad and simultaneously Heavy Punch Button
counter throw your opponent
R Button
select Fighter Mode
L Button
select Mantis Mode
Fast or Hard Punch Button repeatedly as quickly as possible
perform an Ultra-Fast Punch
Fast or Hard Kick Button repeatedly as quickly as possible
perform an Ultra-Fast Kick
Control Pad UP or UP and TOWARDS or AWAY from the opponent (in Fighter Mode)
perform a jump and spin in that direction (Somersault)
Control Pad UP, then Hard Kick Button while in the air (in Fighter Mode)
perform an Ultra-Fast Jumping Kick
Control Pad UP and TOWARDS the opponent, then Hard Kick Button while in the air (in Fighter Mode)
perform an Ultra-Fast Flying Kick
R and L Buttons together
select Nunchaku Mode
Fast and Heavy Punch Buttons (alternating)
move the Nunchaku between Bruce's hands (Swapping Hands)
Heavy Punch Button
perform the Neck-Tie (after walking into opponent)
Start Button
freeze the action (Hold It!) / select the highlighted option
Control Pad up or down
move the highlight between CONTINUE and ABORT GAME
Enemies & Characters
A Chef
An enemy found in Gussie Yang's Kitchen and the alleyway who wields mighty meat cleavers.
Scott
An opponent faced at the University Gymnasium and later at Bruce's Kwoon, known for his special Spin Kick, Shoulder Kick, and a novel variation of the Heimlich Maneuver.
Johnny Sun
An opponent met at the George Wu Gymnasium and later at Long Beach Stadium, known for devastating moves such as the Throat Grab and Throw.
A Female Acrobat
An enemy on the "Golden Harvest" Film Set who wields a staff used to pole vault and strike opponents.
Luke Sun
Johnny Sun's brother who is out for revenge on the Ice House set of "The Big Boss," known for his Foot Sweep and Flying Kick.
Claw Man
An opponent on the "Enter The Dragon" Film Set armed with metal talons who blows dazing smoke and poses to fool opponents.
The Phantom
An enemy who lurks in the Graveyard, armed with a deadly Kwondon.
Tips & Maps
The Nunchaku
The Nunchaku may be limited, but it's the only weapon effective against The Phantom.
Mantis Mode
Bruce has a higher tolerance to injury when in Mantis Mode; he's stunned easier when in Fighter or Nunchaku Mode.
Leap Attacks
When Bruce and his opponent both leap at each other, delay pressing the Kick Button for as long as possible to win the attack.
Chop and Flying Kick
The Chop and the Flying Kick are the best attacks to use against an opponent armed with Nunchaku.
Varying Attacks
Try to use as many different moves as possible to make yourself unpredictable to your opponent.
Learning Moves
Learn to use the moves (and especially their ranges) by playing a human opponent - without the human!
Yin Yang Symbols
When playing a Match, keep an eye out for the Yin Yang symbols which appear and be first to collect them for extra Chi.
Search Games
Popular Consoles
By Year
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
© 2026 RetroGold. All rights reserved.