First dragon you remember fighting in a video-game

[Pandaprewmaster325]

I don't remember most likely naga flyers in WarCraft 3 they are some sort of dragon , that or the mighty undead frost wyrms.

 

[melsaeth]

might be showing my youth here but mirmulnir (the first dragon you actually fight) in skyrim

 

[dropsmegamega]

Akravator from Legend of Mana, it was one of the few bosses you could fight over and over and iirc the first of the 3 dragons you fight so it was a fairly memorable boss. LoM is actually one of the first rpgs I ever finished, partially because I played it coop with my sister so I wasn't the one figuring out where to go.

 

[PrismRed]

Either Dr Willy mech dragon from MegaMan 2 or the red dragon from D&D, I don't remember which I fought first.

 

[UnDubious]

I don't know, but the first dragon-heavy game I played was probably Breath of Fire 2. It was a big part of how I got into RPGs.

 

[Deleted member 3099]

Not certain if skeletal dragon's count, but the White Bone Dragon from Castlevania NES

There's also Metroid NES Ridley, if you consider him a dragon.

 

[RageBurner]

Dragons are an eclectic bunch.

 

[King Koopa's iconKing Koopa]

Not a difficult dragon fight but still a dragon.

 

[Ikagura]

This one

Yes I know, this is technically a wyvern but in-game it's called "Dragon".

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

It's interesting... For as much as I love using dragons as analogies, I really don't remember fighting any.

No, wait, that's not true -- I fought several on Lunar.

 

[Antihero]

First time fighting a dragon!...hmm... I think in Ghost n Goblins(Nes), he sure is a mf!

 

[MasterEn]

the mist dragon in final fantasy 4.

 

[RageBurner]

the mist dragon in final fantasy 4.

I always loved the look of that boss.

 

[Jeff]

Aquamentus from the first Zelda game.

 

[_-_AceDragon_-_]

This was a very cool encounter, and not because of the huge dragon lol. A memorable one all the same.

An earlier one I can remember, which I am not sure counts as a dragon

 

[Sir Auriel of Lionel]

I grabbed this from the remake but yeah...

 

[Deleted member 288390]

Dran Draggore from Eye of the Beholder 2. On the Amiga! I is old. Fun fight.

 

[Deleted member 307795]

Volvagia from OoT

 

[Ikagura]

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Dran Draggore from Eye of the Beholder 2. On the Amiga! I is old. Fun fight.

So DnD esque.

Tell me, why dragons are sometimes drawn with fins?

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I'm glad to see them again in Echoes of Wisdom.

 

[MasterEn]

So DnD esque.

Tell me, why dragons are sometimes drawn with fins?

it might be an influence form japan. dragons are more sea serpent like in their mythology. like the mist dragon [ff4] and gyarados [pokemon].

 

[Ikagura]

it might be an influence form japan. dragons are more sea serpent like in their mythology. like the mist dragon [ff4] and gyarados [pokemon].

Thank you, I often saw them in DQ's dragons too.

I kinda like to imagine that Dragons aren't 100% reptilians.

In some mythos they're more like chimeras.

 

[MasterEn]

Thank you, I often saw them in DQ's dragons too.

I kinda like to imagine that Dragons aren't 100% reptilians.

In some mythos they're more like chimeras.

there's no way to know for certain. if they were a real species, they might be a plethora of different varieties. wings, wingless, scales, no scales. i'm not super familiar with animal biology, but animals can be quite strange and unusual.
i heard one time that there was a theory about dragons being a slightly creative way of ancient civilizations recording encounters and sightings of UFOs.

 

[Graves Ruinwalker]

Pretty early on and such peak title-screen while the music makes it much more Epic .

 

[Nidoking's icon Nidoking Nidoking]

One of these.

 

[GuyZero32k4]

This sucker from Mutant Fighter. Earliest I remember ever fighting against.