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title: "Dragon Ball Z: Gekitō Tenkaichi Budōkai"
url: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/releases/nintendo-entertainment-system/dragon-ball-z-gekito-tenkaichi-budokai/"
description: "Dragon Ball Z: Gekitō Tenkaichi Budōkai (ドラゴンボールＺ 激闘天下一武道会, Doragon Bōru Zetto Gekitō Tenkaichi Budōkai; lit."
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "1992-12-29 12:00:00"
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Dragon Ball Z: Gekitō Tenkaichi Budōkai | Nintendo Entertainment System Releases | NintendoReporters

 [![Dragon Ball Z: Gekitō Tenkaichi Budōkai](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/dragon-ball-z-gekito-tenkaichi-budokai.jpeg "Dragon Ball Z: Gekitō Tenkaichi Budōkai")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/dragon-ball-z-gekito-tenkaichi-budokai.jpeg)Dragon Ball Z: Gekitō Tenkaichi Budōkai (ドラゴンボールＺ 激闘天下一武道会, Doragon Bōru Zetto Gekitō Tenkaichi Budōkai; lit. “Dragon Ball Z: A Fierce Battle at the Tenkaichi Budoukai”) is the first fighting video game based on Dragon Ball Z. It was released only in Japan by Bandai on December 29, 1992, for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The game was unique in that it came with a special card reader attachment for the NES, the Datach Joint Rom System, which requires several special cards to be swiped in order to add characters and items in the game.

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