In 1994, Bandai released the Playdia in Japan, a fifth-generation console that used CD-ROMs for its games and was aimed at a young audience. Its games were based on anime franchises with many cutscenes, and among these titles were 2 Dragon Ball games.
Here you can see the complete list of DB games released for the Playdia, all console models, and some of its accessories and peripherals.
The complete list of Dragon Ball Z games for this Bandai console, the Playdia, is short: it includes only 2 games, but they are no ordinary games, as they are the origin of the OVA: DBZ Gaiden. This title was hard to find for Western audiences until relatively recently, since both the games and that story never officially left Japan at the time.
The story of DBZ: Gaiden was told in these two games as an interactive video (FMV) with real-time actions.

To enjoy Dragon Ball games on the Playdia, it helps to know a bit about this console first. Released by Bandai in 1994 in Japan, it was a CD‑ROM console aimed at a young audience and specialized in anime-based games, including Dragon Ball Z titles.
The Playdia never left Japan and only had one official version, with no revisions or regional editions. Despite its focus on animation and interactive videos, it quickly lost popularity to other fifth-generation consoles like the PlayStation or Nintendo 64, becoming an interesting experiment for collectors and anime fans.
You may already have at home a console from when you were younger, or you may have inherited it from a friend or family member, or perhaps you bought it second-hand, but… you’re still missing some accessory or peripheral to be able to play with it, like an adapter or a controller…
So here’s a list of the things you might need to play your retro console.
With this accessory, you can convert the AV output of your console to HDMI for modern TVs.
With this accessory, you can convert the AV output and S-Video output of your retro console to HDMI, allowing you to use it on modern TVs.
We also have more complete lists of Dragon Ball games and video games cataloged by their gaming platform, including Board Games, PlayStation, Nintendo NES, etc.
Discover some of the Dragon Ball games, video games, consoles, and collectible accessories. From the iconic NES and GameBoy to the latest PC, PS5, and X-BOX titles, as well as the timeless board games.
The PS Vita TV or PlayStation TV is the latest version released of this console, characterized by having no screen, sound, or controls. It is essentially a mini-console with PS Vita technology, which we had to connect to the PC and use our DualShock 3 or 4 controllers to play on our TV. It is portable because it takes up no more space than a modern external hard drive.
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero – Ultimate Edition was released on the same day as the standard edition, which only includes the base game. This edition, in addition to the base game, contains everything offered in the Deluxe edition—meaning it also grants access to the first season pass, which includes 3 DLCs, and early access to each DLC’s content 3 days before its official release.
What’s exclusive to this edition is the Ultimate Upgrade Pack, which includes: Goku (Super) outfit with Power Pole, emotes, backgrounds, a customization item, and the Super Shenron Summon—all of which are cosmetic items.
The 3 DLCs included in the first pass feature over 20 characters based on DB: Super and DB: Daima, along with cosmetics, and some story and battle content.
Dragon Ball: RPG is one of the first games released for Android and iOS mobile devices. It is an RPG adventure game where we go through the entire Dragon Ball story. Its gameplay is very similar to the classic Final Fantasy games. In 2010, it received an expansion that allows you to complete the story from the beginning to the end of DB and DBZ.
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero – Deluxe Edition was released on the same day as the standard edition of the game, which only contains the base game. This edition, in addition to the base game, gives you access to the first season pass, which includes 4 DLCs.
With this edition, you will also have access to the content of each DLC in the pass 4 days before its official release.
The 4 DLCs included in the first pass feature over 20 characters based on DB: Super and DB: Daima, as well as cosmetics, and some story and battle content.
This edition can only be purchased digitally through the Nintendo Shop on our Nintendo Switch console, and once purchased, it will work on either of the two consoles, Switch 1 or 2, as the game is linked to the account.
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot – Legendary Edition was released three years after the original editions, by which time the first and second Season Passes had already concluded. Upon release, it became the most complete edition available, as it included the base game and access to Season Pass 1 and Season Pass 2, with five extra episodes based on: Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, the Future Trunks saga, the Bardock story (from the classic DBZ movies of the 90s), the end of DBZ story arc (the World Martial Arts Tournament where Goku leaves with Uub), and a story dedicated to those characters.
It also included permanent upgrades for cooking items and an exclusive item to move around the map during exploration or missions: Tao Pai Pai’s Pillar.
The Xbox One S is the second model in the Xbox One family, released on August 2, 2016. This version improved upon the original model with a more compact and sleek design, an integrated power supply, support for 4K Ultra HD video and HDR, and quieter, more efficient operation.
Unlike the original model, the Xbox One S does not include Kinect, focusing instead on a gaming and digital content experience. For Dragon Ball fans, this console allowed titles like Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 and FighterZ to be enjoyed with better visual quality and smoother performance, offering a more immersive experience in every battle and saga.
The European Sega Saturn Model 2 was released around 1996 as a more compact and affordable version of the original console. It still belonged to the fifth console generation, retaining 32-bit power and its specialty in 2D graphics, but with a lighter and simplified design, removing the disc drive access light and some buttons present in the first version.
It operated under the PAL (50 Hz) standard and, like the other versions, maintained regional limitations, so Japanese or North American discs were not compatible without adapters. This version helped reduce costs and improve durability, becoming the most common in Europe during the Saturn’s final years. That said, here are all the European versions.
The PlayStation 3 Slim was the first complete redesign of the PS3, reducing costs, size, and some components, giving it a sleeker and thinner appearance.
Dragon Ball FighterZ – Ultimate Edition it was the most complete edition available at launch. It included everything from the FighterZ Edition, such as the game’s first Season Pass, called FighterZ Pass 1, which adds 8 new playable characters. Among them are Cooler, Bardock, Broly, Vegito Blue, and more.
Additionally, as exclusive content for this edition, it included the Anime Music Pack and the Commentator Voice Pack, along with in-game cosmetics.
Dragon Ball Xenoverse Trunks’ Travel Edition is a special edition that includes additional game content — specifically a DLC to unlock Super Saiyan 4 Vegeta and two Frieza skins for your avatar. It also comes with a Future Trunks figure and a collector-style cardboard box.