Drakkhen | |
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File:Drakkhen logo.jpg | |
Developer(s) | Infogrames, Kemco |
Publisher(s) | Infogrames, Kemco |
Year introduced | 1989 |
Genre(s) | Role-playing |
The first Drakkhen was developed in France by Infogrames.
The sequel Drakkhen II: Dragon View was developed in Japan by Kemco.
Subsequently, the two games are very different from each other. In fact, many reviews alternatively praise one and pan the other one.
Precursors
Drakkhen draws clear inspiration from an earlier French title by Infogrames.
Released in 1985 in Europe only, Mandragore (French for Mandrake) is a precursor of Drakkhen. It features a similar game structure, with an overworld surface connecting several castles; the latter are navigated room-by-room and rendered in an axonometric perspective. The player controls a party of four adventurers belonging to four different classes. The Commodore 64 port was localized in English.
Oméga, planète invisible[1] (French for Omega: Invisible Planet ) is a 1987 science-fiction game that uses the same engine and gameplay of Mandragore. This game was released in France and Germany (as Omega, der geheime Planet[2]), but no English translation exists.
Phalsberg (1986) was developed and published by Ère Informatique, instead of Infogrames. It is considered a spiritual sequel to Mandragore. An English version exists.
Game list
Title | Year | Systems | Publisher | Setting |
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Mandragore Mandrake |
1985 | Apple II, Amstrad CPC, Thomson TO7, MSX Commodore 64 |
Infogrames | Fantasy |
Phalsberg | 1986 | Commodore 64 | Ère Informatique | Fantasy |
Oméga, planète invisible Omega: Invisible Planet |
1987 | Amstrad CPC, Thomson TO7 | Infogrames | Science-fiction |
Drakkhen | 1989 | Atari ST, Amiga, MS-DOS, X68000 NEC PC-9801 SNES |
Infogrames Kemco (SNES) |
Fantasy |
Drakkhen II: Dragon View | 1994 | SNES | Kemco | Fantasy |
Pages in category "Drakkhen"
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