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Drakkhen

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Also known as
ドラッケン

Lead a party of four heroes in real-time combat across 3D landscapes to solve puzzles and prevent a dragon invasion.

Drakkhen was originally released in 1989 for home computers (Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS). The SNES version was released in 1991, published by Data East in North America and by Fujitsu/Kotobuki in Japan.

About Drakkhen

Drakkhen is a role playing game where the player controls a party of four heroes, including warriors and magicians, on a mission to stop a dragon invasion. The emperor has sent them to solve the puzzle of tears and confront the dragon lords who are preparing to conquer the world from a distant island.

Gameplay involves navigating two distinct visual environments. Exterior travel occurs across flat, vector based landscapes where two dimensional objects are scaled, a presentation method later seen in other titles. Inside the palaces, the perspective shifts to two dimensional interiors that form mazes of chambers.

Throughout both settings, the party engages in real time combat against monsters and the minions of the Drakkhen. The indoor sections require solving puzzles to progress. The status and equipment of all four party members are constantly visible in individual windows on the left side of the screen.

Drakkhen Screenshots

12 images
Title screen together with the story
Starting the game
You are mighty enough to cast magi spells and to kill trolls, but you just can't swim. What an end for the brave warriors...
Pausing a battle and assigning a command to your characters
We meet a suspiciously looking sorcerer. We first kill him, and then ask questions
Dungeon with puzzles
Character information
This shining dude will appear from time to time and annoy us
This is real internal clock. When we were approaching crossroads, the sun set behind the mountains
It was completely dark when we got all killed by a purple lizard
Nice people! I wonder if they bite...
World map