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Draconus
Sign in to saveDraconus is an action-adventure platform game developed and published by Zeppelin Games in 1988. It was released for the Atari 8-bit computers, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum. Draconus is similar to Metroid.
Game details · IGDB
The player assumes the role of the hero, Frognum, whose task it is to reclaim his kingdom from the Tyrant beast. The game style is principally a platformer which finds the player running and jumping through various screens (numbering around a hundred and extending in all four directions). During this the player will encounter bats, balls or giant rats which general follow fixed paths but may also swarm and chase the player. There are two primary weapons at your disposal to eliminate these enemies; you may punch and claw them, or you may incinerate them with your fire breath. Fire breathing …
- Released
- 1988
- Genres
- Platform
- Platforms
- Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum
- Game modes
- Single player
- Developer
- Zeppelin Games, Zeppelin Games
- Publisher
- Zeppelin Games, Cognito
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Genre
- Metroidvania
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Publisher
- Eutechnyx
- Developer
- Eutechnyx
- Platform
- Atari 8-bit family
- Game mode
- single-player video game
- Distribution format
- floppy disk
Show 3 more facts
- publication date
- 1988-01-01
- input device
- joystick
- language of work or name
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Gameplay
- Reception
- References
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Draconus is an action-adventure platform game developed and published by Zeppelin Games in 1988. It was released for the Atari 8-bit computers, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum. Draconus is similar to Metroid.
== Gameplay == left|thumb|Frognum breathes fire
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