

To do so, the player uses a wide array of violent gut-splattering firearms. The primary objective of Drake is to find those bastards who murdered your clan and shoot them in the face. All in told, the games' sales made its developers even richer than Bill Gates.Īn example of the good camera, sound collision detection, and sensical gameplay seen in Drake. Developer Idol FX planned on making a comic book and cartoon based on it, but the game was too good to waste time letting people read or watch its great story. One of the clan members, Drake, doesn't let death get in the way of destiny, and returns from the grave to avenge his clan, recover the carelessly lost item, and show them that living post-mortem may present a challenge to the nostrils or finding a partner, but should not have an effect on basic guard duties.ĭrake received universal acclaim, redefining the standard for great games alongside Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing, released the same week. In the game, the clan of the 99 Dragons has been wiped out and the artifact they were supposed to be guarding slips into the wrong hands, while they were all distracted by being murdered. As a result, it is often considered to be one of the worst games of all-time.Drake of the 99 Dragons is a 2003 third-person shooter video game for the Xbox and Windows. However, the contract they signed with Majesco gave them a mere six months for development, leaving little room for play-testing and resulting in the game being unfinished. Idol FX intended for Drake of the 99 Dragons to be the launchpad for a multimedia franchise, which would include comics and a potential animated television series.

Tang intends on using the artifact to harvest the souls of dead beings and power his undead cyborg army.


The game stars Drake, an undead assassin who is on a quest to avenge his murdered clan, the 99 Dragons, by recovering their ancient "Soul Portal Artifact" from antagonist Tang. It was released for the Xbox on Novemand for Microsoft Windows PC systems on June 14, 2004. Drake of the 99 Dragons (also titled Drake) is a cel-shaded third-person shooter video game developed by Idol FX and published by Majesco Entertainment.
