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Drake of the 99 Dragons

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. It was released for the Xbox on November 3, 2003 and for…

30 3 November 2003

Drake of the 99 Dragons is a shooter developed by Idol FX, released 3 November 2003 on Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Drake of the 99 Dragons is

Drake of the 99 Dragons is a shooter game developed by Idol FX and released in 2003. It was published by Majesco Entertainment. It is available on Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on FXEngine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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. It was released for the Xbox on November 3, 2003 and for Microsoft Windows PC systems on June 14, 2004. 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. Tang intends on using the artifact to harvest the souls of dead beings and power his undead cyborg army. 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…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Drake of the 99 Dragons holds a critic score of 30 out of 100. That places it above 2% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 39 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Drake of the 99 Dragons launched on 3 November 2003, within three weeks of Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Call of Duty, Beyond Good & Evil and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Call of Duty, Beyond Good & Evil, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.

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When did Drake of the 99 Dragons come out?
Drake of the 99 Dragons was released on 3 November 2003 for Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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