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Dracula (1986 video game)

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Designer(s)
  
Rod Pike, Ian Ellery

Initial release date
  
1986

Genre
  
Interactive fiction

Release date(s)
  
1986

Publisher
  
CRL Group

Mode
  
Single-player video game

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Platforms
  
Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC

Similar
  
CRL Group games, Adventure games

Dracula is a text adventure game by CRL released in 1986 for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum home computers. The game is based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. The game is notable for being the first video game to be rated by the BBFC. The game received a 15 certificate.

Contents

Plot

An English lawyer travels to Carpathia to meet Count Dracula regarding a routine property transaction, but soon learns that his client has sinister ulterior intentions.

Gameplay

The game is a standard text adventure with static graphics in some locations. It is divided into three parts:

  • "First Night" - The young solicitor arrives in Count Dracula's country, staying at the Golden Krone Hotel; strange events are observed
  • "The Arrival" - After an eventful journey, he arrives at Dracula's castle, and soon learns the real nature of his host's intentions; he realizes that he must escape if he is to survive...
  • "The Hunt" - A psychiatrist at an insane asylum in England receives a strange letter from a friend on business overseas, warning of "boxes of earth" and the "undead"; meanwhile a patient at the asylum grows increasingly disturbed...

    • Reception

    The game is notable for receiving a "15" certificate from the British Board of Film Censors on account of the gory images it contains. However, CRL expressed disappointment with this as they had hoped for an "18" certificate.

    CRL followed Dracula with three further adventures of a similar style, Frankenstein, Jack the Ripper and Wolfman, all of which also received BBFC ratings.

    References

    Dracula (1986 video game) Wikipedia
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