Platform: Sinclair ZX Spectrum
Region: Region Not Set
Publishers(s): CRL Group PLC
ReleaseDate: 1986-01-01
Players: 1
Co-op: No
Dracula
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. 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. The game is a standard text adventure with static graphics in some locations. It is divided into three parts: 1. "First Night" - The young solicitor arrives in Count Dracula's country, staying at the Golden Krone Hotel; strange events are observed. 2. "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... 3. "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...
Genre(s): Adventure | Horror