Dráscula: The Vampire Strikes Back

aka: Dráscula: El Vampiro
Moby ID: 14108
DOS Specs

Description official description

You are John Hacker, a common guy sent by a British property company to speak with 'Count Dráscula' about some lands. By chance you meet a gorgeous blond girl who is kidnapped by the Count himself, and you, John Hacker, set on a fun yet dangerous quest to rescue her.

An old Spanish 2D classic point & click style adventure with tons of humor and an easy interface.

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Credits (DOS version)

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Animation leading
3D Animations
Animation
Characters and cover design
Prelayouts
Dialogues
Music and songs
Guitars
Tchaikowsky's theme
Mixes production
Sound technician
BSO recorded in
  • Jenny Records
Instructions book by
Lead programmer
2nd programmer
Backgrounds
Animation
Layouts
Production control
Cover development
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Reviews

Critics

Average score: 66% (based on 3 ratings)

Players

Average score: 2.8 out of 5 (based on 10 ratings with 1 reviews)

One of the earlier Spanish commercial adventure games, and one of my favourites

The Good
It isn't a technological wonder, but what the heck, it's just an old adventure game dating from 1996. The sprites are ok, the backgrounds too. The cartoony feel is always present on the game (but don't get fooled by that, the humour in this game is quite adult oriented) and some of the puzzles are real great, like one in special i liked a lot from the castle. The music included is digital and taken from the audio tracks of the game cd. The Spanish release also included voice acting (maybe the English one had it too), which wasn't great but just ok.

The Bad
Well, it was a bit short and when you reach the end you don't want the game to end, a pity it never had a sequel...

The Bottom Line
If you wanna have a good time at the old puzzle solving style you will enjoy playing Drascula, maybe it's a bit hard to find nowadays, but if you find a copy, dont think twice and get it!

DOS · by Depth Lord (934) · 2004

Trivia

Freeware release

On September 6, 2008 the game was released as freeware on the ScummVM site (see related links section). The download version available has English, Spanish, German, French and Italian subtitles.

References

It should already be fairly obvious, but the game's title is a parody of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.

Information also contributed by Giygas 8

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  • MobyGames ID: 14108
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Contributors to this Entry

Game added by Depth Lord.

Windows added by Foxhack.

Additional contributors: Kohler 86, Macs Black, Patrick Bregger.

Game added July 21, 2004. Last modified February 22, 2023.