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| Crazy Drake | |
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| Developer(s) | Neurotech Software |
| Publisher(s) | One Reality eGames |
| Platform(s) | MS-DOS |
| Release | 1996 |
| Genre(s) | Platform |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Crazy Drake is a platform game released for MS-DOS in 1996. The protagonist of the game is a duck named Prince Drake, whose mission is to rescue a golden egg from Dr. Foulbrain, an evil scientist. [1]
Gameplay follows the character Prince Drake, the son of King Drake and Queen Drake of Loonville (Ducktropolis in the eGames version). After the antagonist, Dr. Foulbrain steals a relic named the Sacred Golden Egg, Prince Drake (disguised as his alter ego Crazy Drake) confronts Dr. Foulbrain to recover the egg.
There are six worlds in Crazy Drake (plus one bonus hidden level if all are completed). Each world (excluding the hidden level) has 3 levels each, featuring its own set of enemies and its own theme.
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