Stellar 7: Draxon's Revenge

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Stellar 7: Draxon’s Revenge
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Developer(s) Dynamix
Publisher(s) Dynamix
Platform(s) 3DO
Release
Genre(s) First-person shooter [2]
Mode(s) Single-player

Stellar 7: Draxon's Revenge is a 1993 video game developed and published by Dynamix for the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer. [3]

Contents

The game's introduction was read by actor Michael Dorn, who was famous at this time for playing a Klingon crewman Worf on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation . [4]

Plot

The player is the driver of a "super-tank" called Raven. Raven is armed with powerful weapons and an anti-gravity device that allows it to move fast. The player must defeat the evil hordes of Gir Draxon, overlord of the Arcturan Empire, who aims to enslave Earth and its inhabitants. [3]

Reception

GamePro was positive to the game, commending its gameplay and action. [5]

Joe Blenkle from The Orangevale News praised the gameplay and the graphics. [6]

Entertainment Weekly noted an impressive opening narration, music, and graphics, but found that the controls were hard to use when fighting aliens. [4]

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