Vlad Tepes Dracula

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Vlad Tepes Dracula
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Developer(s) ComputerHouse GBG AB
Publisher(s) The Learning Company
Platform(s) Windows
Release1997
Genre(s) Strategy

Vlad Tepes Dracula is a Swedish 1997 video game. In English the game is known as Dracula: Reign of Terror.

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Plot

Set in the 15th century, the player is Romanian general Vlad III whose goal is to recapture lands that were lost to the Turkish. [1]

Gameplay

The game is a micro-management kingdom simulator, [2] similar to Lords of the Realm .

Critical reception

Game Side Story said the game would appeal to fans of the RTS genre, particularly fans of the game Risk . [3]

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References

  1. Browning, John Edgar; Picart, Caroline Joan (Kay) (2014-01-10). Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010. McFarland. pp. 234, 235. ISBN   9780786462018.
  2. "ComputerHouse GBG AB | IGDB.com". www.igdb.com. Retrieved 2019-08-03.
  3. Tice (2012-09-27). "Rétro – Dracula : le Guerrier des Carpates (PC)". Game Side Story. Retrieved 2017-02-05.