Drakkhen for the Super Nintendo: An Unexpected Gem

As I promised Terra in my last post, I would be playing Drakkhen for the Super Nintendo. It’s 3D! It has dragons! You get to create your own party! And dragons! Well, there may be a couple bad eggs in the bushel. I really knew nothing about this game. Although I was a huge Atari ST fan at the time and played a lot of RPGs on it, I missed it on its original platform (and I hear it was better there, too, though graphically it looks pretty similar). Still, it’s better late than never. I started hearing bits and pieces about it on retro RPG YouTube channels, and when I saw it at the Hartford RetroWorld Expo, at a reasonable price, I took the plunge and bought it. ...

September 17, 2022 · 6 min · 1241 words · Tipa

Retro World Expo 2022 -- Hartford, CT

Retro World Expo in Hartford came up light on Sega Saturn games, but I got a couple new games to try. Terra isn’t a fan and is warning me away from Drakkhen for the SNES.

September 13, 2022 · 4 min · 734 words · Tipa