''Dragon Skulle'' is an

action-adventure game The action-adventure genre is a video game hybrid genre that combines core elements from both the action game and adventure game genres. Typically, pure adventure games have situational problems for the player to solve to complete a storyli ...

for the Commodore 64 published by

Ultimate Play the Game Ashby Computers and Graphics Limited, trading as Ultimate Play the Game, was a British video game developer and publisher, founded in 1982, by ex- arcade game developers Tim and Chris Stamper. Ultimate released a series of successful games fo ...

in January 1986. It is a sequel to '' The Staff of Karnath'', '' Entombed'' and '' Blackwyche'', and the final title to feature the aristocrat

adventurer An adventure is an exciting experience or undertaking that is typically bold, sometimes risky. Adventures may be activities with danger such as traveling, exploring, skydiving, mountain climbing, scuba diving, river rafting, or other extreme s ...

, . The game was created by brothers Dave and Bob Thomas.

Gameplay

''Dragon Skulle'' is an arcade adventure in isometric perspective pseudo-3D set on the fictional island of Dragon Skulle, where you must find and destroy the Skull of Souls. The gameplay is more about exploring than puzzle solving when compared with its predecessors.

Reception

The game received a 53% rating from ''Zzap!64'' who criticised the game on the basis of poor 3D, weak sound and lack of originality. All three reviewers expressed gratitude that it was the last in the Arthur Pendragon series. ''Commodore Users Eugene Lacey was also unimpressed by the game, stating that the Pendragon series of games had been dragged out too long. Although this was said to be the most difficult title in the series due to "hair wrenching puzzles" it was otherwise weaker than its predecessors with poorer graphics and "appalling" animation of the lead character. Lacey concluded the review by stating that it was "A disappointing conclusion to what was a very good series of games." ''Dragon Skulle'' appeared at number 10 in the weekly Gallup/Microscope charts published in February 1986.

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