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Hakkenkast

Hakkenkast is a top-down dungeon crawler for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. It’s designed as an arcade adventure and can be played with 4 directional keys and a single fire key - so it works great with Kempston &…

20 July 2022

Hakkenkast is an adventure, released 20 July 2022 on ZX Spectrum.

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What Hakkenkast is

Hakkenkast was released in 2022. It is available on ZX Spectrum only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

You are Hakkenkast, a mighty warrior renowned for your skills with the Sword, but you seek more. Having visited the Elders of Eldritch, the legnedary magical Knights, you are taught your first spell, a Magic Missile that you can conjure. You are told of the legendary lost spells of Eldritch that are enshrined in spellbooks stolen by the Sorcerers of Hussey. The Spellbooks have been hidden deep within four dungeons in the Land of Mercya. The Elders, wanting to preserve their order set you on a quest to recover the Spellbooks, as you find them, your magical powers will improve. You are sent to the Dungeon of the Undead to recover the first Spellbook, find it, escape and learn its magic...
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Hakkenkast launched on 20 July 2022, within three weeks of Stray, As Dusk Falls, Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course and Xenoblade Chronicles 3.

Released around the same time: Stray, As Dusk Falls, Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course, Xenoblade Chronicles 3.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Hakkenkast come out?
Hakkenkast was released on 20 July 2022 for ZX Spectrum.

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