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Imagine making a game that only escaped being the worst of the year because you released it in the same year as _Big Rigs._

This is THE bargain bin game for me. I've never owned it, rented it, played it, seen a trailer for it, or so much as a SCREENSHOT of it. Yet I see that cover and I go "Oh yeah, I know that game."

My favorite thing about Drake is that even his concept as a character is flawed. Nothing screams "Assassin badass" like your superpower being able to revive after dying embarrassingly.

"Drake shifts from animation to animation so abruptly, I thought I was having a seizure. Then I realized it was my brain trying to shut down because it couldn't withstand the massive SUCK emanating from this game." -Adam Sessler, The X-Play Review of Drake & The 99 Dragons After all these years, this quote sticks with me as the defining summation of the game's problems.

the worst part about this whole debacle to me is how promising the aesthetic is. the game LOOKS like it would be cool and be fun if you dont see more than like ten seconds of it in motion

cant wait for the sequel, JOSH of the 99 dragons *canned laughter*

They decided to skip the whole "bad licensed game" and go for the game first, license later.

Majesco: so guys, have you fixed the bugs yet? IdolFX: **flailing arms around** BLAM! BLAM! RA-TA-TATA-TA

This was the first video game that Drake was in and it shows. Luckily, Drake would eventually be hired by Blizzard so he could play Reaper by putting a mask on his stupid face. I suppose it pays when you're so angsty, you're trying to be cool, have otherworld powers and can pull unlimited guns out of your pants.

I ACTUALLY PLAYED GAST WITH MY DAD ON HIS COMPUTER WHEN I WAS LIKE TWO YEARS OLD I CAN'T BELIEVE IT I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR THE NAME OF THAT GAME FOR FOREVER

Hey Matt, I worked at Majesco from 2010-2014 (til mass layoffs). I would love to see more "What Happened" on Majesco games; most notably NBA Baller Beats for reasons. Funfact: A fellow QA buddy almost got fired years after this game came out for making a joke about drake accidentally in the presence of the wrong person, and had to explain himself.

I'll never get over those flailing Drake arms.

I was genuinely surprised when i saw that Majesco published Psychonauts, I somehow had no idea of this it's probably one of the only good things they have published

Whenever I look at this game I think of mixed bag of Batman Beyond, Jackie Chan Adventures and Jake Long American Dragon except with none of their good qualities. Also games really should consider having more "Hentai CG Shrine Galleries" that one got me good but I'm not against it.

You'd think that trying to make Drake Of The 99 Dragons into a huge thing would make the devs _more_ receptive to calls for improving their first impression, not less.

He attac, he protec, but most importantly His arms defy all logic

Honestly the game has a cool style, Drake reminds me of a Tim Bruce design and if the game was actually made properly it’d look so good.

...I... did actually play Gast. I’m Swedish and I played it as a kid. In fact it was even somewhat scary as a kid. An evil clown had stopped a magical carnival ride and turned everything scary. You went around this haunted carnival/mansion and everything was dark some really eerie music and atmosphere. Throughout the journey you will meet several creepy and unnerving characters like a Raven, a giant Venus Flytrap, an anthropomorphic Cat with some major Freddy Krueger claws etc. The most messed up part was you could either help them with issues they had... or you can literally feed them to the others. I used to always bring the Raven with me to the cat, just so the cat could kill him Now this was a children’s game... but it was one hell of a dark one.

As a Swede, I approve of the broken Swedish Pronounciation at 4:27 lol Jokes aside it's not a bad attempt at all! I Gave the video a Like for it alone.

In the words of M Bison “YES...YEEESS” My brother from across the pond is back again with another BANGER Cheers Matt, don’t deserve ya

Another one down on the "Wha Happun" checklist. Is there a Metal Gear: Survive episode in our distant future?

Ooff, never thought I'd be used as the source for one of these videos! Super flattering but also kind of scary:) **EDIT** Holy shit! Thanks for plugging Mystik Belle! I'm currently making a Switch port and a sequel, not that it sold well enough to warrant those things: )

I feel like there should be a spin off to this series where you cover games that didnt happen or studios that never reached their full potential, like amy kennings' star wars or the Warriors sequel Mods and Rockers that was never made... you can call it "Wha Woulda Happun?"

Starts watching this series a week ago: "When is Drake of the 99 Dragons coming out." Week later: "There we go." 🙃

Back in the day, I remember seeing ads for this crap game in Mad Magazine a lot. Always showing off the art but almost never showing any screenshots of the gameplay itself. And when the ads did eventually show screenshots, they were thumbnail size. Like the size of your actual thumbnails as you're holding the magazine. You could just feel the lack of confidence in this game.

just commenting for the algorithm, love ya matt

Action 52 would be a cool one for you to cover. That game is infamous and legendary for how awful it is and I bet you'd do a very entertaining episode on it.

15:27 Well we finally got Double Dragon Neon on Switch and as someone who played said Switch version earlier this year, can confirm, Neon is incredible.

Well you know what they say: I got 99 Dragons but the glitch ain't done.

Still hoping to see the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy get its day in Wha Happun court. Someday.

Do a what happened on Jurassic Park trespasser

Every time Advent Rising gets brought up I die a little inside I actually enjoyed it and the fact it never went anywhere bugs me to this day

Thank you for reminding me of Adam Sessler's review of this on Xplay... I miss those halcyon days.

0:27 legit how I react whenever I'm reminded of this "masterpiece" of a game.

I remember plenty of ads of this game in gaming magazines back in the days. Kinda makes me wonder.

I remember watching X-Play as young teenager years ago when this thing popped up. Honestly for a long time I wondered if it was real

Such amazing restraint to not use Skinner's "no, it's the children who are wrong" meme for that last quote. Keep up the great work Matt!

God, those cutscenes where he's just flapping that giant mouth open and close. I think that will always be the first thing I think about when someone mentions this game.

Maybe this is a bit forward thinking, but I think an April Fools version of Wha Happen that focuses on a game with troubled marketing or development but turns out well (Bloodstained or Portal for instance) would make for anice change of pace. Also whoever is picking the music for these videos has some great eclectic taste.

the art-style kinda reminds me of the animated show "the batman"... so yeah, maybe should ahve started with a cartoon or comic instead of a game

I think Friday The 13th: The Game & Ghost Recon: Breakpoint would make fine additions to Wha Happun?

Today i learned that bruce timm, the man behind batman: tas, justice league, batman beyond didnt do the artstyle for the comic/cover art... my whole life is a lie

I'm so glad you are covering this! For the next one, would you consider covering the MMO disaster APB?

Boy, Matt. Showing Adam Sessler reviewing the game for X-Play took me back to 2005. G4 was the shit back then. Hopefully it will be again

Hey Matt, Just want to say good job with the videos mate. I love the advertising break cut screen which adds a nice touch that i havnt seen in other series.

I have been waiting on this one for a long, long time. Glad to finally see it pop up; it’s one of those games I’ve had in the back of my mind for years as a “I wonder what the story behind that was?” When are we getting a “Virtual Boy - Wha Happun?” :P

What about Contra: Rogue Corps? That game received mixed to negative reviews upon release, and is considered by many to be one of the worst games of 2019 and another failed attempt at making a 3D Contra game.

Swedish devs: "Nothing can stop me now!" *Knock knock...it's yourselves*

They made a comic to go with the release of this game. In about 2006 I went to a horror convention. A dealer gave me this along with some other weird books. It sat in the back window of my car for probably a year and died. Now I'm glad I never read it.

Holy mother of Mega-Man. The rendition of Star-Man's stage theme in your outro struck a cord with me. Nostalgia~

Hey Matt what's up I heard about this game before and I'm glad you made a video, I hopped over to se- *GAME OVER*

Keep up the awesome vids Matt!

I love that remix of Starman's theme from Megaman Network Transmission in the beginning!

Oh I've been looking forward to this one!

It's hilarious how Drake of the 99 Dragons and Nosferatu: Wrath of Malachi relased within weeks by the same developer, and both are still talked about today. Except one is still talked about because it's rather excellent, and one is still talked about because it's horrifyingly bad.

I've always wondered about this game. It was one of those things that got meme'd in the early social media days and then people stopped caring about because there wasn't enough material for analysis. I'm glad someone spoke up enough on it to give us this video Good work Matt!

Great video. This game had to be covered eventually. Loved the UNIST music in there. Amazing soundtrack.

I like the change up in your style here. Especially the advertising breaks.

I remember being excited for this (even tho we were too broke for a game system) because I loved BTAS and the art reminded me of that. And then my friend’s brother got it and I watched him play and...w o o f

Great way to start off my Wednesday morning! ☺️

The moment we've all been waiting for, thank you Matt

This is one of the rare instances where something genuinely unpopular stopped getting installments. Because in reality, that’s very uncommon. Modern comic characters keep getting new series, despite all their previous series’ getting sh*t-canned due to lack of sales, unpopular movies keep getting sequels, etc. And all the actually good sh*t gets written off for tax-returns, and/ or abandoned forever.

I love the megaman network transmission music in the background.

Me: "Alright, let's see what's on YT today..." ::sees this:: "Ooohh, this is gonna be good!" :D Seriously, Matt, love your work.

i really appreciate that you chose an image of Andrew Bado that just screams "I worked on Drake of the 99 Dragons"

Hi Matt ! It's pretty cool to hear some Under night in birth music (Elthun's theme) at 7:46 That's make me happy ! :D And I love your videos since maybe 2 years now, from the bottom of my heart, thank you so much your great content ! See ya and have a nice evening !

While the plot would make it hard, the design and art style for everything in Drake I can defintly see making a good comic book and TV show. The angular proportions and color use reminds me of things like Samurai Jack and some of Brice Timm's work. So I'll give them credit for thinking ahead with the multimedia plan.

Nice to hear Network Transmission getting some love.

Oh heck, was that Under Night In-Birth music? It's great to hear that soundtrack again!

07:46 Eltnum theme in this what happened episode fits so well lol

Nice use of the StarMan stage music from Mega Man Network Transmission. I'm hearing that game's OST surprisingly often...

Ah Loophole and Legend of Tann, the 2 fantasy book series made by Niklas Krog that I absolutely loved when I were a kid. I remember how in a intermission show between cartoons, animes and irl programs on every saturday morning were calling up random kids to tell them what to do in the game based on Loophole. Thx for reawakening some of my most dear childhood memories Matt.

I appreciate the old X-Play clip you included here; this game and that review are forever intertwined in my head because of how much G4 I was watching back then (probably too much!)

I still remember the X-Play review of this game and it was glorious.

Love your Vids Matt

Putting in the ad break is genius. Lol.

Great music choices for this vid

Engagement comment. I love this channel and I wish you more subscribers and views!

This is my favorite bad game of all time. So glad you did a video on it.

Ooh an episode is out on my birthday!

Great video, you've outdone yourself this time!

Hey Matt shoutout to you for pronouncing those Swedish names really well :)

Good stuff as always.

Matt, I don't know if it's been said but I really appreciate the Advertising breaks. I hate when the ads cut people off mid sentence so to see you do this makes me happy. It means you care and I just wanted to say I care that you care. No homo

Every time I see this Bruce Timm- infused fever dream, I can't help but think of ways to make this work. 2 or 3 more passes in the drafting process and you would've had the bones of a servicable game. A fun exercise for wannabe game devs: Strip apart the game and make well-considered decisions of how you'd make it work as a game and a story.

I played this as a kid. I always enjoyed playing through it. I've played through it all the way through every so many years since I was little

*Matt McMuscles mentions all the good games of 2003* Crash Nitro Kart: "AM I A JOKE TO YOU?!!"

Loved advent rising, for all it's quirks, I still remember finishing the game for the storyline (unusual for me) and feeling satisfied.

You got to be kidding me! I thout less than an hour ago after watchin Pro Jared n AVGN on this n wondered "wonedr if Matt will do one on Drake" IMMA A PSYCHIC

you had my attention as soon as you used Network Transmission music in the video

A pro tip to all up and coming game developers: If you want to turn your game into a media empire, make sure said game is actually good. Or at least functional.

Majesco published Psychonauts and Double Dragon Neon (one of the games you used the music from) ;)

I cheered up like a sports fan watching a last minute goal in a football game when I saw the thumbnail. Possibly my most hyped episode yet. Amazing job! Now, it’s time to cover Action 52 (because of Cheetahmen) in order to complete the unholy trinity of “crappy games that prioritized becoming multimedia IPs instead of good games on its own” that preceded Drake and Mighty N9. 4:18 Somecallmejohnny and Antdude collabs when? Also, Mystik Belle reminds me a bit of A Hat in Time, mostly because their MCs have similar designs.

I remember seeing an add for this in Tips and Tricks magazine and wanting it so bad! Good thing I never got it.

This does have an interesting look to it, and I kindve hope it does come back as a comic book art style game, and then maybe on to actual comics and cartoons

Do one on Limbo of the Lost, that game had a crazy development history

3:12 I've heard about that franchise, in another episode of "What happened?" (Altough it was more of a "What's happening?"). I'm still surprised that this has sold more than Metroid or Devil May Cry, and only slightly less than the main Megaman games.

I hear that Double Dragon Neon music running, good pick

I've played Gast for sure, reminded me of a Cereal Box version of Grim Fandango meets Tim Burton. I enjoyed it for sure! Didn't get far, but I recently stumbled upon it (as hard as it was to find) online and got it. Ill update when I play it.