Dark Earth - Gameplay

A great action/adventure/RPG video game from 1997 played from original discs.

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Dark Earth is a post-apocalyptic action-adventure game for the PC.

Dark Earth takes place several centuries in the future, when a meteor collision with Earth tossed up great clouds of dust that blocked out the sun. Earth's remaining survivors began to seek refuge beneath small openings in the clouds, the few places light could be found. Those that remained in the 'dark earth' were hunted by strange creatures, infected with the darkness.

To shelter themselves from the dangerous 'dark earth', the people began to form cities beneath the light called 'Stallites'. At the time of the game, most of the citizens of the stallite have forgotten their history and now worship the light as a god. The stalites are run by 'Sun Priests', who maintain order and prevent the creatures of darkness from harming the city. The game follows the story of Arkhan, a "guardian of fire", protector of the stallite 'Sparta' and the Sun Priests.

After an attack on the sun priests, Arkhan has a poison thrown into his face that begins to infect him with the dark sickness. He begins to mutate into a creature of the dark and has to find a cure before his transformation is complete. Along the way, he is treated as an enemy by most of his former friends while he struggles to uncover the conspiracy behind the attack.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• dark
• earth
• pc
• game
• gameplay
• kalisto
• gaming

[HardWarUK]

Microprose never did any game wrong. They are all brilliant, just like this one, Just think of the list: Acrojet, F15 Flight Eagle, Silent Service, Pirates, Colonization, Civilization, Darklands, F19 Stealth Fighter, Fields of Glory, M1 Tank Platoon, B17 Flight Bomber, Gunship, Railroad Tycoon, and I know you could add another dozen!

[St4rdog]

@HardWarUK Is your name from the game Hardwar? That's an awesome game too.

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[wintensity]

I remember the day i bought this game at Electronics Boutique for 5$ a few years back.. great game.

[St4rdog]

I think I bought it full price at EB in the UK. I only got it because I liked the box.

[noelmeehan]

1997..... Damn how little I was. I remember I was so damn SCARED about this game. It was so deep and unpredictable, you could do anything, even fight friends just to get them angry until you'd eventually become an enemy. The story changes on what you'll do and that was built so well. On top of that its graphics and videos were exceptional for that time, still after 14 years I like the way it looks, the atmosphere, music, speech.. full of blood and horror. One of the best games ever! Nostalgia.

[RicardoMx5]

I download de game its a legal download, but i cant make it work on vista can anyone help please?

[ultraphaze]

początki 3d:) zeby teraz takie tła robili jak w tej gierce no ale postać to żal:DDD i ruchy

[FuryLobo]

this game was jizz played it when i was 6

I loved vagrant story too <3

[OneManAndHisToaster]

This is one of those games kid's nowaday should play... today's just graphics and shitty histories... :\

[greatgnomex]

@HardWarUK Exactly!! all are good games from microprose

[HardWarUK]

@greatgnomex Yep, I could have gone on for half an hour! Pacific and European Air War, Falcon 4.0, Midiwinter....!

[greatgnomex]

@HardWarUK X-COM ?

[KaiHonsou]

thank you so, so much! I been trying to find this game FOR AGES! Then I accidently stumble on it here! Thanks so much :)

[redfoxbennaton]

Woah. It looks like robot chicken.

[TheCaciqueLempira]

Wow i think i was 12 when this game came out

[fleshtheworld]

Looks like a gem. The animations are way better then Resident Evil which was back in the late 90s too. This game just looks more articulate in every way. Please someone tell me abit about it and if there are more games like this.

[redfoxbennaton]

I can't get this game on dos box.

[oattoaster]

'97 graphics?....whoa impressive

[83zell]

@saradisper yeah I know, someone should try to create a fix to make it work under the newer OS, shame.

[saradisper]

@83zell no way........ the ending is better !!!!! i have the 2 afthentic cd's but i can't play them in windows now

[saradisper]

@777Skeptic hahhaha me too

[bevanmcg]

Is it just me or was this game way ahead of its time ?? where can I download it ? wow it brings back some memories ?? I remember this and lands of lore and thinking wow they are sooo realistec lol !!

[bilalhidayat]

is there any way i can play this game on xp?

[bilalhidayat]

I always wanted to get into this environment. I think there's a magic in Dark Earth's back ground environment. The far away see from city's top, ahh i love it.

[mackysinister]

i need to play again, but i dont know where to download -__-.

[theelusiveone]

Excellent video. This game looks like fun.  I'm going to try it.

[Fishdogpigsquirrel]

The best graphics of its time.

[coolgames14]

too bad kalisto is dead :( I WANT NIGHTMARE CREATURE 3

[raketman101]

I have played this game 2 or times to the credits really good story. Who remembers going tru the tunnels to some sort of paradise. The upper and the under city very apart in feel.

[samm216]

i cant SAVE the game...it says...FATAL ERROR 8..can any1 help me?