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Dark Earth

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…

23 October 1997

Dark Earth is an adventure developed by Kalisto Entertainment, released 23 October 1997 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Dark Earth is

Dark Earth is an adventure game developed by Kalisto Entertainment and released in 1997. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Dark Earth launched on 23 October 1997, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto, NFL Blitz, Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers and Bust-a-Move '99.

Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto, NFL Blitz, Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers, Bust-a-Move '99.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Quick answers

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When did Dark Earth come out?
Dark Earth was released on 23 October 1997 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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