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Dark Half

Through the Light came the Darkness, and through the Darkness came the Light. They were inseparable in the beginning, and gave birth to each other. Rukyu appeared before all the other creatures, the great…

31 May 1996

Dark Half is a role-playing (rpg) developed by West One, released 31 May 1996 on Super Famicom.

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What Dark Half is

Dark Half is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by West One and released in 1996. It was published by Enix Corporation. It is available on Super Famicom only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Through the Light came the Darkness, and through the Darkness came the Light. They were inseparable in the beginning, and gave birth to each other. Rukyu appeared before all the other creatures, the great demon of darkness, later to be known as the Satan. The divine hero-god Roda went up to his dark realm to defeat him, but was struck down, and presumed dead. But the hero couldn't die so easily: he swore to defeat Rukyu once and for all. Meanwhile, Rukyu doesn't just stay in his realm, waiting for Roda: he goes out to the world as a death-bringing sorcerer, and he is out for Roda... The game is quite different from most other RPGs, because it lets you play as both the "good" hero and the…
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How it plays

Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Dark Half launched on 31 May 1996, within three weeks of Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo, Final Doom, AH-64D Longbow and International Track & Field.

Released around the same time: Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo, Final Doom, AH-64D Longbow, International Track & Field.

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When did Dark Half come out?
Dark Half was released on 31 May 1996 for Super Famicom.

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