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Dark Legions

Dark Legions is an action based strategy game. The player may play against the computer or another human on a strategic game board. In the beginning of the game, the player buys their forces with a predefined…

1 April 1994

Dark Legions is a strategy developed by Silicon Knights, released 1 April 1994 on DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Dark Legions is

Dark Legions is a strategy game developed by Silicon Knights and released in 1994. It was published by SNEG. It is available on DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Dark Legions is an action based strategy game. The player may play against the computer or another human on a strategic game board. In the beginning of the game, the player buys their forces with a predefined number of credits, and may purchase any of the 16 characters along with various kinds of traps and even rings of power to upgrade their creatures. One is chosen to be the "Orb Keeper". The Orb Keeper is like the King in chess: the game is over if he dies. Then players set up on a chosen map and start to move turn wise. When one player moves a piece into the same square as an opponent, the action is instantly transferred to another board map that represents the terrain upon which the…
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

Dark Legions launched on 1 April 1994, within three weeks of Super Metroid, Final Fantasy III, FINAL FANTASY VI and The Elder Scrolls: Arena.

Released around the same time: Super Metroid, Final Fantasy III, FINAL FANTASY VI, The Elder Scrolls: Arena.

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When did Dark Legions come out?
Dark Legions was released on 1 April 1994 for DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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