Darkness
Darkness is a Korean action RPG released in 1996 by DOT&BIT for PC DOS. The game requires information from the manual to play past the initial zone as it uses a code at the bottom of the first screen to tell…
Darkness is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by DOT&BIT, released 1 April 1996 on DOS.
What Darkness is
Darkness is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by DOT&BIT and released in 1996. It was published by Nesco. It is available on DOS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Darkness is a Korean action RPG released in 1996 by DOT&BIT for PC DOS. The game requires information from the manual to play past the initial zone as it uses a code at the bottom of the first screen to tell the player which order to hit a set of statues in order to move on. It has English button prompt instructions and UI elements but all the story and character text is in Korean.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Darkness launched on 1 April 1996, within three weeks of Resident Evil, Duke Nukem 3D, Kirby Super Star and Descent II.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil, Duke Nukem 3D, Kirby Super Star, Descent II.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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Quick answers
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