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Darkspyre
Developer(s)Event Horizon Software
Platform(s)Amiga, MS-DOS
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Darkspyre is a 1990 computer game produced by Event Horizon Software for MS-DOS. It was released the following year for the Amiga. Darkspyre is a dungeon crawl style role-playing game. It uses top-down graphics and randomly generated dungeons, similar to a roguelike.

in 1992, The Summoning was released as a sequel. It did not rely on Darkspyre's random dungeon mechanic, instead using pre-designed levels.

Plot summary

The gods of War, Magic, and Intellect created the Darkspyre to locate a champion to win the final test of mankind. The player must find the five runes of power within Darkspyre to master the tests and prevent the total destruction of the world.[1]

Reception

The game was reviewed in 1991 in Dragon #172 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 3½ out of 5 stars.[1] The game was reviewed in Computer Gaming World in 1991, with the reviewer stating that "DarkSpyre is a fine game, well suited to gamers who enjoy true challenges."[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia; Lesser, Kirk (August 1991). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (172): 55–64.
  2. ^ Threadgill, Todd (July 1991). "DarkSpyre: Action, Adventure and Puzzles Galore". Computer Gaming World (84): 12–13. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-05-31. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)