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Dark Side

The second game to use the Freescape graphics engine, which enabled the player to explore a 3D world, solving puzzles and taking out the bad guys.

Incentive first wowed the 8 bit world with Driller, scoring massively highly in magazines such as Crash, Dark Side improved on the gameplay by giving the player more locations, and adding more action oriented parts to the title.

Crash gave this 95%, admiring the slightly improved frame rate over it's predecessor, and the mystical Egyptian scenario, which would be revisited in the next adventure Total Eclipse.

This copy is a bit tatty and is missing the A2 poster.




Platform : Sinclair Spectrum
Format : Cassette
Publisher : Incentive
Authors : Major Developments
Date : 1987

Other Software by Incentive:

Item Manufacturer Platform Format Date
The Graphic Adventure Creator Incentive Software Amstrad CPC464 Disk Unknown
Splat! Incentive Software ZX Spectrum Cassette 1983
Confuzion Incentive Commodore 64 Cassette 1984
1984 - A Game of Government Management Incentive Software Ltd. BBC Micro Cassette 1984
Millionaire Incentive Software ZX Spectrum Cassette 1984
Millionaire Incentive Software Ltd BBC Micro + Acorn Electron Cassette 1984
Moon Cresta Incentive Software Ltd BBC Micro 5.25" floppy disc 1984
Winter Wonderland Incentive Software Ltd BBC Micro Cassette 1984
Double Gold Incentive Software Ltd. BBC Micro Cassette 1984
Confuzion Incentive Software Sinclair ZX Spectrum Cassette 1985
Moon Cresta (48k) Incentive Software Sinclair ZX Spectrum Cassette 1985
The Ket Trilogy (cassette) Incentive Software Ltd BBC Micro/Acorn Electron Cassette 1985
The Ket Trilogy Incentive Dragon 32 Cassette 1985
Back Track Incentive Dragon 32 Cassette 1985
Eddie Steady Go Incentive Dragon 32 Cassette 1985
Confuzion Incentive Software Ltd. Cassette 1985
The Graphic Adventure Creator Incentive Software ZX Spectrum Cassette 1986
The Graphic Adventure Creator (Cassette BBC & Electron) Incentive Software Ltd BBC Micro, Acorn Electron Cassette 1986
The Graphic Adventure Creator Incentive Software Ltd Commodore 64 Cassette 1986
Moon Cresta Incentive Dragon 32 Cassette 1986
The Adventure Creator Incentive BBC Micro Cassette 1986
The Graphic Adventure Creator Incentive Software Ltd BBC Micro 5.25" disk 1986
Driller (Disk) Incentive Software Amstrad CPC464 3" Floppy Disk 1987
Driller Incentive Software Commodore 64 Cassette 1987
Dark Side Incentive Sinclair Spectrum Cassette 1987
Driller (Cassette) Incentive Amstrad CPC464 Cassette 1987
Driller Incentive Software ZX Spectrum Cassette 1987
Total Eclipse Incentive Amstrad CPC464 Cassette 1988
Dark Side Incentive Commodore 64 Cassette 1988
Dark Side Incentive Software Amstrad CPC464 Disc 1988
STAC Incentive Software Ltd Atari ST 3.5 Floppy Disk 22 Apr 1988
Total Eclipse Special Edition Incentive Sinclair ZX Spectrum Cassette 1989
Total Eclipse Incentive Commodore 64 5.25 floppy disk 1989
Castle Master Incentive Software Commodore 64 Cassette 1990
Castle Master also featuring The Crypt Incentive Software Amstrad CPC 3" Disk 1990
Crash Feb 90 ocean, mastertronic, incentive, powertape cassette crash 1990
Power Pack (Tape 18) Incentive/Microvalue/21st Century Entertainment Commodore 64 Cassette 1992

Information About Incentive:

 

 

 

This exhibit has a reference ID of CH33637. Please quote this reference ID in any communication with the Centre for Computing History. 		  Dark Side Click on the Images
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