DarkSpyre

{{Short description|1990 video game}}

{{Infobox video game

|title = DarkSpyre

|image = DarkSpyre cover art.jpg

|alt =

|developer = Event Horizon

|publisher = Event Horizon

|producer = James H. Namestka

|designer = Christopher L. Straka

|programmer = Thomas J. Holmes

|artist = Jane Yeager
Frank Urbaniak

|composer = Ed Puskar

|series =

|engine =

|platforms = MS-DOS, Amiga

|released = 1990: MS-DOS
1991: Amiga

|genre = Role-playing

|modes = Single-player

}}

DarkSpyre is a 1990 video game produced by Event Horizon Software (later known as DreamForge Intertainment) 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

The gods of War, Magic, and Intellect created the Darkspyre to find a champion to overcome the final challenge of mankind. The player must locate the five runes of power within Darkspyre to master the tests and prevent the destruction of the world.

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.{{cite journal

|title=The Role of Computers

|last1=Lesser|last2=Lesser|last3=Lesser|first1=Hartley|first2=Patricia|first3=Kirk

|journal=Dragon

|issue=172

|date=August 1991

|pages=55–64}} 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."{{cite magazine|author=Threadgill, Todd |date=July 1991 |title=DarkSpyre: Action, Adventure and Puzzles Galore |magazine=Computer Gaming World |pages=12–13 |issue=84 |url=http://cgw.vintagegaming.org/galleries/index.php?year=1991&pub=2&id=84 |accessdate=2011-05-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723105303/http://cgw.vintagegaming.org/galleries/index.php?year=1991&pub=2&id=84 |archivedate=2011-07-23 }}

Reviews

  • ASM - Mar, 1991
  • Amiga Joker (Feb, 1992){{cite web | url=http://amr.abime.net/review_23705 | title=Darkspyre review from Amiga Joker (Mar 1992) - Amiga Magazine Rack }}

References

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