Darklands (video game)

Darklands is a historical fantasy role-playing video game developed and published by MicroProse in 1992 for MS-DOS. The game is set in the Holy Roman Empire during the 15th century. While the geographic setting is historically accurate, the game features many supernatural elements.

Darklands
Developer(s)MPS Labs
Publisher(s)MicroProse
Director(s)Arnold Hendrick
Designer(s)
  • Arnold Hendrick
  • Sandy Petersen
  • Douglas Kaufman
Programmer(s)
  • Jim Synoski
  • Douglas Whatley
  • Bryan Stout
Artist(s)
  • Michael O'Haire
  • Artino
Composer(s)Jeff Briggs
Platform(s)MS-DOS
Release1992: Floppy disk
1995: CD-ROM
Genre(s)Role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Darklands received mixed reviews upon release, with praise for its historical detail and open-ended gameplay but criticism directed at its numerous bugs and repetitive nature. In recent years the game's reception has been more positive. It was later re-released on GOG.com and Steam with support for Linux, MacOS, Windows OS.

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