DarkSpyre

DarkSpyre
Developer(s)	Event Horizon
Publisher(s)	Event Horizon
Producer(s)	James H. Namestka
Designer(s)	Christopher L. Straka
Programmer(s)	Thomas J. Holmes
Artist(s)	Jane Yeager Frank Urbaniak
Composer(s)	Ed Puskar
Platform(s)	MS-DOS, Amiga
Release	1990: MS-DOS 1991: Amiga
Genre(s)	Role-playing
Mode(s)	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.^[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]

Reviews

• ASM - Mar, 1991
• Amiga Joker (Feb, 1992)^[3]

References

1. 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. No. 84. pp. 12–13. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
3. "Darkspyre review from Amiga Joker (Mar 1992) - Amiga Magazine Rack".

External links

• DarkSpyre at Lemon Amiga
• DarkSpyre at Amiga Hall of Light