Dark Vengeance (video game)

Dark Vengeance
Dark Vengeance
Developer(s)	Reality Bytes
Publisher(s)	GT Interactive
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows, Macintosh
Release	NA: December 17, 1998;
Genre(s)	Action
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Dark Vengeance is an action video game developed by Reality Bytes and published by GT Interactive for Windows and Macintosh in 1998.

Development

The game was announced in August 1996^[2] and was showcased at E3 1998.^[3] Dark Vengeance used Reality Bytes own 3D engine.^[4]

Reception

Aggregate score
Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	59%^[5]

Review scores
Publication	Score
CNET Gamecenter	7/10^[6]
Computer Games Strategy Plus	^[7]
Computer Gaming World	^[8]
Game Informer	7.75/10^[9]
GamePro	^[10]
GameRevolution	C^[11]
GameSpot	7/10^[12]
IGN	6.8/10^[13]^[14]
MacLife	("Freakin' Awesome")^[15]
PC Accelerator	6/10^[16]
PC Gamer (US)	49%^[17]

The game received mixed reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.^[5]

References

^ "'VENGEANCE IS MINE' SAY PC GAMERS AS GT INTERACTIVE AND REALITY BYTES SHIP 'DARK VENGEANCE'". Retrieved 2023-04-15.
^ "REALITY BYTES, INC. ANNOUNCES DARK VENGEANCE(tm)". Reality Bytes. August 7, 1996. Archived from the original on January 2, 1997. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
^ "GT Interactive and Reality Bytes Take Third-Person Gaming to New Heights With 'Dark Vengeance' for PC". Business Wire. April 23, 1998. Archived from the original on May 17, 2014. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via The Free Library.
^ "Interview with the Dark Vengeance Designers". realbytes.com. Archived from the original on January 2, 1997. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Dark Vengeance for PC". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on June 2, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
^ Rausch, Allen (January 28, 1999). "Dark Vengeance (PC)". Gamecenter. CNET. Archived from the original on August 16, 2000. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
^ Altman, John (February 8, 1999). "Dark Vengeance". Computer Games Strategy Plus. Strategy Plus, Inc. Archived from the original on April 2, 2003. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
^ Liberatore, Raphael (March 1999). "Fantasy by Reality (Dark Vengeance Review)" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 176. Ziff Davis. p. 146. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
^ Bergren, Paul (March 1999). "Dark Vengeance". Game Informer. No. 71. FuncoLand. p. 52. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
^ Olafson, Peter (1999). "Dark Vengeance Review for PC on GamePro.com". GamePro. IDG Entertainment. Archived from the original on September 19, 2004. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
^ Hubble, Calvin (January 1999). "Dark Vengeance Review". GameRevolution. CraveOnline. Archived from the original on September 22, 2015. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
^ Chin, Elliott (January 20, 1999). "Dark Vengeance Review". GameSpot. Fandom. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
^ Ward, Trent C. (January 11, 1999). "Dark Vengeance (PC)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
^ Sanchez, Rick (June 7, 2002). "Dark Vengeance (Mac)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
^ Ho, Jennifer (March 1999). "Dark Vengeance". MacADDICT. No. 31. Imagine Media. p. 52. Archived from the original on October 31, 2004. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
^ D'Aprile, Jason (March 1999). "Dark Vengeance". PC Accelerator. No. 7. Imagine Media. p. 88. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
^ Williamson, Colin (April 1999). "Dark Vengeance". PC Gamer. Vol. 6, no. 4. Imagine Media. p. 140. Archived from the original on August 19, 1999. Retrieved January 21, 2021.