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ECS

ECS no. 2
CD32 no. 1

CD32

CD32 no. 2

Dark Seed

Darkseed

General info

Not Amiga Original

Relationships

WHDLoad

2021-02-20

Stats

16,313

Genre

Conversions

Apple Macintosh (Classic)
PC (DOS)
PC (Windows)
Sega Saturn
Sony PlayStation

ECS / OCS

Version info

No
Max 1, Sim 1

Features

Credits

Art direction
Dark World art
Graphics
Graphics
Graphics
Composition
Music & SFX
Game text
Additional design
Additional design
Game design, Concept, Acting
Concept, Acting

Hard Disk Installer

Yes

- HD installer is contained on disk 1.

- Approx. 6.5MB HD space is required for installation.

Compilations

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1993
Dark Seed
AKA Darkseed
Commercial
Full Price
Rest of the World
English, French, German, Spanish
English, French, German, Spanish
7
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1993
Dark Seed
AKA Darkseed
Commercial
Full Price
Spain
English, French, German, Spanish
English, French, German, Spanish
7
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1995
Dark Seed
AKA Darkseed
Commercial
Budget
Worldwide
English, French, German, Spanish
English, French, German, Spanish
7
One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes

Distributed in Germany by Bomico.


Last known release:
- V1.0 (20-Nov-92) [English release]
- V1.0 (1993) [German/French/Spanish releases]


TRIVIA: The main protagonist in DARK SEED was based on game designer Mike Dawson, who also provided the character acting for the game's main protagonist.

Conversion Notes

Based on 1992 Cyberdreams PC (DOS) release.
PC versions: EGA, VGA

CD32

Version info

No
Max 1, Sim 1

Features

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1994
Dark Seed
AKA Darkseed
Commercial
Full Price
Worldwide
English
English, German
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes

[1] Game concept by Mike Dawson, John Krause and Patrick Ketchum; game design by Mike Cranford and Mike Dawson; additional design by Harald Seeley and Lennard Feddersen; game text by Michel Horvat.
Coding by Michael DiMambro.
Graphics by Julia Ulano, Joby-Rome Otero and Paul Ryan; "Dark World" art by H. R. Giger; character acting by Mike Dawson, John Krause, Paul Drzewiecki and Heidi Marendi; and art/animation direction by Bernd Brummbaer and Paul Drzewiecki.
Music/sound FX by Matt Nathan; musical score by Gregory Alper; English digitised speech by David Bean, Lennard Feddersen, Kitty Gunn, Deem Bristow, Gabriella Straus, Eric Allen and Gary Gillett.

[2] Save for the addition of speech turning DARK SEED CD32 into one of the earliest Amiga "talkie" games, the CD32 version differs little from the floppy OCS/ECS release and even retains the same digitised hires graphics without AGA enhancement.

[3] Darkseek floppy version is one of the rare amiga games that has the protagonists of the game including  the main character that are talking, it's not a feature that is proper to the CD32 version.

Last known release: V1.1 (1994)


TRIVIA: The main protagonist in DARK SEED was based on game designer Mike Dawson, who also provided the character acting for the game's main protagonist.

Conversion Notes

Based on 1992 Cyberdreams PC (DOS) release.
PC versions: EGA, VGA

Screen info

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Box: ECS / OCS
Box scan ECS no. 1

U.S. Release (front)

Box scan ECS no. 2

U.S. Release (back)

Box scan ECS no. 3

French Release (front) [German Stickers]

Box scan ECS no. 4

French Release (back)

Box scan ECS no. 5

Budget Release (front)

Box scan ECS no. 6

Budget Release (back)

Box: CD32
Box scan CD32 no. 1

Box Inlay (front)

Box scan CD32 no. 2

Box Inlay (back)

Box scan CD32 no. 3

CD Inlay (front)

Box scan CD32 no. 4

CD Inlay (back)

Disk: ECS / OCS
Disk scan ECS no. 1

Original Release

Disk scan ECS no. 2

Budget Release

Disk: CD32
Disk scan CD32 no. 1

Misc: ECS / OCS
ECS no. 1

Background Manual Cover (English)

ECS no. 2

U.S. Advert (CGR 18 1/1993, Page 101)

ECS no. 3

UK Advert (CU Amiga 8/1994, Page 25)

ECS no. 4

German Advert (Amiga Joker 3/1992, Page 47)

ECS no. 5

German Advert (Amiga Joker 11/1992, Pages 18 & 19)

Misc: CD32
CD32 no. 1

Manual Cover (German)

CD32 no. 2

UK Advert (CU Amiga 8/1994, Page 25)

Manual info

ECS / OCS
ECS no. 1

Manual (English) [Source: Retro Commodore]

ECS no. 2

Manual (German)

ECS no. 3

Reference Card (German)

ECS no. 4

Manual (French) [Source: Retro Commodore]

ECS no. 5

Reference Card (French) [Source: Retro Commodore]

ECS no. 6

Hintbook (English) [Source: mocagh.org]

CD32
CD32 no. 1

Manual (English)

CD32 no. 2

Quick Reference Card (English)

CD32 no. 3

Hintbook (English) [Source: mocagh.org]

ECS / OCS

No cheats found.

CD32

No cheats found.

Apple Macintosh (Classic)
No conversion screens found.
PC (DOS)
Conversion PC (DOS)

Conversion PC (DOS)

PC (Windows)
No conversion screens found.
Sega Saturn
Conversion Sega Saturn

Conversion Sega Saturn

Sony PlayStation
Conversion Sony PlayStation

Conversion Sony PlayStation

Map info

ECS / OCS

No maps found.

CD32

No maps found.

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amazing Computing for the Commodore Amiga
Amazing Computing Vol 8 No 5 (May 1993)
Rob Hays
0
Amiga Action
41 (Feb 1993)
93%
Huw Melliar-Smith
3
Amiga Computing
58 (Mar 1993)
95%
Ben Styles
2
Amiga Format
44 (Mar 1993)
72%
Neil Jackson
2
Amiga Format
75 (Sep 1995)
70%
Stephen Bradley
Re-release
1
Amiga Joker
Jan 1993
79%
Joachim Nettelbeck
1
Amiga Power
22 (Feb 1993)
88%
Mark Winstanley
3
Amiga Style
4 (Mar 1993)
Pavle Vukadinovic
0
Australian Commodore and Amiga Review
Vol 10 No 6 (Jun 1993)
87%
Phil Campbell
1
CU Amiga
Feb 1993
78%
Dan Slingsby
3
Datormagazin
No 6 (Mar 1993)
73%
Göran Fröjdh
0
OZ Amiga
Vol 1 No 6 (Apr - May 1993)
David Reeves
1
The One
53 (Feb 1993)
80%
Gary Whitta
4
Amiga Action
64 (Dec 1994)
78%
Paul McNally
0
Amiga CD32 Gamer
4 (Sep 1994)
90%
3
Amiga Computing
82 (Jan 1995)
70%
Gareth Lofthouse
1
Amiga Dream
18 (May 1995)
63%
Geoffrey Marty
0
Amiga Format
65 (Nov 1994)
73%
Stephen Bradley
2
Amiga Joker
Oct 1994
80%
Max Magenauer
1
Amiga Power
41 (Sep 1994)
63%
Jonathan Nash
1
Amiga User International
Vol 9 No 1 (Jan 1995)
82%
1
The One
72 (Sep 1994)
79%
Matt Broughton
1

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
ACE: Advanced Computer Entertainment
55 (Apr 1992)
Steve Cooke
Preview (in-depth)
4
Amiga Action
31 (Apr 1992)
Jason Simmons
Preview (in-depth)
0
Amiga Computing
55 (Dec 1992)
Ben Styles
Preview (in-depth)
1
Amiga Format
34 (May 1992)
Preview
1
Amiga Joker
Feb 1992
Manfred Kleimann
Preview (in-depth)
2
Amiga Power
18 (Oct 1992)
Preview
1
CU Amiga
Nov 1992
Rik Haynes
Preview (in-depth)
1
The One
52 (Jan 1993)
Preview
1
Zero
29 (Mar 1992)
Steve Rhinds
Preview (in-depth)
0

ECS / OCS

Lore Score: 81%

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CD32

Lore Score: 75%

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