OCS no. 1
OCS no. 2

Dark Side

General info

Not Amiga Original

Relationships

WHDLoad

2022-10-23

Stats

5,461

Conversions

Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128
Atari ST/E
Commodore C64/128
PC (DOS)
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048
Tandy PC/IBM PCjr

OCS

Version info

No
Max 1, Sim 1

Features

Credits

Game design
Game design
Game design
Game design

Hard Disk Installer

No

Compilations

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1989
Dark Side
Commercial
Full Price
Rest of the World
English
English
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1989
Dark Side
Commercial
Full Price
USA
English
English
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1990
Dark Side
Commercial
Budget
Worldwide
English
English
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes

[1] DARK SIDE is the second in a series of games using the solid 3D graphics environment Freescape, which was developed by Incentive's in-house software team Major Developments. Successive Amiga releases in the series included DRILLER, TOTAL ECLIPSE, CASTLE MASTER & CASTLE MASTER 2: THE CRYPT.

[2] Magazine Publisher: Stampede no. 1, July 1990.

Conversion Notes

Based on 1988 Major Developments/Incentive 8-bit (Spectrum, Amstrad) release.
PC versions: Hercules, CGA, EGA, Tandy

Screen info

OCS
Screenshot OCS no. 3

Screenshot OCS no. 4

Screenshot OCS no. 5

Screenshot OCS no. 6

Screenshot OCS no. 7

Screenshot OCS no. 8

Screenshot OCS no. 9

Screenshot OCS no. 10

Scan info

Box: OCS
Box scan OCS no. 1

U.S. Release (front)

Box scan OCS no. 2

U.S. Release (back)

Box scan OCS no. 3

UK Release (front)

Box scan OCS no. 4

UK Release (back)

Disk: OCS
Disk scan OCS no. 1

U.S. Release

Disk scan OCS no. 2

UK Release

Misc: OCS
OCS no. 1

UK Advert [1] [Source: Atari Mania]

OCS no. 2

UK Advert [2] [Source: Atari Mania]

OCS no. 3

German Advert (PowerPlay 8/1989, Page 47)

OCS no. 4

Catalogue Entry [Source: Atari Mania]

Manual info

OCS: 1 manual    
OCS
OCS no. 1

Manual (English)

OCS

Start by destroying ECDs 1-5. Now go to the Regulus. Go into the building that is in front of you when you are facing north. In here you will see fuel rods and shield blocks. Collect all of these.

Now destroy ECDs 5-9. This will give you quite a lot of time. Now go through either Umbriel or Procyon. Walk by the prison sensor until you get thrown in prison.

When inside collect the telepod cristal, then get out. You do this by shooting into the boxes - you will either be giving up fuel or shield. Soon the door will open. When you have exited the prison you will be in the tunnels. When you have got out of the tunnels, go and destroy ECDs 9-15.

Now go to Sirius, enter the building in the west. You do this by shooting the block above the door about 10-15 times. When inside, jet-pac up to the top. Here you will see two fuel rods, two shield blocks, and a telepod cristal.

From here go to Iapetus. Get into the building east of the river. To do this you have to jet-pac over a force field, then get into the building. In it you will find four tele-transporters. Now go and destroy ECDs 15-20. Go to Tethys and collect the four fuel rods.

Now you can get the other (3rd) telepod cristal. Destroy ECDs 20-24. Go to Psyche and go into the telepod and shoot the cristal that takes you to Pollux. Here you will find the final telepod cristal. Use this to take you to the Nereiol sector. Take the letter K, then go back to Psyche, and go through the open gate. Destroy the final ECD and the game is complete.

Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128
Conversion Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128

Conversion Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128

Atari ST/E
No conversion screens found.
Commodore C64/128
Conversion Commodore C64/128

Conversion Commodore C64/128

PC (DOS)
Conversion PC (DOS)

CGA

Conversion PC (DOS)

Conversion PC (DOS)

EGA

Conversion PC (DOS)

Conversion PC (DOS)

Hercules

Conversion PC (DOS)

Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048
No conversion screens found.
Tandy PC/IBM PCjr
No conversion screens found.

Map info

OCS

No maps found.

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
ACE: Advanced Computer Entertainment
23 (Aug 1989)
935/1000
1
Amiga Computing
Vol 2 No 3 (Aug 1989)
64%
Duncan Evans
2
Amiga User International
Vol 3 No 8 (Aug 1989)
8/10
Len Keighley
1
Australian Commodore and Amiga Review
Vol 6 No 8 (Aug 1989)
Richard Silsby
0
Australian Commodore and Amiga Review
Vol 7 No 2 (Feb 1990)
Luke Tattersall
1
CU Amiga
Jun 1989
82%
Mark Patterson
2
Datormagazin
No 10 (Jul 1989)
7/10
Magnus Friskytt
1
ST Amiga Format
12 (Jun 1989)
87%
Gary Barrett
2
The One
9 (Jun 1989)
70%
Paul Boughton
2
Your Amiga
Sep 1989
84%
Kevin Crosby
2
Zzap
51 (Jul 1989)
81%
Stuart Wynne
Robin Hogg
0

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
ST Amiga Format
11 (May 1989)
Preview
1

OCS

Lore Score: 75%

Your Score:

User
Date
Comment