Dark Side |
Release Date | 1988 |
Original Publisher | Incentive Software Ltd (UK) |
Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
Language | English |
Genre | Arcade Game: Adventure |
Max. Players | 1 |
Original Price | £9.95 |
Disk Price | £14.95 |
Features | Freescape, Small Gameplay Area (<50%), Vector Graphics |
Graphical Views | Perspective 3D Graphics |
Controls | Cursor, Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick |
Themes | Teleportation |
Other Platforms | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Commodore Plus/4, Commodore Plus/4 |
Average mag. score | 91.68% (5 reviews) |
Martijn's WoS score | 82.4% (45 votes) |
#1 - System 4 (Spain) | (1988) |
Chris Andrew [2] (UK) | at Major Developments | - ? | |
Ian Andrew (UK) | at Major Developments | - ? | |
Stephen Northcott (UK) | at Major Developments | - ? | |
Steinar Lund (Norway) | - Inlay/Poster Art |
"Crash Smash" | at Crash | issue v.1 #54 - 1988/Jul | page 76 | |
"Your Sinclair Megagame" | at Your Sinclair | issue #32 - 1988/Aug | page 40 |
1. | Driller | (1987) | by Incentive Software Ltd (UK) | |
2. | Dark Side | (1988) | by Incentive Software Ltd (UK) |
Demo version in | Crash issue 54: Sneak Preview 1 | (1988/Jul) | by Magazine Crash - covertape from issue v.1 #54 - 1988/Jul | ||
Full version in | Dark Force | (never (1989)) | by Ocean Software Ltd (UK) |
Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
DarkSide.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | - (hacked) | |
DarkSide.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (Unspecified custom loader) | English | ||
DarkSide.dsk.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 128 +3 | (None) | English | ||
DarkSide(System4).tzx.zip | #1 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (Unspecified custom loader) | English | ||
DarkSide(System4).dsk.zip | #1 | ZX-Spectrum 128 +3 | (None) | English |
Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
DarkSide.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
DarkSide.gif | 4,555 | Original | Running screen | |||
DarkSide_Front.jpg | 562,767 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
DarkSide_Back.jpg | 358,861 | Original | Inlay - Back | |||
DarkSide.zip | 38,427 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
DarkSide(EN).pdf | 784,823 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
DarkSide.jpg | 366,169 | Original | Game map | |||
DarkSide_2.jpg | 194,577 | Original | Game map | |||
DarkSide_3.jpg | 387,936 | Original | Game map | |||
DarkSide_4.jpg | 289,383 | Original | Game map | |||
DarkSide_Poster.jpg | 1,557,051 | Original | Poster | |||
YSPoster30.jpg | 346,726 | Original | Magazine poster | - Your Sinclair magazine poster | ||
DarkSide.jpg | 223,638 | Original | Advertisement | |||
DarkSide_2.jpg | 415,000 | Original | Advertisement | |||
darkside.rzx | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Starglider | ||
Dark Side (1988)(Incentive Software).pok | 128 | Original | POK pokes file | |||
DarkSide(System4).jpg | 123,143 | #1 | Inlay - Front | |||
DarkSide(System4)_2.jpg | 113,597 | #1 | Inlay - Front | |||
DarkSide(System4).pdf | 37,498 | #1 | Instructions | Spanish |
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #11-1988/Aug | page 44 | - Review: 904/1000 | |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #81-1988/Jul | page 49 | - Review | |
Crash | issue v.1 #54-1988/Jul | page 76 | - Review: 95% | |
MicroHobby | issue #177-1988/Sep | page 33 | - Review - Nuevo | |
Sinclair User | issue #76-1988/Jul | page 50 | - Review: 90% | |
The Games Machine | issue #8-1988/Jul | page 74 | - Review: 93% | |
Your Sinclair | issue #32-1988/Aug | page 40 | - Review: 9/10 |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #97-1989/Dec | page 89 | - Review (Dark Force) | |
Sinclair User | issue #95-1990/Feb | page 74 | - Review - Attack of the Compilations! (Dark Force) |
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #25-1989/Oct | page 122 | - News/Note (Dark Force) |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #95-1989/Oct | page 107 | - Full-page ad (Dark Force) | |
Crash | issue v.1 #69-1989/Oct | page 51 | - Full-page ad (Dark Force) | |
Your Sinclair | issue #46-1989/Oct | page 21 | - Full-page ad (Dark Force) |
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