| The Dark |
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| Aliases | Quake |
| Release Date | 1997 |
| Original Publisher | Oleg Origin (Russia) - within compilation "1997" |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
| Language | Russian |
| Genre | Arcade Game: Action |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Supports | Currah MicroSpeech |
| Features | Beeper Speech, TR-DOS Support |
| Controls | Interface 2 (right) |
| Copyright Status | Freeware (free but copyrighted) |
| Inspirations | Doom (Software) from id Software (USA) |
| Average mag. score | 94.00% (1 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 65% (2 votes) |
Re-releases
| #1 - Oleg Origin (Russia) | (2016) | ||
| #2 - Bumfun Software (Spain) | (2016) | ||
| * Release price: £10.00 |
Authors/Contributors
| Oleg Origin (Russia) | - ? |
Review Awards
| "Crash Smash" | at Crash | issue v.2 - 2018 special "Annual 2018" | page 98 |
Series "The Dark"
| 1. | The Dark | by Oleg Origin (Russia) - within compilation "1997" | ||
| 2. | The Dark: Redux | (2021) | by ZOSYA entertainment (Russia) | |
| 3. | The Dark: Lost Pages | (2021) | by ZOSYA entertainment (Russia) |
Compilations
| Full version in | 1997 | (1997) | by Oleg Origin (Russia) |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
| DarkThe_2.trd.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | Russian | ||
 | TheDark_2016(EN).tap.zip | #1 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | - re-release |
| TheDark_2016(RU).tap.zip | #1 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | Russian | - re-release |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| DarkThe_2.gif | 4,201 | Original | Running screen | |||
| dark.rzx | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Rafal (with rollback) | ||
| TheDark_2016(EN).txt | 3,388 | #1 | Instructions | English | - re-release | |
| TheDark_2016(RU).txt | 3,484 | #1 | Instructions | Russian | - re-release | |
| TheDark_2016_SourceCode.zip | 509,927 | #1 | Source code | - re-release | ||
| TheDark(BumfunSoftware).jpg | 602,919 | #2 | Inlay - Front | |||
| DarkThe(BumfunSoftware)_Tape.jpg | 77,428 | #2 | Media scan |
Magazine Reviews
| Crash | issue v.2-2018 special "Annual 2018" | page 98 | - Review: 94% |
Links
| MobyGames | (Information - in English) | |
| Modern ZX-Retro Gaming | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive - YouTube | (Information - in English) | |
| Speccy Screenshot Maps | (Information - in English) | |
| The Spectrum Show - Youtube | (Information - in English) | |
| Wikipedia | (Information - in English) | |
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