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Game information for "Darxide" - DP Online Rarity Guide

Game ID: 24907

Console / System: 32X

Title: Darxide

Aliases: Dark Side (working title)

Scarcity (loose): 9

Value in USD (loose): 999

Scarcity (complete): 0

Value in USD (complete): 0

Publisher: Sega

Section: 2

Designer: David Braben

Designer 2: Peter Irvin

Developer: Frontier

Style: Space Combat

Description: Designer Braben is better known for his space-faring masterpiece "Elite". The original title of the game, "Dark Side" was altered for copyright reasons. If there was ever a game to push the 32X to its limits and actually convince a gamer they were playing a 32-bit game, this is the one. Darxide is the only 32X title to exploit the use of texture-mapped polygons (as opposed to the much more bland but less CPU-intensive flat-shaded ones you see in Shadow Squadron or Virtua Racing Deluxe). Unfortunately for Japanese and North American 32X owners, Darxide is a true PAL game and must be played on UK hardware (including a PAL-compatible TV). In 2003 developer Frontier released an enhanced version of the game, "Darxide EMP" for Pocket PC's and the Nokia series 60 mobile phones.

Landmark: This was the last game released for the 32X worldwide.

Release date (MM/DD/YYYY): 1996

Country / region: UK

Part #: 84580-50

System exclusive: 1

Periodical's review: Maniac! rated this game an 36 (out of 100)

Web site: http://www.frontier.co.uk/games/darxide/



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