Dark Seed

Description

Dark Seed is an adventure game which capitalizes on the drawings of famous horror designer H. R. Giger as a source of background artwork and inspiration.

You play Mike Dawson, an ad company manager who, in pursuit of his goal in life to become a writer, purchases a solitary mansion in a small town called Woodland Hills. Although the low cost and hush-hush transactions when purchasing the house do raise your suspicion, the solitary environment and sheer beauty of the house crush common sense and you decide to buy the house. That's when trouble begin. Upon reaching the house, you suddenly feel tired. You find a bed and fall asleep...

... and wake up from a terrible dream, only to find out that your life has just become a worse nightmare: an unknown source has implanted a seed of darkness in your mind, and you only have three days to find a way to stop it.

Alternate Titles

• "黑暗之蠱" -- Chinese spelling (traditional)
• "זרע האופל " -- Hebrew title
• "Dark Seed 1" -- Common title
• "Darkseed" -- Alternate spelling

Part of the Following Group

• Dark Seed series

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User Reviews

Nice idea, horrible execution	DOS	Sam Jeffreys (3330)
Good concept and graphics for its time....Although there are programming glitches!	DOS	bill bradskey (2)
Gorgeous, but not exactly playable	DOS	weregamer (157)
One of greatest and memorable game in the world	DOS	MDawson (9)

The Press Says

Amiga Computing	Amiga	Mar, 1993	95 out of 100	95
Amiga Power	Amiga	Feb, 1993	88 out of 100	88
The One	Amiga CD32	Sep, 1994	79 out of 100	79
CU Amiga	Amiga	Feb, 1993	78 out of 100	78
Amiga Format	Amiga CD32	Nov, 1994	73 out of 100	73
Amiga Format	Amiga	Mar, 1993	72 out of 100	72
Amiga Computing	Amiga CD32	Jan, 1995	70 out of 100	70
High Score	Macintosh	Jun, 1994	3 out of 5	60
The Video Game Critic	SEGA Saturn	Oct 22, 2008	C-	42
Aventura y Cía	DOS	Aug 14, 2001		20

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Trivia

The cut-out in the front of the box holds a small, removable diamond shaped box that originally contained the floppy disks. The small box shows a portrait of H. R. Giger's beloved wife Li who passed away in 1975. This painting (Li II, 1974, Work no. 251) measures 200 x 140 cm and contains a number of elements symbolizing death. The oversized head is decapitated and fed intravenously.