74
MobyRank
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
3.9
MobyScore
5 point score based on user ratings.

Description

You're a boy who most of all loves to play, and leave studying for somebody else to take care of. Your best company is your little dog who loves to wear your baseball cap. But on a hot sunny day, the moon covered the sun, and your dog disappears. You run to your treehouse and power up your computer and secret flying machine. Taking all you need, and go to find your lost puppy. Suddenly while in the sky, you strike some black creature, which was followed by a big crash.

You get off your spaceship and begin your quest, which takes in 8 worlds and 176 screens of ladders, ledges and platforms, across locations such as mountains and caves. There are puzzles to solve and precise timing sections along the way. The game features orchestral music and video sequences.

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Heart of Darkness Windows $19.99  
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Heart of Darkness    
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User Reviews

A modern-age reminiscence of ancient platform glory Unicorn B. Lynx Bronze Star Contributing Member (60141) 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars
Watch it for the moon in the time of noon! MAT Bronze Star Contributing Member (35183) 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars
If at first you don't succeed: try, try again Black Wolf (37231) 3.8 Stars3.8 Stars3.8 Stars3.8 Stars3.8 Stars
A great game cast from a mold long long lost. Brian Hirt (9991) 4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars
Grade-A platformer. Zovni (9141) 4.75 Stars4.75 Stars4.75 Stars4.75 Stars4.75 Stars
One of the most underrated, best Adventure/Side Scrolling games of all time. Period. Dragoon (93) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
Out of This World at the Heart of Darkness... Accatone (5228) 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars

The Press Says

Game Over Online Jun 23, 1998 84 out of 100 84
GamePro Jan 01, 2000 4 out of 5 80
PC Player (Denmark) 1998 8 out of 10 80
PC Games (Germany) Jul 01, 1998 80 out of 100 80
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault) Oct 05, 1998 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
Absolute Games (AG.ru) Jun 24, 1998 75 out of 100 75
Jeuxvideo.com Oct 06, 2009 15 out of 20 75
GameSpot Oct 01, 1998 7.1 out of 10 71
PC Gameplay (Benelux) Sep, 1998 64 out of 100 64
Just Adventure Mar 28, 2003 C 50

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
Willy Beamish? 3 Agent 5 (5335)
Oct 01, 2009

Trivia

This game is one of the early users of CD-based copy protection.

Although the installation program insists that you need DirectX 6.0, the manual says HOD will run on NT 4.0 with SP3.


This entry was contributed by Brian Hirt (9991) and Grant McLellan (555)
 

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