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Throne of Darkness

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Published by

Sierra On-Line, Inc.

Developed by

Released

Platform

ESRB Rating

Genre

Action, Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)

Perspective

Isometric

Non-Sport

Medieval / Fantasy

MobyRank

100 point score based on reviews from various critics.

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3.6

MobyScore

5 point score based on user ratings.

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Credits
Original Concept	Ben Haas
Project Leader	D. Isaac Gartner, Ben Haas
Lead Design	D. Isaac Gartner, Ben Haas
Production	Leif Jensen, Jeff Pobst
DREAMS Programming	Evan Buehler
Design	Aaron Akagi, Anthony Doe, Koji Goto, Victor Lee
Lead Programming	D. Isaac Gartner
Programming	Brian Chrisman, Patrick Crosby, Mike Humphrey, Evan Saloman, Martin Simpson, Tom Thompson, Baris Yaman
Additional Programming	Bill Dewey, Brent LaPoint, Mike Nicolino, Lee Olds, Darren Robinson, Brian Rothstein, Fahri Tuncer, Dean Webster
Graphics / Artwork	Ben Haas, Victor Lee
Characters Graphics	Anthony Doe, Jae Cheol Hong, Edwin Loo, George Schmidt, Patrick Tougas, Herman Wong
Background Graphics	Mike Badillo, Tim Brannon, Erik Cufino, Eugene Galang, Ivetta Harte, Eric Queen
Interface Graphics	Jon Bodenshot, Kim Cogan, Erik Cufino, Victor Lee, Dean Yuen
Special Effects	Edwin Loo, Joe Peterson, George Schmidt
Additional Graphics / Artwork	Jon Bodenshot, Erik Cufino, Leif Jensen
Music	Etienne Grunenwald, Mark Hardy
Music / Sound Programming	Twin Cell, Etienne Grunenwald
Sound	Etienne Grunenwald
Level / Scenario Design	Aaron Akagi, Jon Bodenshot, Erik Cufino, Eugene Galang, Ivetta Harte, Leif Jensen
Writing / Dialogue / Story	Aaron Akagi, Erik Cufino, Anthony Doe, Koji Goto, Leif Jensen, Tom Thompson, Ben Haas
Additional Design	Anthony Doe, Koji Goto, Kei Kobara, Tom Thompson, Herman Wong
Network Administration	Koji Goto, Tom Thompson
Manual Design	Leif Jensen
Manual Design and Layout	Mark Seibert, Cheryl Sweeney, Juliet Pitt
Manual Illustrations/Photos	Aaron Akagi, Victor Lee
Film Directors	Anthony Doe, Blair Simmons
Scripts	Anthony Doe, Koji Goto, Blair Simmons
Animation	Herrick Chu, Anthony Doe, Kei Kobara, Blair Simmons
Playtesting	Aaron Akagi, Jon Bodenshot, Erik Cufino, Anthony Doe, Ivetta Harte, Jae Cheol Hong, Kei Kobara, Victor Lee, Edwin Loo, George Schmidt, Herman Wong, Dean Yuen
Additional Playtesting	Devon Anderson
Producer	Mark Seibert
Additional Production	Ron Daniels, Ross Perez
IT	Aaron Hunt, Jeff Routledge, Maruti Sharma, Noel Walde
Dialog Direction	Leif Jensen, Mark Seibert
Voice Casting	Voice Caster
Voice Recording	Recorded at Waves, Michael Klinger (Engineer)
Acting / Voiceovers	Jack Angel, Bob Bergen, Steven Jay Blum, Walker Edmiston, Nick Epstein, Kim Mai Guest, Mark Klastorin, Darryl Kurylo, Yuji Okumoto, Sab Shimono, Todao Tomamatsu
Director	Gary Stevens
Technical Director	Ken Eaton
Executive Producer	Tharlie Richardson
Quality Assurance	Chris Bourdon, Darren Cannon, Donald Fisk, Rick Gusa, Jared Guthrie, David Jordan, John Largis, Stephen Musch, Marc Nagel, Rich Nelson, Jon Pulling, Katrina Quan, Niko Simonson, David Webber, Bryan Wilkinson
Compatibility Test	Sean Meichle, Sue Ung
CPC	Chris Slack
Localisation / Translation	David Doheny, Jesus Baquedano Ferrer, Eileen Lineen, Bill Sweeney
Marketing / PR	Koren Buckner, Kellie Cosner, Hillary Crowley, Adam Fossa, Charles Grover Holtzclaw, Eliza Mixon
Special Thanks To	David P. Grenewetzki, J. Mark Hood, Scott Lynch, Bernadette Pryor, Mike Ryder, Jim Veevaert, Zippy the Wonder llama
Special Thanks from Click
Ben	William Haas, my parents, Nate, Grandmother Mimi, the rest of the family, Angela, Devon, Araya
Isaac	Nathan Gartner, Leah Gartner, Eran Gartner, Tanja Gartner, Myra Gartner
Aaron	my parents & grandparents, Frances Fong, Jason Jimenez, J‑Nova, Mac Hume, Sal Bones, Giant Robot, Epoch, Wu‑Tangs ODB
Anthony	James Doe, Gloria Doe, John H. Doe, Jae Cheon Do, Micky Song, Ron Kim, Mark Barish, Jon Krumbiegel, Joel Kurtner, Eun Young Lee, Samuel Wallace, Young Ja Ha
Victor	Hanako Lee, Hiromi Lee, Katsue Wakiyama, Masako Wakiyama
Baris	Saide Yaman, Ahmet Yaman, Burak Yaman, Hale Ocak ve Selcuk Erdem'in Okuzleri
Erik	Cufino‑Family, Martina Kocianova
Leif	Ted Jensen, Stephanie Jensen, Michael Jensen, the whole Jensen/Jensen-Clan, all my brothers
Martin	Marian Simpson, Desmond Simpson, Cressy, Matt, Tim, Cloe, Jake, the dog, John Carmack
George	Chris Schmidt, Dallas Schmidt, Carol Schmidt, Sara Davey, Christian Herbst
Bodie	Mom, Dad, Paul, Patrick, Peter, Grandmom B & M, the Crews from Lakers, Seattle & Pasadena, San Diego Bros, ^XA crew
Edwin	Susan Manley, the families Loo and Manley, Wes, Paula, Bob, Moby, Gels
Brian	Donna Sovey, the Navarolis, Shannon Murray, Jezebel, Matt Reoch
Herman	Mom & Dad, Edmund, Robert Cho, Samantha Cho, Stan Hom, Robert Gee, Jennifer Diep, Doris Wong, and friends
Jae cheol	my parents, So‑hyun, June‑sang, Modeum, friends, the whole family
Kei	my parents, Shannon, Gabby Moore, the Drumtech Productions-Crew, Ashton, Eva, Stillwind, Miroku, Casimir, Parry, Frijtz, Wayne, SCAD
Gene	The big old man at the Costco congress, Mom, Dad, Eileen Galang, Mark Camara, Chierie Shum, Prof Tang
Patrick	my parents, Anne, Lara, Paul Michelman, Bennett Kryzsko, Biella, Evanston, McBain, Xneog, MJG Koops‑Elson
Ivetta	Frank Chedester, Howard Harte, Oleg Harte, Antonia Krukova, Natalia Lantseva, Andrei Kurchavi, Pat, Michael, Jenny Harte, David Harte, Dr. Sharer, Pr. Gazovsky, Pr. Gillingwater
Evan	Dr. Egert, Mom, Dad, Sophorn, Imouli
Etienne	Mom & Dad, the rest of the family in the US and elsewhere, Serge & the rest of the old crew, my cat, Blue Screen, Concord, Pikka and her mother
Mike H	Stephanie, Levi, all that are at least 3 months old, the families Humphrey and Taylor
Dean	Cheng Hui, Chia Yu, Alan Lau, Peter Kozel, Jack Niles, Corrine Wong, MMZ, and the rest
Tom	Susie, Joel
Blair	Mom & Dad, Karen, Dwayne, Paige Bennett, J.R., Bob Dobbs
Additional Thanks to	Condor alias Blizzard North, Doug Lombardi, 420, Susan Cummings, Don Kahn, Joey Chaite, Joan Burtzel, Aaron Gumbinger, Tom Russo, Peter Lenn, Bob Greber, Dan Amdur, Justin Kirby, Ichigawa Gan, Goemon Sushi

Other Games

In addition to this game, the following people are listed as working on other games. No more than 25 people are listed here, even if there are more than 25 people who have also worked on other games.

Steven Jay Blum, 135 other games
Gary Stevens, 106 other games
John Carmack, 74 other games
Kim Mai Guest, 63 other games
Susan Cummings, 58 other games
J. Mark Hood, 55 other games
Scott Lynch, 51 other games
Mark Seibert, 50 other games
Mark Hardy, 49 other games
Koren Buckner, 48 other games
Ken Eaton, 46 other games
Jim Veevaert, 46 other games
David Jordan, 35 other games
Juliet Pitt, 34 other games
Bill Sweeney, 28 other games
Mike Ryder, 28 other games
Justin Kirby, 28 other games
Darryl Kurylo, 27 other games
David P. Grenewetzki, 27 other games
Bob Bergen, 26 other games
Tharlie Richardson, 25 other games
Brian Rothstein, 25 other games
Bernadette Pryor, 24 other games
Cheryl Sweeney, 24 other games
Doug Lombardi, 23 other games

Collaborations

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Homeworld: Cataclysm, a group of 21 people
SWAT 3: Close Quarters Battle: Elite Edition, a group of 18 people
SWAT 3 (Tactical Game of the Year Edition), a group of 17 people
Gunman Chronicles, a group of 17 people
Half-Life: Counter-Strike, a group of 16 people
Tribes 2, a group of 15 people
Barbie: Super Sports, a group of 14 people
Homeworld, a group of 13 people
The Hobbit, a group of 13 people
Half-Life: Opposing Force, a group of 13 people
Half-Life: Blue Shift, a group of 12 people
Half-Life, a group of 12 people
King's Quest: Mask of Eternity, a group of 11 people
Empire Earth, a group of 11 people
Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned, a group of 11 people
Tribes: Vengeance, a group of 10 people
SWAT 3: Close Quarters Battle, a group of 10 people
Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude, a group of 9 people
Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest, a group of 9 people
Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom, a group of 9 people
Tribes: Aerial Assault, a group of 9 people
Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude: Uncut and Uncensored!, a group of 9 people