Dark Seed

Posted by Philip Jong.
First posted on 28 October 1997. Last updated on 07 August 2009.
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H R Giger is well known for his surrealistic and macabre art that combines the essence of flesh and machine. His masterpiece, Necronomicon, has inspired the creatures featured in the Alien movies. Now, the brilliance of Giger has been translated onto the computer screen by Cyberdreams in Dark Seed. Based on a parallel universe called the Dark World, Giger's art gives a distinctive biomechanical…

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Excellent

I think this is one of the creepiest games I've ever played ! Excellent music with great voice narration and beautiful graphics. As the clock ticks, ambient gets more creepy and the game is more fun to play.
Will never forget that baby delivered by postman .....

Germany By markegiani • On 08 February 2015 • From Novi Sad, Serbia

Very Good

I rate the game as very good. I have had a legal copy-wright version of the game but the floppy disks have gone bad. I never got through the game and the problem now is to find out if possible how to bypass the key disk protection scheme. Can anybody help here? That is the annoying thing about copy-wright which is all vet well but if the key disk goes bad you are locked out of your legal copy.

Europe By Peter John Treacy • On 07 January 2015 • From Australia

Good

Awesome review and dosbox people!

United States By Robert K. • On 20 October 2014 • From Alsip IL USA

I'm having trouble with the game.I was hoping if someone could help me.The game stops playing when I try to pick up the package\answer the door\and receive the book from the librarian.

United States By kimberly • On 10 February 2011 • From lowden,usa

Excellent

To anyone still having problems to run this game: it's a DOS game. Google "DOSBox" and download it. DOSBox works perfectly with Dark Seed. I tested the CD-Rom version, but see no reason for the floppy version to have any problems.

Brazil By Jean Marcel • On 16 July 2007 • From Valinhos (Brazil)

Very Good

I haven't played DarkSeed in at least 15 years, however the review was fair. Something that Phillip missed however was the atmosphere of the game. Few games create this feeling, though i would like to list a few that i feel do: The Doom Series, The Quake Series, The Original Dune Game [by Cryo], The Wolfenstein Series, The Stygian Abyss, The Wing Commander Series, The Commander Keen Series.
"Graphics" have come along way since the days of DarkSeed, nonetheless overall aethetics have rising at a slower rate. There really was nothing that looked anything like DarkSeed in it's day, and I think that perhaps Phillip was a little harsh on the game in his concluding paragraphs.

Australia By Jack Loomes • On 09 February 2007 • From Melbourne Australia

Just two things I disagree:

-Just 3 on difficulty?. I JUST PUT 5!!! ; )
-In which computer you tested the game for saying Dawson's walikg is slow?. I played on a 80486 DX2/ 50 Mhz and I swear he is fast as a cheetah! ; ) ; )

Spain By Anderson_jag • On 02 July 2005 • From Madrid (Spain)

HI..BOUGHT DARKSEED A FEW YEARS AGO AND HAVE SINCE BOUGHT A NEW COMPUTER. AM HAVING TROUBLE WITH INSTALLING DARKSEED AND NEED SOME HELP..THEIR PHONE NUMBER MUST HAVE CHANGED..HOW CAN i CONTACT THEM FOR ASSISTANCE? APPRECIATE ANY HELP YOU CAN OFFER..THANKS..SUE.

By SUE COLLINS • On 13 February 2002 • From STONY PLAIN AB CANADA

"Dark Seed" did have some rather interesting art, although the graphics were a bit low-color (even for its time). Unfortunately, it also came with some rather nasty engine glitches, which, in the mind of this gamer, proved fatal to the overall playablility of the game.

By Chris • On 11 April 2001 • From CA, USA

i just bought Darkseed 1 for my pc, and the thing wont load... im doing everything right... is this a normal problem... please help. thanks, brett

By Brett • On 17 February 1999 • From Cleveland, Ohio