Dark Ages

Dark Ages était le premier jeu shareware à prendre en charge les cartes musicales Adlib et Sound Blaster. Il proposait une bande sonore de style cinématographique composée de huit chansons et thèmes uniques. Chaque volume de Dark Ages a son apparence unique, avec des objectifs, des conceptions de niveaux et des lieux différents. Chaque volume comprend 10 niveaux défilants gigantesques remplis de pièges sournois, de créatures et de trésors. Caractéristiques du jeu Instructions intégrées Sauvegarde et restauration Scores élevés permanents Son activé/désactivé Configuration flexible du clavier Trois niveaux de difficulté Infos bonus Les graphismes EGA/VGA sont colorés et époustouflants, avec des écrans défilants rapides et une animation à grande vitesse. Dark Ages a des graphismes et une animation si exigeants qu'il nécessite une machine 80286 (ou 80386) pour fonctionner à la bonne vitesse, sinon il peut fonctionner trop lentement. (REMARQUE : Dark Ages fonctionne trop rapidement sur les ordinateurs 486 ou plus. Vous devrez les ralentir pour jouer).

The player controls the prince and heir to the land’s greatest kingdom (referred to as the Great Kingdom). When the prince was a child, Garth, a power hungry wizard of immense power and greed, killed his father and took the throne. Rather than kill the prince he sent him to be raised by peasants, but even Garth’s evil magic could not foresee his mistake, since the very peasant he delivered him to was once the Kingdom’s greatest hero, and as the prince grew he was taught the ways of a master fighter. One of the things he learned well was how to use magic as a weapon. In the years after Garth’s conquest, the kingdom had fallen into ruin and despair, with no hope of returning to the times of happiness and prosperity. Garth ruled with an iron fist and terrorized the population with undead creatures. The player's quest is to find Garth and rescue the Kingdom from the Dark Ages it’s trapped in. The difficult journey takes the player through badlands, castles, dungeons, caves, forests and finally to the Great Kingdom itself, with Garth’s army of undead creatures attacking at every turn. The final episode ends with a confrontation between the prince and Garth. After killing Garth, the prince's destiny is fulfilled, having freed the kingdom from the Dark Ages of fear and tyranny. The prince assumes his rightful place as the peaceful King and Leader of the Kingdom. The Great Kingdom is once again free to prosper and grow without fear.

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