| Dark Side of the Moon: A Sci-Fi Adventure | |
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| Developer(s) | SouthPeak Interactive |
| Publisher(s) | SouthPeak Interactive |
| Director(s) | Edward Bowen |
| Writer(s) | Lee Sheldon Mark L. Barrett |
| Engine | Video Reality |
| Platform(s) | Windows 95/98 |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
Dark Side of the Moon is a 1998 graphic adventure game developed and published by SouthPeak Interactive.
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Dark Side of the Moon follows the story of Jake Wright, who inherits the mineral rights to the planet Luna Crysta after his uncle dies suspiciously. [2]
The game was developed and published by SouthPeak Interactive. The game is powered with SouthPeak Interactive's Video Reality engine, which had previously appeared in Temüjin . Dark Side of the Moon was led by Lee Sheldon, who had previously developed the adventure game Ripley's Believe It or Not!: The Riddle of Master Lu . While he had been involved in Temüjin, Sheldon was dissatisfied with the project. [3] Dark Side of the Moon utilizes full-motion video footage of live actors, but the game's backgrounds are almost entirely pre-rendered. [4] According to art director Paul Graham, the game required "500,000 hours of rendering", which was carried out by a render farm of 220 computers. [1]
In September 1998, SouthPeak partnered with Activision to distribute three games, including Dark Side of the Moon, outside United States and Canada. [5]
| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| GameRankings | 69% [6] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| Adventure Gamers |   [7] |
| AllGame |  [8] |
| Computer Games Strategy Plus | [2] |
| GameSpot | 6.7/10 [9] |
| GameStar | 36% [10] |
| Next Generation | [11] |
| PC Gamer (US) | 90% [12] |
| PC Games (DE) | 46% [13] |
| PC PowerPlay | 47% [14] |
| The Electric Playground | 7/10 [15] |
The game received average reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. [6] Next Generation said of the game, "It's not bad for an adventure game with FMV, but that really isn't saying much." [11]
Dark Side of the Moon was a finalist for the AIAS' "PC Adventure Game of the Year" during the 2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, which was ultimately given to Grim Fandango . [16]
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