Dark Vengeance (video game)

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Dark Vengeance
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Developer(s) Reality Bytes
Publisher(s) GT Interactive
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, Macintosh
Release
  • NA: December 17, 1998 [1]
Genre(s) Action
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Dark Vengeance is an action video game developed by Reality Bytes and published by GT Interactive for Windows and Macintosh in 1998.

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Development

The game was announced in August 1996 [2] and was showcased at E3 1998. [3] Dark Vengeance used Reality Bytes own 3D engine. [4]

Reception

The game received mixed reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "'VENGEANCE IS MINE' SAY PC GAMERS AS GT INTERACTIVE AND REALITY BYTES SHIP 'DARK VENGEANCE'" . Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  2. ↑ "REALITY BYTES, INC. ANNOUNCES DARK VENGEANCE(tm)". Reality Bytes. August 7, 1996. Archived from the original on January 2, 1997. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
  3. ↑ "GT Interactive and Reality Bytes Take Third-Person Gaming to New Heights With 'Dark Vengeance' for PC". Business Wire . April 23, 1998. Archived from the original on May 17, 2014. Retrieved January 19, 2024– via The Free Library.
  4. ↑ "Interview with the Dark Vengeance Designers". realbytes.com. Archived from the original on January 2, 1997. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Dark Vengeance for PC". GameRankings . CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on June 2, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
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  9. ↑ Bergren, Paul (March 1999). "Dark Vengeance". Game Informer . No. 71. FuncoLand. p. 52. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
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