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Dark Void Zero

Dark Void Zero is a 2D arcade platform produced by Other Ocean Interactive studio. In terms of storytelling, the game is a prequel to the events presented in Dark Void.

Action | platformers

Dark Void Zero Release Date

18Jan2010

NDS

12Apr2010

PC

developer: Other Ocean Interactive publisher: Capcom

As the ‘80s were drawing to a close, the developers at Capcom began work on a top secret project that aimed to set new standards for the platformer genre. That game was called “Dark Rift”, and it blended the intense shooting action of Section Z™ with the latest innovations in platform jumping from Mega Man. In order to properly fulfill the producer’s vision for Dark Rift (later renamed Dark Void), the hardware engineering

team at Capcom was enlisted to design and produce an all-new chipset that would be included in every cartridge, enabling huge numbers of sprites and never-before-seen special effects to be displayed on the aging NES® platform and the PlayChoice-10 NES arcade cabinet.

Alas, time waits for no man and game developers are no exception. The dawn of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System® made the additional hardware requirements for Dark Void redundant. Capcom suspended development on Dark Void as it began to evaluate the SNES. Before long, the game was shelved and drifted into the annals of gaming history. Even the internal tape-based archives were lost due to an unfortunate magnet incident which even today is best left un-discussed. Dark Void became a legendary “lost project” at Capcom…until now.

To commemorate the latest version of Dark Void's humble origins, Capcom turned to Other Ocean to recreate the original 8-bit classic, now re-titled “Dark Void Zero,” on the DSi platform. The game was painstakingly re-constructed from rescued data, remaining design documents, and exhaustive interviews with the surviving Dark Rift team members.

You play Rusty, the first human born in the Void, who must take on the Watchers in a quest to stop their domination of Earth. With the aid of Nikola Tesla, and his state-of-the-art rocket pack, Rusty must take down the Watchers and their minions across three intense levels of action and intrigue.

Last updated on 28 December 2009

Game mode: single player  

User score: 4 / 10 based on 93 votes.

PEGI rating Dark Void Zero

Age rating. The PEGI rating considers the age suitability of a game, not the level of difficulty. Game contains depictions of violence.

Dark Void Zero System requirements

Nintendo DS

Nintendo DS

  • Uses:
  • DSiWare
PC / Windows

PC / Windows

  • Recommended:
  • Pentium 4 2.5 GHz
  • 1 GB RAM
  • graphic card 256 MB
  • 200 MB HDD
  • Windows XP/Vista/7
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