Dark Void Zero

Dark Void Zero

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Release Date: January 18, 2010

Action, platformers, singleplayer

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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. The player directs the actions of the heroine, who is sucked into another dimension and takes part in the fight against the dangerous race of Watchers.

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.

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Last updated on August 14, 2015

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Dark Void Zero Summary

Platforms:

PC Windows

PC Windows April 12, 2010

Nintendo DS

Nintendo DS January 18, 2010

Developer: Other Ocean Interactive

Publisher: Capcom

Dark Void Zero System Requirements

PC Windows

PC / Windows

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

Nintendo DS

Nintendo DS

Supports: DSiWare