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The Dark Forest

Commodore 64 · 1984 · WOR

Also known as: Dark Forest, The

Interface Publications Clive Gifford & Robert Young

Publisher: Interface Publications · Developer: Clive Gifford & Robert Young

In this game the player controls an archer, armed with a bow and a limit of four quivers of arrows per level. The aim is to move through a forest setting while eliminating various monsters, including giant spiders, bees, mutated frogs, dragons, wizards and snakes, with the final enemy being the Demogorgon. The monsters were inspired by the films Night Of The Demon, Jason And The Argonauts and Mysterious Island.[1] The game has four levels of difficulty (Innocent, Trooper, Daredevil and Crazy) which determine the number and speed of the monsters. This is one of the earliest video games to use animated blood. It also features parallax scrolling and a day/night cycle.

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