Dark Earth
1997 video game
Dark Earth is a post-apocalyptic adventure game with action elements, developed by Kalisto Entertainment and published by MicroProse for Microsoft Windows in 1997. Reviewers were generally positive, with critics commenting on the well thought-out story, milieu, and the impressive visuals, though the combat was criticized. It sold 500,000 copies by 1999.
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