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Dark Colony

Fighting Shooter Real Time Strategy (RTS) Strategy Adventure Action Science fiction
62
User Score
7 ratings
February 1, 1997
Released 10679 days ago
PC (Microsoft Windows) Mac

About

Dark Colony is a real-time strategy with heavy emphasis on the actual combat. Resource gathering, base construction and unit production have been made as simple and fast as possible, allowing the player to focus on decimating the enemy armies. Ancient artifacts, available in some of the missions, provide unique options for beating the odds, even when they seem to be against you (and they often will).

Storyline

In a gloomy not-so-distant future, mankind have finally made it to Mars. The colonization of the red planet is vital for humanity's survival, as the heavily polluted Earth's resources are nearly depleted. At the same time, the Taar, a mysterious alien race that lost their homeworld many centuries ago, has decided to take Mars as their new home.

As the war between the two species erupts, the player has to choose his side and lead his people to ultimate domination over the red planet. Things become even more complicated when the ruins of an extinct ancient civilization are found on Mars, revealing immensely destructive weapons that could easily turn the tide of the war in favor of the faction that manages to gain control over them first.

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Release Dates by Platform

PC (Microsoft Windows) Worldwide
Feb 1, 1997
Mac Worldwide
Feb 9, 1998

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Game Info

Developer
Alternative Reality Technologies
Publisher
SSI (Strategic Simulations, Inc.)
Game Modes
Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Themes
Action Science fiction

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