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Review · Background · Walkthrough

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REVIEW
Dark Seed is a game that impressed me deeply when I was a kid. As I start to write this review it dawns on me that I maybe was easy to impress back then, or that the game was better back then than one would perceive it now. But let's not be blinded by prejudice - How good is Dark Seed, 33 years later, from a 2025 point of view? I have fond memories of the spooky H.R. Giger setting and the small town exploration vibes, but I haven't played it for 33 years, so I'm pretty curious to find out. Shall we find out together? We shall.

The basics: Dark Seed is a 1992 point'n'click adventure game by US studio Cyberdreams that features art by renown Swiss artist H.R. Giger. It's a horror adventure, and it features character animations derived from filming actual humans. Should have potential, eh? Let's see.

The Story

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The Graphics

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The Interface

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The Puzzles

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Music, Sound, Voices

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The Packaging

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The Verdict

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BACKGROUND
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WALKTHROUGH
Unfortunately Dark Seed isn't yet available as a legal version adjusted to modern systems, as platforms like Steam or GOG usually provide games. I thus had to resort to an abandonware version, which I don't recommend but in this case don't demonize either. Rights holders, make this game available for purchase on the usual platforms!

The intro is slightly frightening, as it shows a man being held captive by some unknown force, getting an injection into his forehead, maybe some kind of... embryo? It's mandatory you've read the back story (provided further up in the review) as the game throws you into cold water. We wake up in a bed (our bed, in our new house in Woodland Hills) and complain about terrible nightmares - the nightmare depicted in the intro. We're Mike Dawson, head of an ad agency, and we've bought the house we woke up in to find some peace in order to concentrate on a major job. That's it, no tasks so far. Okay then, let's explore the house - and find a cure for this terrible headache...

Walkthrough: https://www.walkthroughking.com/text/darkseed.aspx Noch ein Walkthrough: https://www.lemonamiga.com/games/docs.php?id=426 Youtube-Walkthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9hoMwG3cp0