Dark Sun: Shattered Lands (1993 DOS RPG) Reivew
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Dark Sun: Shattered Lands
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Developer(s) Strategic Simulations
Publisher(s) Strategic Simulations
Platform(s) MS-DOS
Release April 1993[1]
Genre(s) Role-playing
Mode(s) Single-player
Dark Sun: Shattered Lands is a turn-based role-playing video game that takes place in the Dungeons and Dragons' campaign setting of Dark Sun. It was released for MS-DOS in a somewhat unfinished state in 1993 by Strategic Simulations,[2] and later patched to a more workable version. It was available on both floppy disk and CD-ROM, though the CD-ROM contained no additional content and was merely used to install the game to the computer's hard drive.
It was later re-released as part of the AD&D Masterpiece Collection in 1996. In addition, Data East was developing console ports for the Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation for release in 1996,[3] but they were cancelled.
The game had a sequel, Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager, in 1994. An online MMORPG, Dark Sun Online: Crimson Sands, was released in 1996 and hosted on the T.E.N. Network.
The game was re-released in 2015 on Gog.com with support for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Dark Sun - Shattered Lands Coverart.png
Cover art
Developer(s) Strategic Simulations
Publisher(s) Strategic Simulations
Platform(s) MS-DOS
Release April 1993[1]
Genre(s) Role-playing
Mode(s) Single-player
Dark Sun: Shattered Lands is a turn-based role-playing video game that takes place in the Dungeons and Dragons' campaign setting of Dark Sun. It was released for MS-DOS in a somewhat unfinished state in 1993 by Strategic Simulations,[2] and later patched to a more workable version. It was available on both floppy disk and CD-ROM, though the CD-ROM contained no additional content and was merely used to install the game to the computer's hard drive.
It was later re-released as part of the AD&D Masterpiece Collection in 1996. In addition, Data East was developing console ports for the Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation for release in 1996,[3] but they were cancelled.
The game had a sequel, Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager, in 1994. An online MMORPG, Dark Sun Online: Crimson Sands, was released in 1996 and hosted on the T.E.N. Network.
The game was re-released in 2015 on Gog.com with support for Windows, macOS, and Linux.