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Darkmere: The Nightmare's Begun

Darkmere: The Nightmare's Begun is an action-adventure game developed by Zero Hour Software and published by Core Design in 1994. Viewed isometrically, Darkmere sets you as Ebryn, the son of the former King of…

31 December 1994

Darkmere: The Nightmare's Begun is an adventure developed by Zero Hour Software, released 31 December 1994 on Amiga.

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What Darkmere: The Nightmare's Begun is

Darkmere: The Nightmare's Begun is an adventure game developed by Zero Hour Software and released in 1994. It was published by Core Design. It is available on Amiga only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

High atop the crag the castle sits, bearing silent witness to the evil that has overcome the land. Beneath it, the village, bathed in darkness save for the faint glow of the flickering torches as they struggle to stay alight. In its deep shadows creeps evil in all its forms. Whilst overlooking it looms the castle. It's towers seem to reach up, struggling to escape the darkness that is all around. Amongst them screams the wind, lashing its way from spire to spire, seemingly trying to draw the castles very walls crashing down. In a tower which the wind seems even more intent on destroying, a window is illuminated by a strange light. Within its walls he sits, alone, dying. His hand rests on a…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Darkmere: The Nightmare's Begun launched on 31 December 1994, within three weeks of Umihara Kawase, King's Field, WWF Raw and Battle Arena Toshinden.

Released around the same time: Umihara Kawase, King's Field, WWF Raw, Battle Arena Toshinden.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Darkmere: The Nightmare's Begun come out?
Darkmere: The Nightmare's Begun was released on 31 December 1994 for Amiga.

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