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Adventure

The Dark Half

by Symtus·published by Capstone Software

199222
PCDOS

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5.3/ 10

8 votes

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About

Based on Stephen King's popular horror novel, The Dark Half attempts to retell the story of Thad Beaumont's mysterious world of crime via an adventure system reminiscent of Lucasarts' SCUMM interface.

In-game, you play Thad Beaumont, a successful horror-novelist whose evil twin besets the world with horrific crimes. The game offers a multitude of clues, quests and puzzles. The overall objective seems to be to prove Thad's innocence to the police, however Thad soon learns that his twin has other ideas, and has to run for his life.

Ways to play

Modes

Single player

Perspective

Third person

Game details

Business Model

Commercial

Media Type

3.5" Floppy Disk

Input Devices Supported/Optional

Keyboard, Mouse

Number of Offline Players

1 Player

System requirements

Min. CPU Class Required

Intel 80286

Min. OS Class Required

DOS 4.0 to 6.22

Min. RAM Required

640 KB

Video Modes Supported

EGA, VGA

Sound Devices Supported

Adlib, PC Speaker, PC Speaker (Tweaked), Roland MT-32 (and LAPC-I), Sound Blaster, Tandy / PCjr

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Also known as

La Mitad Oscura — Spanish title

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Facts

Developer

Symtus

Released

1992

Platforms

PCDOS

Standing

Top 93% by want to play

Tags

3rd-person (Other)Fixed / flip-screenReal-timeGraphic adventurePoint and selectNorth AmericaDetective / mysteryHorrorLicensed