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Darxide
Sign in to saveDarxide (stylized as DarXide) is a shoot 'em up video game developed by Frontier Developments and published by Sega for the 32X. It was one of the last releases for the console with only a European release in January 1996. Gameplay is similar to that of Asteroids in three dimensions. Players must destroy a number of space rocks in order to complete each level.
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One of the last 32X games released (and exclusively in Europe), DarXide is a 3-D space shooter, inspired in part by the arcade gameplay of Asteroids. It is one of the few 32X games to used texture-mapped polygons. Players control a lone starship rushing to destroy oncoming asteroids and alien vessels before they annihilate defenseless human miners and colonies. Asteroids break apart into smaller rocks, which much also be hunted down and destroyed. Aliens likewise arrive in larger, more dangerous vessels.
- Released
- 1996
- Genres
- Shooter
- Platforms
- Sega 32X
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- publication date
- 1995-00-00
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Darxide (stylized as DarXide) is a shoot 'em up video game developed by Frontier Developments and published by Sega for the 32X. It was one of the last releases for the console with only a European release in January 1996. Gameplay is similar to that of Asteroids in three dimensions. Players must destroy a number of space rocks in order to complete each level.
Reception of Darxide was mixed. The game was followed in 2004 by Darxide EMP, an expanded version released for Pocket PCs and Nokia mobile phones.