Dark Adventure
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Dark Adventure, released as in Japan
and as Devil World in Europe
, Oceania
and Asia
, is a fantasy
-themed, dimetric action adventure game produced by Konami
that was released for the arcades
in .
. The objective in the majority of these stages is to find a key that will allow the player to open the entrance to the next world.
The player can choose between Labryna, a female reporter equipped with a bowgun, and Condor, an archeologist armed with a pistol. The controls consists of an eight directional joystick and three action buttons (power-up, jump, shoot) for each player, as well as a map button which will briefly displays the player's current location in the stage, as well as the location to the key and exit. Much like Konami's Gradius
series, each player has a level meter which can determine what kinds of weapons the player can choose. By picking up power orbs, the cursor on the level meter will move forward by one space. When the cursor is on a desired power-up, the player can confirmed their choice by pressing the power-up button. The available weapons includes a machine gun, a laser gun, a shot gun, a flamethrower, and a bazooka. The player can also increase the walking speed of their character or accompany each gunshot with a dynamite toss. The player can also pick up food items such as soft drinks to replenish energy. If the player remains idle for too long, they will gradually lose energy. The final power-up on the level meter, represented by a question mark (?), is a force field similar to the Gradius series.
There are three endings, depending on whether the player defeated the Demon King with Labryna, Condor, or both. While fighting the Demon King, the player cannot continue or be joined by another.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
and as Devil World in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, Oceania
Oceania
Oceania is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Conceptions of what constitutes Oceania range from the coral atolls and volcanic islands of the South Pacific to the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago...
and Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
, is a fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
-themed, dimetric action adventure game produced by Konami
Konami
is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...
that was released for the arcades
Arcade game
An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers...
in .
Gameplay
The player characters are transported into another dimension after opening an ancient relic. In order to return to their world, they must embark on a quest to defeat the evil ruler of the Devil World. There are over 40 stages or worlds in the game, including boss battlesBoss (video games)
A boss is an enemy-based challenge which is found in video games. A fight with a boss character is commonly referred to as a boss battle or boss fight...
. The objective in the majority of these stages is to find a key that will allow the player to open the entrance to the next world.
Gradius
The Gradius games, first introduced in 1985, make up a series of scrolling shooter video games published by Konami for a variety of portable, console and arcade platforms. In many games in the series, the player controls a ship known as the Vic Viper...
series, each player has a level meter which can determine what kinds of weapons the player can choose. By picking up power orbs, the cursor on the level meter will move forward by one space. When the cursor is on a desired power-up, the player can confirmed their choice by pressing the power-up button. The available weapons includes a machine gun, a laser gun, a shot gun, a flamethrower, and a bazooka. The player can also increase the walking speed of their character or accompany each gunshot with a dynamite toss. The player can also pick up food items such as soft drinks to replenish energy. If the player remains idle for too long, they will gradually lose energy. The final power-up on the level meter, represented by a question mark (?), is a force field similar to the Gradius series.
There are three endings, depending on whether the player defeated the Demon King with Labryna, Condor, or both. While fighting the Demon King, the player cannot continue or be joined by another.