Dark Earth: Fallout Meets Alone in the Dark

Visit my GOG Partner page for curated list of over 100 games ► https://indigogaming.link/ Let's step into the universe of Dark Earth: an ambitious 1997 action-adventure game by Kalisto Entertainment. Part true adventure game, part action/thriller, with strong influences from Alone in the Dark (shared by the popular Resident Evil). Though we only saw the PC game state-side, this was prepped to be a massive franchise, with two editions of a tabletop RPG released in France, a tie-in novel written, and multiple cancelled sequels and spin-offs, with a TV show with Ridley Scott, a movie deal with Steven Spielberg attached, and even an animated cartoon in the works, but never finished. In this longest episode of Not Forgotten yet, we'll explore what made this setting and game so compelling, and why we should remember it, lest it be forgotten. Vote for Dark Earth to be brought back on GOG: https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/dark_earth ---------------- MUSIC CREDITS Dark Earth soundtrack composed by Frédéric Motte Youtube audio library music include: 'Archetype' by Anno Domini Beats 'Casual Desire' by Ugonna Onyekwe 'Northern Lights' by Chris Haugen 'Apocalypse' by SYBS 'Aurora Currents' by Asher Fulero 'Elegy' by Wayne Jones 'White Hats' by Wayne Jones 'Forest of Fear' by Aakash Gandhi Stock music licensed through Audioblocks ---------------- GAMES REFERENCED Adventure (1979) Zork I (1980) Secret of Monkey Island (1990) Alone in the Dark (1992) Dark Earth (1997) Resident Evil (1996) Nightmare Creatures (1997) Grim Fandango (1998) Little Big Adventure 2: Twinsen’s Odyssey (1997) Flashback (1992) Maniac Mansion (1987) King’s Quest VI (1992) Pac-In-Time (1995) The Fifth Element (1998) New York Race (2001) ---------------- FOOTAGE CREDITS Twinsen’s Odyssey gameplay by Teske’s Lab | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x71InU2DXds Flashback gameplay by Retrogaming Computing | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNTnRM77XuE Maniac Mansion gameplay by Mike Shade | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqHR7IH2uLg King’s Quest VI gameplay by John Wolfe | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkjNAR85ogg Pac-In-Time gameplay by 1upTVGames | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkW9j3ATEMs Grim Fandango gameplay by CuteFloor | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9KWGI8JrXw The Fifth Element gameplay by chiliconcomrades | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzxzJCQ_0Lg New York Race gameplay by ColdheartDunther | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF10WGPuqZg Cold Fear gameplay by SweepersTonyAndNox | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r8EpMoLF94&list=RD2r8EpMoLF94 ---------------- SOURCES Thanks to Guillaume Le Pennec for taking the time for an interview and clarifying many points about the game's development and the studio's history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Earth_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalisto_Entertainment https://www.ecole.org/fr/626/CR220305-ENG.pdf http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/dark-earth/ http://gaming.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Earth https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Earth_(jeu_de_r%C3%B4le) https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/197044-dark-earth/faqs/2343 https://hg101.kontek.net/darkearth/darkearth.htm https://www.unseen64.net/2009/08/03/silent-chaos-psx-cancelled/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=152&v=6aEdToNfYU8&ab_channel=CanOfTheRelics https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB939678665166209918 https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/article_45505 http://www.jdrp.fr/catalogue/dark-earth-97.html ---------------- DONATIONS ► https://www.patreon.com/IndigoGaming DISCORD CHAT ► https://discord.gg/j98gDah STREAM ARCHIVE ► https://www.youtube.com/c/IndigoGamingArchive TWITTER ► https://twitter.com/TheIndigoGaming TWITCH ► http://www.twitch.tv/indigogamingchannel FACEBOOK ► https://www.facebook.com/IndigoGamingChannel/