Dark Reign + Expansion DRM-Free - PC Game - Full Download - Gog Games Title: Dark Reign + Expansion Genre: Strategy - Real-time - Sci-fi Works on: Windows. April 30, 2020. – The pack contains Dark Reign®: The Future of War and its expansion, Dark Reign®:The Rise of the Shadowhand. Torrents Games - Download games on PC. Welcome to the website Torrents-GamesPC.com. Download game via torrent – it's easy and convenient! At our newly opened portal has many games suitable for any PC with a variety of operating systems.
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Genre: Real Time Strategy, Strategy
Release Year: 1997
Developer: Auran
Publisher: Activision
Age Rating: 7+
Playability Status: Perfect
Tested On: Windows 7 x64
Availability: Copyright retained - Still sold
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Real time strategy games have always been popular on the PC. The combination of high resolution screens and super accurate mouse and keyboard control make for slick, enjoyable gameplay for armchair/office chair generals all around the world. Dark Reign is another fantastic example of the genre. Set in the distant future, the player must avert a civil war by mastering the tactics of two warring factions. Having done this, the player is then sent back in time to defeat both factions and save the life of the intergalactic peace loving boffin Alpheus Togra. It’s a convoluted plot, but that won’t matter as you get stuck into more than a dozen challenging RTS maps. What’s more, there’s an official expansion pack and for the creative, a full map editor. There are also dozens of user made maps and even a small but still active online community to test your tactics against.
Installing and patching
Installing Dark Reign should not present any difficulties, but patching the product is somewhat more difficult. At some point in the games history, the official patches split with the patches that the fan community was producing. For the curious, you can see the full list of patches and how they are applied by visiting this site.
Rather than try to figure out the patch situation for yourself, we strongly recommend that you download the entire Dark Reign 1.7 pre-patched bundle, that’s available from Dark Reign.ws (the definitive Dark Reign fan site) here. Strictly speaking (since this is practically the full game, minus video cut-scenes) you should only download this file if you have a legal right to play the game, for instance if you own the original retail CD. The game is still sold as a digital download over at Good Old Games (GoG) here, if you need to purchase a copy.
The game downloads as a zip file, you should copy the contents from the zip to the Dark Reign installation folder on your PC, overwriting files whenever prompted. There are no other installation steps to take once you have done this. In the Dark Reign folder you will see several executable files. In order to launch the game successfully, you will need to use the LaunchDR.bat file. By default this will launch the game in expansion mode, to play the original game, edit the batch file and change it to run “Dark Reign – Original Game.exe”. If you’re not sure how to do this, you can use our pre-made batch files below to launch the game or its mods and expansions. Since our hosts now demand we store all batch files inside zip archives, you will need to download the zip file below then extract the batch files into your Dark Reign folder.
Dark Reign launcher BAT files.
64 bit windows users only – Before playing Dark Reign, you may need to add the following files from the Dark Reign folder to your Data Execution Prevention (DEP) exclusion list:-
Dark Reign – Expansion.exe
Dark Reign – Original Game.exe
MOD – Auran Units.exe (if you wish to play this mod)
MOD – Edge of Darkness.exe (if you wish to play this mod)
MOD – Strata 7.exe (if you wish to play this mod)
MOD – Terrorist.exe (if you wish to play this mod)
A tutorial on how to add exceptions to Windows DEP is available here.
Windows Defender users note – The Windows Defender software may flag part of the Dark Reign download as potentially having a virus or trojan infection. We firmly believe this to be a false positive and you can safely configure Windows Defender to ignore the files. However if you want to err on the side of caution you can simply delete the files that are flagged, although you won’t be able to play various user created mods if you do delete them.
Multiplayer and more information
Don’t forget that Dark Reign still has a fan community that organises multiplayer games and provides an archive of maps and mods. Visit Darkreign.ws for more information and Dark Reign goodies.
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Description of Dark Colony Windows
Read Full DescriptionDark Colony is an underrated real-time strategy game in the same vein as StarCraft or Warcraft 2. Its commercial failure is perhaps unsurprising, given the deluge of RTS games in 1997 and the fact that Dark Colony does not offer anything that is dramatically different from RTS bestsellers. Still, there are some innovations, however small, that are worthy of recognition, in addition to the fact that the game is a good starting choice for newcomers to this genre who are feeling a bit overwhelmed by the frantic action of StarCraft.
Dark Colony is set on Mars in the far future. Humans have discovered a new, valuable energy source called Petra-7 on Mars. The bad news is that a group of wandering aliens, who call themselves Taar, feel that the humans are intruding too much into their potential new home. In Dark Colony, you can either represent the humans, or the aliens (called 'Greys' by the humans) and help them establish their new home and rid the planet of those pesky humans.
SSI definitely took the approach 'more is better' with Dark Colony, as the game is more or less a typical RTS, except there are dozens of maps, many multiplayer options, and additional features such as nighttime missions, and the ability to fight indoors and underground. The game is quite easy to get into and enjoy, though, as Adrenaline Vault observes:
'The game was easy to get into and start playing. The tutorials offered a brief but informative glimpse at the important parts of the game. The game was really set up to include lots of combat and little of anything else (i.e., resource management). The missions were fairly interesting and usually featured variations on the same theme: kill the other guy. The multiplayer portion was pretty standard. I liked some of the wars, but there are a lot of real-time strategy (RTS) games on the market that are much better suited for multiplayer play than this one. The manual was pretty sparse and had only basic information and a minimum amount of detail. Of course, unless you've never played an RTS game before, you'll pretty much be able to pick up everything without a problem.'
Dark Colony also introduces some new features not commonly seen in RTS, such as the ability for your units to advance in rank, similar to Fantasy General. They can also be awarded medals for exceptional performance in battles, and this will improve their abilities. The only major downside is that the units are basically the same on both human and alien sides, and there is no truly race-specific unique units that make gameplay different. As such, you may not be tempted to play as the other side once your campaign is over, although the flawless multiplayer play may change your mind.
Overall, I find Dark Colony to be a solid RTS that definitely deserves a second chance. It is not as good as StarCraft or Red Alert, but perhaps comparison with such heavy-hitters is unfair. Dark Colony is a fun, introductory-level RTS that is easy to get into, and provides a lot of long-term play value with dozens of missions-- many more than RTS classics. The graphics are also excellent, if a bit on the violent side, so you may not want to play this game in front of your kids.
Try it out, and it may just grow on you the way it grew on me. Thumbs up!
Review By HOTUD
Dark Colony unofficial website: http://www.darkcolony.pl/.
Dark Colony has an addon available: Dark Colony: The Council Wars, don't miss it!
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Comments and reviews
greatest2020-04-260 point
how do you add the mods to the game
Cuddlefish2020-04-140 point
Can confirm Trickerino's video link! Didn't need to change compatibility on my windows 10 pc though - just ran the daemon disc and changed the .A01 file shown at 4:45 into an f drive. After that, I was playing as the grays for the first time in over 20 years :D
souza2020-01-190 point
alguem me ajuda nao to conseguindo instalar ele pow , ai nois aproveita e ja faz um servidor pra jogar me adicionem la no discord= jonas Souza#6521
trickerino2020-01-032 points
Watch this video guys. https://youtu.be/4StQbQ0KjB4. Basically you gotta change compatibility to XP SP 3 and to fix the 'only multiplayer game' problem you gotta have the iso mounted and open the file HBNFUFL.A01 with notepad. You will see the letter 'd' written only. Change that to the letter of your virtual cd drive.
Cuddlefish2019-11-020 point
Almost there. For everyone who said that only multiplayer is available, this is because the game isn't recognizing the disc being in. It would let you play online, just no campaigns. I'm guessing that's what the CD fix is for, but I can't figure out how to use it. Save settings for drive C, and no change. I would assume that if you burn the ISO to a disc that would do it, but the program I have is the lite version which won't let me burn to disc as an ISO :/
Haven't gotten it figured out yet, but still at it. Let me know if any of you get it working properly.
Note: this is on Windows 10. Intro video jerky, but plays with audio! Also, all mission text files are accessible through the mounted cd image.
Kern2019-10-171 point
First use VMware Workstaion then install microsoft xp. then use a portable iso player and install the dark colony iso image. it will play.
bill2019-07-184 points
i downloaded the RIP Verizon and i extract and start it up, it crashes. Also im on windows 10
stacks2019-06-250 point
did anyone get the single player to work?
i have the game running, but only multiplayer availble
Bruno2019-05-242 points
tf are you talking about Starship Troopers is based on a book from 1959
Manicx2019-05-23-3 points
Does anyone think that the film Starship Troopers was inspired by this game as the aliens are very similar .. comments please
seano2019-03-22-2 points
You can go into a txt file and change the attributes of the units to make them different. for example perhaps marines shoot further but aliens troopers are more powerful. stuff like that.
Doomedrpg2019-03-16-1 point
I can't get this game to run on my windows 10 desktop computer
rrric2019-01-294 points
having compatibility issues here, I'm trying to run it on a windows xp service pack 3 but a still got nothing
lucid_enigma2018-12-170 point
Burning the iso might get it going with music.
Mine's playing an audio cd from my physical BD-ROM even though I've mounted the iso in a virtual drive.
I've got no blank discs to try but thought I'd share my thought!
whowants2018-12-130 point
who wants to play darkcolony -- send me msg on steam - PORTAL_2_PLAYER_1
Vier2018-07-245 points
The game's only available option is Multiplayer, but obviously there are no servers available.
Do any of you guys could get it to work in Campaign mode??????
Innsomatic2018-06-134 points
Running Windows 10 64x, Copy over the DC folder from the iso.
First, Edit the HBNFUFL.ao1 file. It has a letter in it. Just change that letter to where the ISO is (virtual drives make it like F, or G).
Then, right click on DC16.exe, properties, compatibility tab. Run it on compatibility -- Windows XP service pack 3, check Admin rights.
Start game. I get everything but the old CD music.
Lucias2018-03-290 point
Hey guys I really miss this game; cant seem to run it though. System is win 8.1
Extract rar error operation failed download. billy2018-03-260 point
it wont work when I open the application it just turns black and crashes
Lockimus Prime2018-02-200 point
I loved this game when i was like 16 or 17 and played it to death, and now i cant even get it to run in compatibility mode on my win 10 laptop :( oh well, is what it is. still one of the best and most creative rts ive ever played
chespi2017-09-16-1 point
Excellent review!
I can't wait to play this game again!
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