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Darkman (Europe)

NES / Famicom
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1991
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Darkman adapts the Sam Raimi film on Ocean NES with the disfigured hero using his masks to track the mafioso Strack. The representation alternates platform and fixed pattern combat in dark gothic atmosphere in a film license formula. Honest for licensed NES platform fans in the 8 bit Ocean production vein.

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Category
Action Adventure 1 player 7+
Description
Tie-in with Sam Raimi's film, the disfigured Peyton Westlake hunts those who ruined his life. Published by Ocean, released in 1991 in Europe. Action platforming with melee fights and chase sequences across Los Angeles. PAL NES edition.

Darkman review

3/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Polished"
2/5
Music
★★★★★
"Decent"
2/5
Story
★★★★★
"Classic"
Gameplay
"Decent"
Fun
"Mild"
Addictiveness
"Light"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Average"
Technical info
💾0,11 MB 📅01/10/1991
Published by Ocean

Darkman (NES) price, value & rarity

Highly sought-after
Q1 loose
 $212 Q6 complete
 $212 Q10 new
 $679 !
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Other versions
Darkman
USA
01/10/1991
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Collector interest

Ocean's adaptation of Sam Raimi's Darkman is among the harder licensed PAL titles to complete on NES. Released in 1991 in Europe at this point in Ocean's catalogue, its restricted run and lack of any Japanese release focus interest on the European cardboard box, whose complete value far outstrips the actual gameplay, a textbook case of film-license scarcity in the NES twilight.

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