Dark Rift
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Dark Rift is a 1997 fighting video game developed by Kronos Digital Entertainment and published by Vic Tokai for the Nintendo 64 and Microsoft Windows. It is notable for being the first N64 game to run at 60 frames per second.
Though Dark Rift has been referred to as the Nintendo 64's first native fighting game, in actuality it started development as a Sega Saturn game. In addition, it was originally announced that the Windows version of the game would precede the Nintendo 64 version by one month.
From Wikipedia's article Dark Rift
Keyboard controls
| N64 | Player 1 |
|---|---|
| Stick | ↑↓←→ |
| A | X |
| B | C |
| Z | Z |
| L | A |
| R | S |
| C buttons | IKJL |
| D-pad | TGFH |
| Start | Enter |
Hotkeys
- 1 Quick save state
- 2 Quick load state
- 3 Change save slot
A gamepad with an analog stick plays much better than the keyboard.
Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).
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Keyboard controls
| N64 | Player 1 |
|---|---|
| Stick | ↑↓←→ |
| A | X |
| B | C |
| Z | Z |
| L | A |
| R | S |
| C buttons | IKJL |
| D-pad | TGFH |
| Start | Enter |
Hotkeys
- 1 Quick save state
- 2 Quick load state
- 3 Change save slot
A gamepad with an analog stick plays much better than the keyboard.
Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).
2.0 Could be better
GameRankings 57%
Review scorecard
- Graphics 2.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Sound 2.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Control 2.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Fun Factor 2.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
Overall fallback: GameRankings 57%. Overall source The same 57/100 overall rating fills missing categories using the face scale; these are not separate category scores.
What the reviews talk about
Key wordsvariedimpressivedifficultoriginalfun
What the critics said
Edge criticized Dark Rift for lacking original features, calling it an average fighting game that "fails to produce a single surprise or elicit one impressive moment of action."
— Edge, 1997
GamePro found the combos too difficult to perform, but nonetheless deemed Dark Rift "a fast, fun, polygon-based 3D fighting game that's imaginative with its use of graphics, and may break ground for other poly-fighters like Tekken on the N64."
— GamePro, 1997
From the Reception section of Wikipedia's Dark Rift article.
Scores
- 80 GameFan 80%
- 75 Nintendo Power1997 3.725/5 (N64)
- 71 Hyper 71%
- 71 N64 Magazine 72% (US) ; 69% (EU)
- 65 Game Informer 6.5/10
- 60 Famitsu 24/40
- 60 Next Generation 3/5 (N64)
- 56 Electronic Gaming Monthly1997 6/10, 4.5/10, 5.5/10, 6.5/10 (N64)
- 54 IGN1997 5.4/10 (N64)
- 50 Edge 5/10 (N64)
- 50 GameSpot1997 5/10 (N64)
- 49 GameStar1998 49% (WIN) · other versions
From the review table in Wikipedia's Dark Rift article.
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