Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Realms of Darkness

Title	Realms of Darkness
First release	1986
Developer	Strategic Simulations
Publisher	Strategic Simulations
Platforms	Apple II, Commodore 64
Genre	role-playing video game
Also known as	Rogue Alliance
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
Releases	Apple II: 1987-01-01 Commodore 64: 1987-01-01
Wikidata ID	Q7301348

Assemble a party and explore multiple cities, several dungeons, and caverns using keyboard or joystick controls, managing character attributes like strength and charisma in Realms of Darkness, with tactical turn-based combat and puzzle-solving.

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Wikidata (Q7301348) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

REG-Vault (apple2/realms-of-darkness) · last updated 2026-10-12 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (49532) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (49533) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Strategic Simulations · internal use only

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Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Strategic Simulations · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots (1): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Strategic Simulations · internal use only.

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Videos

Realms of Darkness (SSI)1987, C64

C64 Walkabout · Commodore 64 version · gameplay · 4:18auto-matched
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