Dark Colony! Watch this full Human campaign playthrough in parts or in one long sitting. This 90s RTS is one of the most underrated real-time strategy games ever and I’ve always wanted to finish it. Wanna buy any game on GOG? Use this referral link to support: https://af.gog.com/?as=1715648857 Thanks!
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#DarkColony is a real-time strategy game from 1997 that was a high quality RTS set on Mars. It’s a battle between Humans and Greys for the dominance of the martian world but unfortunately this game is long forgotten in 2024. Today we’re having a retrospective into this classic #RTS and playing through the entire Human campaign to achieve one of the main endings.
Timecodes
0:00 | What Is Dark Colony?
1:32 | Dark Colony Intro
2:46 | Mission 1 – Red Landing
8:48 | Mission 2 – Base Camp Alpha
27:49 | Mission 3 – Allied Intervention
53:48 | Mission 4 – Island Assault
1:24:05 | Mission 5 – Darkest Hour
1:49:32 | Mission 6 – Ancient Legacy
2:02:57 | Mission 7 – Retribution
2:46:32 | Mission 8 – Shattered Front
3:18:08 | Mission 9 – Extermination
4:10:56 | Mission 10 – Silent Strike
4:40:07 | Mission 11 – The Prize
5:00:24 | Mission 12 – Blood Canyon
5:49:41 | Mission 13 – Last Front
6:30:20 | Mission 14 – Ultimate Discovery
6:34:32 | Mission 15 – Finest Hour
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i remember i played this game and dark reign at same time after starcraft…it seemed very monotone, at least compared to dune 2 and command and conquer, gameplay wise
Yees!!!
awesomesauce
The intro was insane at the time, it was the only reason I got the game. Sweet memories
Have this and the add-on sitting on my game shelf. Play it every couple of years! Best strategy game ever because of REAL aliens!
they prob meant it like groups so G
Oh man this game was awesome! I remember having no idea what I was doing but being hooked on the general vibe of the game.
You have to do the alien side also
those alien bastards are prettty smart
there is dlc The Couunsil Wars
Mi first RTS ever, too bad ubisoft Will never save it
I remember Dark Reign but not Dark Colony so that's interesting.
Total Annihilation has a new community patch and balance mod that's compatible with the original campaign called ProTA that's worth checking. Makes it easy run on modern hardware and incorporates a lot of subtle quality of life changes just improve accessibility.
I loved playing this as a kid but i only had the demo. I didnt even knew what i was doing back then 😅
What do you mean "underrated"? We played it to death, it was popular with everyone. It's just it got outclassed by Blizzard and Westwood's stuff, as it was still kinda not there when ot goes to gameplay.
"some other weird ones"
How dare you forget Total Annhilation, sir?
Intro: Oh, guess blame youtube's idiotic policies too here for leaving out the bloody parts from the intro.
The game btw was total simple, but the feeling of it gave me the chills. 🙂
holly sh* forgot it was ssi – it is far cry from steel panthers, panzer general and rpgs
Nice! Are you aware of the expansion pack – Dark Colony: Council Wars? It has new shorter, but much more difficult campaigns, but getting it to actually run requires even more esoteric manipulations than the base game. I think it took me a couple of days to simply get it to run properly.
This game had so much potential to reach greatness. I would have loved to see it develop further
I remember this game, amazing!
Search and destroy!
ive been asking gog to bring us this one for years
LOVED this game and "TZAR" you hould really give TZAR the burden of the crown a campaign walkthough. SUCHS an underrated game.
back in the days i mean i played only the demo, was not my game, but now i have seen the end 🙂
I had this game. It was/ It is still good RTS game.
iCore memory unlocked. Thank you. Used to rinse the demo of this as a kid then just forgot about it. Unfortunately I only had the demo but great to see the whole thing
I really like this long video format! Dark Colony is great. I always loved its atmosphere, but I was never able to finish it back then.
Yes zakh great video
I had forgotten this game existed! I played this A LOT back in the day. I loved this game.
Thank you very much for playing this hidden gem. I would love to see this on GoG and feel it would be a perfect fit for their store. I always liked the simplicity of this game – there is only one resource to worry about and your base isn't some sprawling metropolis but is still fully functional despite its size. In my opinion, both the bases and units benefits graphically due to their "less is more" design choices. There are no farms or pylons to worry about and no population cap aside from program limitations. They trimmed the fat and it still looks incredible nearly 30 years later. Have a great day and I look forward to more of your content.
Looks great but I can’t see past the copy and paste “greys design” when they did an awesome job on the rest of it lol. It looks way out of place with the rest of the theme
this game reminds me of the Brazilian RTS called OUTLIVE
Command and conquer 3 and Kane's wrath, are the best rts games in my opinion. AND THERE IS NO 4. Lol. Just kidding, but 4 was a mobile phone game before mobile phone games existed.
As a Kid, I played the demo of this game A LOT. I really loved it, but I remember it took me forever to figure out how to harvest resources. I didn't know any English for one thing. It took seeing the greys deploy a worm onto a vent for it to click that I should be able to as well.
I'd see the game for sale in a local mall, but I never got my hands on it. I did get my grubby hands on Total annihilation somehow instead, which I don't regret.
Damn i remember this game back in 1997 only played demo version from a Game Informer magazine + CD free Demo games (in our country it was called magazine joker) those were old days
Love this game
This might be a stretch but… since you're an affiliate with GoG have you heard anything about this game appearing on their storefront? In a documentary on GoG they specifically mentioned SSI games as being one of the more difficult situations due to murky IP rights. I fear this may be one of those instances.