Dark Colony

Dark Colony is a real-time strategy with heavy emphasis on the actual combat. Resource gathering, base construction and unit production have been made as simple and fast as possible, allowing the player to focus on decimating the enemy armies. Ancient artifacts, available in some of the missions, provide unique options for beating the odds, even when they seem to be against you (and they often will).

Released: 31 August 1997
Platforms: Windows macOS
Genres: Adventure Fighting Real-time strategy Science Shooter Strategy
Developers: GameTek Sold-Out Software
Publishers: Strategic Simulations GameTek
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Action Science fiction
Country: Canada
Age ratings: ESRB M USK 16

About

Dark Colony is a real-time strategy video game developed by Alternative Reality Technologies and published by Strategic Simulations. The game was released on Microsoft Windows in August 1997 and on Mac OS the following year. An expansion pack titled The Council Wars was released in 1998 for Windows only.

›Story

In a gloomy not-so-distant future, mankind have finally made it to Mars. The colonization of the red planet is vital for humanity's survival, as the heavily polluted Earth's resources are nearly depleted. At the same time, the Taar, a mysterious alien race that lost their homeworld many centuries ago, has decided to take Mars as their new home.

As the war between the two species erupts, the player has to choose his side and lead his people to ultimate domination over the red planet. Things become even more complicated when the ruins of an extinct ancient civilization are found on Mars, revealing immensely destructive weapons that could easily turn the tide of the war in favor of the faction that manages to gain control over them first.