<s>
Alone	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1992	O
survival	O
horror	O
video	O
game	O
designed	O
by	O
Frédérick	O
Raynal	O
and	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Infogrames	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alone	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
in	O
1992	O
,	O
ported	O
for	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
by	O
Krisalis	O
in	O
1994	O
,	O
and	O
ported	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
by	O
Atari	O
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Set	O
in	O
1920s	O
Louisiana	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
challenges	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
guide	O
the	O
player	O
character	O
out	O
of	O
a	O
haunted	B-Application
mansion	O
,	O
advancing	O
by	O
solving	O
puzzles	O
while	O
either	O
banishing	O
,	O
slaying	O
,	O
or	O
eluding	O
various	O
ghosts	O
and	O
monsters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alone	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
received	O
critical	O
acclaim	O
upon	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
considered	O
a	O
breakthrough	O
and	O
influential	O
title	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
3D	O
survival	O
horror	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
years	O
since	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
many	O
commentators	O
have	O
dropped	O
the	O
3D	O
qualifier	O
and	O
asserted	O
that	O
Alone	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
survival	O
horror	O
game	O
regardless	O
of	O
graphical	O
perspective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
the	O
accolades	O
that	O
followed	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
Alone	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
received	O
the	O
European	O
Computer	O
Trade	O
Show	O
awards	O
for	O
Best	O
Graphics	O
and	O
Most	O
Original	O
Game	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
Empire	O
included	O
Alone	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
on	O
their	O
list	O
of	O
100	O
greatest	O
video	O
games	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alone	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
is	O
considered	O
a	O
forefather	O
,	O
and	O
often	O
the	O
originator	O
,	O
of	O
the	O
survival	O
horror	O
genre	O
and	O
it	O
strongly	O
influenced	O
Shinji	O
Mikami	O
's	O
direction	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
game	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
franchise	B-Application
as	O
a	O
whole	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alone	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
has	O
also	O
spawned	O
four	O
follow-up	O
games	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	B-Application
series	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
two	O
films	O
loosely	O
based	O
on	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Subsequently	O
a	O
reimagining	B-Device
of	I-Device
the	I-Device
1992	I-Device
game	I-Device
was	O
announced	O
in	O
August	O
2022	O
at	O
THQ	O
Nordics	O
digital	O
showcase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
choose	O
between	O
a	O
male	O
or	O
female	O
protagonist	O
(	O
Edward	O
Carnby	O
or	O
Emily	O
Hartwood	O
,	O
respectively	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
are	O
then	O
trapped	O
inside	O
the	O
haunted	B-Application
mansion	O
of	O
Derceto	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
character	O
starts	O
in	O
the	O
attic	O
,	O
having	O
ascended	O
to	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
mansion	O
without	O
incident	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
tasked	O
with	O
finding	O
a	O
way	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
mansion	O
while	O
avoiding	O
,	O
outsmarting	O
or	O
defeating	O
various	O
supernatural	O
enemies	O
including	O
slave	O
zombies	B-Application
and	O
giant	O
bipedal	O
rat-like	O
creatures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
death	O
appears	O
suspicious	O
yet	O
seems	O
to	O
surprise	O
nobody	O
,	O
for	O
Derceto	O
is	O
widely	O
reputed	O
to	O
be	O
haunted	B-Application
by	O
an	O
evil	O
power	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
character	O
finds	O
documents	O
throughout	O
the	O
house	O
indicating	O
that	O
Derceto	O
was	O
built	O
by	O
an	O
occultist	O
pirate	B-Application
named	O
Ezechiel	O
Pregzt	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
beneath	O
the	O
house	O
are	O
caverns	O
that	O
were	O
used	O
for	O
dark	O
rituals	O
meant	O
to	O
increase	O
Pregzt	O
's	O
fortunes	O
and	O
unnaturally	O
extend	O
his	O
life	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
driver	O
is	O
outside	O
to	O
take	O
the	O
character	O
home	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
revealed	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
zombie	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
zombie	B-Application
drives	O
the	O
car	O
back	O
to	O
civilization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
Mythos	O
references	O
include	O
books	O
that	O
feature	O
the	O
narrated	O
history	O
of	O
Lord	O
Boleskine	O
,	O
a	O
direct	O
reference	O
to	O
another	O
Infogrames	O
Cthulhu	O
Mythos-based	O
game	O
,	O
Shadow	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Comet	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
last	O
name	O
of	O
player	O
character	O
Edward	O
Carnby	O
,	O
a	O
reference	O
to	O
John	O
Carnby	O
,	O
a	O
character	O
in	O
the	O
mythos	O
tale	O
The	O
Return	O
of	O
the	O
Sorcerer	O
by	O
Clark	O
Ashton	O
Smith	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
of	O
the	O
supernatural	O
opponents	O
are	O
recognizable	O
creatures	O
from	O
the	O
Mythos	O
,	O
including	O
Deep	B-Application
Ones	I-Application
,	O
Nightgaunts	O
and	O
a	O
Chthonian	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1989	O
,	O
Frédérick	O
Raynal	O
,	O
a	O
staff	O
programmer	O
at	O
Infogrames	O
,	O
was	O
assigned	O
to	O
port	O
the	O
early	O
3D	O
game	O
Alpha	B-Application
Waves	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Items	O
and	O
characters	O
in	O
Alone	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
are	O
three-dimensional	O
,	O
rendered	O
upon	O
a	O
two-dimensional	O
fixed	O
background	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mixing	O
polygons	B-General_Concept
and	O
2D	O
prerendered	O
background	O
images	O
required	O
a	O
fixed	O
camera	O
angle	O
,	O
which	O
designers	O
used	O
to	O
their	O
advantage	O
to	O
create	O
dramatic	O
scene	O
setups	O
appropriate	O
for	O
a	O
horror-themed	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
1991	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
of	O
Raynal	O
,	O
Chanfray	O
,	O
and	O
Barroz	O
presented	O
an	O
early	O
playable	O
version	O
of	O
Alone	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
-	O
containing	O
only	O
a	O
couple	O
rooms	O
-	O
to	O
Infogrames	O
,	O
who	O
then	O
green-lighted	O
production	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
briefly	O
acquired	O
the	B-Application
Call	I-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
role-playing	O
game	O
license	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
ultimately	O
denied	O
it	O
when	O
Chaosium	O
determined	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
too	O
simple	O
to	O
do	O
justice	O
to	O
the	O
rules	O
of	O
the	O
pen-and-paper	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
production	O
was	O
marked	O
with	O
a	O
spirit	O
of	O
optimism	O
and	O
creative	O
enthusiasm	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
bug-testing	O
phase	O
wore	O
out	O
the	O
team	O
,	O
especially	O
Raynal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
time	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
he	O
felt	O
dissatisfied	O
with	O
almost	O
every	O
aspect	O
of	O
Alone	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
and	O
felt	O
certain	O
that	O
all	O
of	O
its	O
flaws	O
would	O
be	O
noticed	O
by	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Outside	O
of	O
Europe	O
,	O
Alone	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
was	O
distributed	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
by	O
Interplay	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
in	O
Japan	O
by	O
Arrow	O
Micro-Techs	O
Corp	O
,	O
which	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
Japanese-exclusive	O
versions	O
for	O
the	O
PC-98	B-Operating_System
and	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
by	O
Krisalis	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
CD	I-Device
port	O
was	O
also	O
in	O
development	O
by	O
Infogrames	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
32X	B-Device
version	O
was	O
also	O
planned	O
but	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
when	O
asked	O
for	O
a	O
possible	O
high-definition	O
remake	O
of	O
Alone	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
,	O
Raynal	O
said	O
he	O
loved	O
the	O
idea	O
but	O
no	O
attempts	O
have	O
been	O
made	O
yet	O
as	O
he	O
no	O
longer	O
holds	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
franchise	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
remake	O
the	O
game	O
by	O
Eden	O
Games	O
but	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
2008	O
Alone	B-Application
In	I-Application
The	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
,	O
which	O
received	O
lukewarm	O
reception	O
,	O
parent	O
company	O
Atari	O
laid	O
off	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
employees	O
and	O
ultimately	O
cancelled	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
Atari	O
released	O
an	O
official	O
port	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
co-developed	O
by	O
Kung	O
Fu	O
Factory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
THQ	O
Nordic	O
,	O
the	O
new	O
owner	O
of	O
the	O
Alone	B-Application
In	I-Application
The	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
franchise	B-Application
,	O
will	O
publish	O
and	O
develop	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X/S	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
the	O
same	O
2	O
protagonists	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
setting	O
but	O
with	O
a	O
completely	O
new	O
story	O
written	O
by	O
Mikael	O
Hedberg	O
,	O
former	O
Frictional	O
Games	O
writer	O
who	O
had	O
worked	O
on	O
Penumbra	B-Application
:	I-Application
Black	I-Application
Plague	I-Application
,	O
Amnesia	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
Descent	I-Application
,	O
and	O
SOMA	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
February	O
1997	O
,	O
Alone	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
had	O
sold	O
600,000	O
copies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alone	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
was	O
met	O
with	O
great	O
critical	O
acclaim	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blackford	O
ultimately	O
concluded	O
that	O
Alone	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
is	O
"	O
fast-paced	O
,	O
well-designed	O
fun	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
while	O
"	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
n't	O
difficult	O
to	O
solve	O
,	O
the	O
real	O
thrill	O
is	O
in	O
the	O
playing	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Alone	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
is	O
one	O
of	O
those	O
neat	O
games	O
with	O
some	O
irritating	O
flaws	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
version	O
,	O
GamePro	O
described	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
clunky	O
,	O
semirealistic	O
game	O
"	O
,	O
citing	O
restrictively	O
linear	O
game	O
design	O
,	O
an	O
overly	O
slow-moving	O
player	O
character	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
silly-looking	O
,	O
quirky-moving	O
monsters	O
"	O
,	O
though	O
they	O
did	O
praise	O
the	O
moody	O
sound	O
effects	O
and	O
3D	O
camera	O
angles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
reviewed	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Alone'''s	O
subtle	O
mix	O
of	O
eerie	O
music	O
,	O
grim	O
animation	O
sequences	O
,	O
and	O
suspense-filled	O
storyline	O
create	O
an	O
atmosphere	O
of	O
tense	O
horror	O
that	O
adds	O
an	O
interesting	O
new	O
twist	O
to	O
the	O
standard	O
graphic	O
adventure.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
,	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
US	O
named	O
Alone	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
the	O
10th	O
best	O
computer	O
game	O
ever	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
ranked	O
Alone	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
as	O
the	O
88th	O
best	O
video	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
,	O
adding	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
showed	O
that	O
3D	O
action	O
need	O
n't	O
get	O
in	O
the	O
way	O
of	O
a	O
tense	O
,	O
exciting	O
story	O
"	O
,	O
also	O
listing	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
Game	B-Application
Over	I-Application
cutscene	O
among	O
the	O
15	O
"	O
best	O
ways	O
to	O
die	O
in	O
computer	O
gaming	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
,	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
declared	O
it	O
the	O
22nd-best	O
computer	O
game	O
ever	O
released	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
editors	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
the	O
high-point	O
of	O
the	B-Application
series	I-Application
thanks	O
to	O
its	O
spine-tingling	O
storyline	O
and	O
creepy	O
monsters	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
Empire	O
included	O
Alone	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
on	O
their	O
list	O
of	O
100	O
greatest	O
video	O
games	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
for	O
its	O
"	O
ingenious	O
approach	O
coming	O
closer	O
than	O
any	O
game	O
had	O
before	O
to	O
photo-realism	O
,	O
and	O
inspiring	O
other	O
developers	O
to	O
experiment	O
with	O
fresh	O
approaches	O
to	O
presentation.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
LegacyAlone	O
in	O
the	O
Dark	O
was	O
supposed	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
first	O
part	O
of	O
Infogrames	O
 '	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
series	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
of	O
the	O
Virtual	O
Dreams	O
series	O
(	O
the	O
original	O
French	O
cover	O
included	O
the	O
Virtual	O
Dreams	O
logo	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
ended	O
up	O
starting	O
its	O
own	O
franchise	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
five	O
more	O
games	O
in	O
the	B-Application
series	I-Application
:	O
Alone	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
2	I-Application
(	O
1993	O
)	O
,	O
Alone	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
3	I-Application
(	O
1994	O
)	O
,	O
Alone	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
New	I-Application
Nightmare	I-Application
(	O
2001	O
)	O
,	O
Alone	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
(	O
2008	O
)	O
and	O
Alone	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
:	I-Application
Illumination	I-Application
(	O
2015	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
inspired	O
two	O
live-action	O
films	O
Alone	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
and	O
Alone	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
II	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
widely	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
forefather	O
of	O
the	O
survival	O
horror	O
game	O
genre	O
,	O
setting	O
the	O
standard	O
for	O
later	O
rival	O
popular	O
survival	O
horror	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
and	O
Silent	O
Hill''	O
.	O
</s>
