<s>
Dark	B-Application
Adventure	I-Application
is	O
a	O
dimetric	O
action-adventure	O
game	O
produced	O
by	O
Konami	O
that	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
arcades	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
in	O
1987	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dark	B-Application
Adventure	I-Application
can	O
be	O
played	O
by	O
up	O
to	O
three	O
players	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
different	O
character	O
assigned	O
to	O
each	O
control	O
panel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enemy	O
creatures	O
include	O
minotaurs	B-Operating_System
,	O
skeleton	B-Application
warriors	O
,	O
swamp	O
monsters	O
,	O
man-eating	O
trees	O
,	O
giant	O
spiders	B-Protocol
and	O
rats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Outside	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
Dark	B-Application
Adventure	I-Application
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
2-player	O
conversion	O
kit	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
of	O
Majū	O
no	O
Ōkoku	O
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
as	O
Devil	O
World	O
in	O
Europe	O
and	O
Australia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
player	O
character	O
now	O
starts	O
the	O
game	O
with	O
a	O
firearm	O
as	O
their	O
default	O
weapons	O
instead	O
of	O
a	O
melee	O
weapon	O
(	O
Labryna	O
uses	O
a	O
bowgun	O
,	O
while	O
Condor	O
wields	O
a	O
pistol	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
now	O
uses	O
a	O
power-up	O
selection	O
meter	O
similar	O
to	O
Gradius	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
cursor	O
is	O
on	O
an	O
item	O
that	O
the	O
player	O
wishes	O
to	O
use	O
,	O
they	O
can	O
obtain	O
it	O
by	O
pressing	O
the	O
power-up	O
button	O
,	O
which	O
replaces	O
the	O
dynamite	O
throwing	O
button	O
from	O
Dark	B-Application
Adventure	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Counting	O
the	O
dragon	O
battles	O
,	O
Devil	O
World/Majū	O
no	O
Ōkoku	O
has	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
19	O
stages	O
,	O
in	O
contrast	O
to	O
the	O
40	O
stages	O
in	O
Dark	B-Application
Adventure	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
possible	O
ending	O
depicts	O
the	O
player	O
being	O
transported	O
to	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
Statue	O
of	O
Liberty	O
after	O
defeating	O
the	O
final	O
boss	O
(	O
this	O
is	O
the	O
only	O
ending	O
featured	O
in	O
Dark	B-Application
Adventure	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Dark	B-Application
Adventure	I-Application
on	O
their	O
December	O
1	O
,	O
1987	B-Application
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
fifteenth	O
most-successful	O
table	O
arcade	O
unit	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
