<s>
Dark	B-Application
Seed	I-Application
is	O
a	O
psychological	O
horror	O
point-and-click	O
adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Cyberdreams	O
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Dark	B-Application
Seed	I-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
tells	O
him	O
that	O
the	O
nightmare	O
he	O
had	O
on	O
his	O
first	O
night	O
was	O
real	O
and	O
warns	O
him	O
that	O
if	O
the	O
embryo	O
—	O
the	O
eponymous	O
Dark	B-Application
Seed	I-Application
—	O
is	O
born	O
,	O
it	O
will	O
kill	O
him	O
and	O
all	O
of	O
humanity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
most	O
point-and-click	O
adventure	O
games	O
,	O
which	O
give	O
the	O
player	O
time	O
to	O
explore	O
,	O
many	O
actions	O
in	O
Dark	B-Application
Seed	I-Application
must	O
occur	O
within	O
precise	O
time	O
limits	O
,	O
or	O
the	O
game	O
will	O
end	O
up	O
in	O
an	O
unwinnable	O
state	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
Format	O
,	O
in	O
its	O
review	O
,	O
stated	O
with	O
regards	O
to	O
Dark	B-Application
Seed	I-Application
's	O
gameplay	O
:	O
"	O
Too	O
many	O
things	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
need	O
to	O
be	O
done	O
within	O
a	O
specific	O
time	O
,	O
or	O
in	O
a	O
certain	O
order	O
,	O
and	O
you	O
do	O
n't	O
necessarily	O
know	O
when	O
you	O
've	O
passed	O
that	O
'	O
critical	O
point	O
 '	O
after	O
which	O
you	O
're	O
fighting	O
a	O
lost	O
cause	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Cyberdreams	O
approached	O
H	O
.	O
R	O
.	O
Giger	O
about	O
providing	O
artwork	O
for	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
artist	O
disliked	O
the	O
proposed	O
use	O
of	O
VGA	B-Protocol
Mode	O
13h	O
's	O
320	O
by	O
200	O
graphics	O
and	O
demanded	O
higher	O
resolution	O
,	O
calling	O
lower	O
resolution	O
"	O
square	O
and	O
jagged	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
work	O
selected	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
Dark	B-Application
Seed	I-Application
includes	O
:	O
"	O
N.Y.	O
City	O
III	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
Hommage	O
a	O
Bocklin	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
Li	O
II	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
used	O
an	O
Epson	O
flatbed	O
scanner	O
to	O
import	O
selected	O
body	O
parts	O
and	O
landscape	O
fragments	O
in	O
monochrome	O
,	O
then	O
with	O
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
II	O
Enhanced	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
assembled	O
them	O
into	O
single	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
an	O
S-VHS	O
camera	O
digitized	O
actors	O
 '	O
poses	O
that	O
Cyberdreams	O
further	O
edited	O
on	O
PCs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
first	O
,	O
then	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
CD32	I-Device
,	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
CD32	I-Device
version	O
includes	O
narration	O
for	O
Mike	O
Dawson	O
's	O
dialogue	O
,	O
voiced	O
by	O
Mike	O
Dawson	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
left	O
unvoiced	O
in	O
other	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
Saturn	B-Device
versions	O
were	O
released	O
only	O
in	O
Japan	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
these	O
console	O
versions	O
are	O
not	O
dubbed	O
in	O
Japanese	O
,	O
only	O
subtitled	O
,	O
making	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
story	O
still	O
accessible	O
to	O
English	O
speakers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Saturn	B-Device
version	O
is	O
also	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
Mouse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
also	O
a	O
version	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
and	O
even	O
promoted	O
for	O
American	O
release	O
,	O
but	O
publisher	O
Vic	O
Tokai	O
never	O
released	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
unlicensed	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
(	O
NES	O
)	O
in	O
Chinese	O
,	O
however	O
an	O
English	O
translated	O
ROM	B-Device
is	O
currently	O
being	O
worked	O
on	O
by	O
a	O
small	O
nonprofit	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
called	O
Dark	B-Application
Seed	I-Application
in	O
1992	O
"	O
the	O
most	O
integrated	O
and	O
effective	O
feel	O
for	O
a	O
horror	O
adventure	O
yet	O
"	O
but	O
criticized	O
the	O
unforgiving	O
real-time	O
gameplay	O
that	O
often	O
caused	O
unwinnable	O
situations	O
,	O
hard-to-find	O
on-screen	O
puzzle	O
elements	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
overly	O
abrupt	O
ending	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
interactive	O
elements	O
are	O
so	O
poorly	O
implemented	O
that	O
they	O
nearly	O
destroy	O
the	O
effect	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
graphics	O
and	O
sound	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
QuestBusters	O
recommended	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
fans	O
of	O
the	O
Alien	O
films	O
and	O
Accolade	O
's	O
Elvira	B-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
Format	O
gave	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
of	O
Dark	B-Application
Seed	I-Application
an	O
overall	O
score	O
of	O
72%	O
,	O
praising	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
Giger	O
's	O
artwork	O
and	O
"	O
stunningly	O
spooky	O
"	O
graphics	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
the	O
nearest	O
thing	O
you	O
could	O
have	O
to	O
a	O
software	O
nightmare	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
criticizes	O
its	O
strict	O
timeframe	O
,	O
and	O
refers	O
to	O
Dark	B-Application
Seed	I-Application
's	O
gameplay	O
as	O
"	O
its	O
weakest	O
element	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
One	O
gave	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
of	O
Dark	B-Application
Seed	I-Application
an	O
overall	O
score	O
of	O
80%	O
,	O
praising	O
its	O
"	O
well-designed	O
"	O
controls	O
,	O
and	O
states	O
that	O
"	O
The	O
premise	O
is	O
n't	O
a	O
particularly	O
original	O
one	O
,	O
but	O
good	O
sci-fi	O
is	O
all	O
about	O
ideas	O
and	O
Darkseed	B-Application
has	O
plenty	O
of	O
them	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
which	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
good	O
effect	O
game-wise	O
-	O
I	O
particularly	O
like	O
the	O
way	O
the	O
real	O
and	O
alien	O
worlds	O
mirror	O
each	O
other	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
criticize	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
time	O
it	O
takes	O
to	O
get	O
to	O
different	O
locations	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
tedious	O
"	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
rigorous	O
"	O
time	O
limit	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
"	O
in	O
Darkseed	B-Application
it	O
sometimes	O
feels	O
like	O
you	O
're	O
playing	O
to	O
a	O
timetable	O
and	O
if	O
you	O
're	O
not	O
in	O
the	O
right	O
place	O
at	O
the	O
right	O
time	O
,	O
a	O
vital	O
clue	O
or	O
character	O
may	O
be	O
lost	O
forever	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
gave	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
version	O
(	O
which	O
was	O
ultimately	O
never	O
released	O
)	O
three	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
stars	O
,	O
describing	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
perfect	O
example	O
of	O
graphic-adventure-as-nightmare	O
...	O
Half	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
appeal	O
lies	O
in	O
the	O
bizarre	O
and	O
frightening	O
hallucinations	O
suffered	O
by	O
the	O
hero	O
(	O
or	O
maybe	O
they	O
are	O
n't	O
hallucinations	O
...	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Famicom	O
Tsūshin	O
scored	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
24	O
out	O
of	O
40	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dark	B-Application
Seed	I-Application
was	O
a	O
nominee	O
for	O
Computer	O
Games	O
Strategy	O
Pluss	O
1992	O
"	O
Best	O
Adventure	O
"	O
award	O
,	O
which	O
ultimately	O
went	O
to	O
The	B-Application
Lost	I-Application
Files	I-Application
of	I-Application
Sherlock	I-Application
Holmes	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Case	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Serrated	I-Application
Scalpel	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
GameTrailers	O
named	O
Dark	B-Application
Seed	I-Application
the	O
seventh	O
scariest	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
,	O
ranking	O
it	O
above	O
Clock	B-Application
Tower	I-Application
,	O
System	B-Application
Shock	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Eternal	B-Application
Darkness	I-Application
:	I-Application
Sanity	I-Application
's	I-Application
Requiem	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
he	O
actually	O
left	O
the	O
games	O
industry	O
after	O
completing	O
Dark	B-Application
Seed	I-Application
and	O
moved	O
into	O
television	O
writing	O
(	O
including	O
some	O
episodes	O
of	O
Family	O
Matters	O
)	O
until	O
the	O
late	O
1990s	O
,	O
wrote	O
four	O
books	O
on	O
programming	O
(	O
including	O
Beginning	O
C++	O
Game	O
Programming	O
and	O
Python	O
Programming	O
for	O
the	O
Absolute	O
Beginner	O
)	O
and	O
is	O
teaching	O
game	O
design	O
and	O
programming	O
classes	O
at	O
Stanford	O
University	O
and	O
UCLA	O
.	O
</s>
