<s>
Dark	B-Device
Sun	I-Device
:	I-Device
Shattered	I-Device
Lands	I-Device
is	O
a	O
turn-based	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
that	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
Dungeons	O
and	O
Dragons	O
campaign	O
setting	O
of	O
Dark	O
Sun	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Strategic	O
Simulations	O
in	O
1993	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
had	O
a	O
sequel	O
,	O
Dark	B-Application
Sun	I-Application
:	I-Application
Wake	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Ravager	I-Application
,	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
online	O
MMORPG	B-Protocol
taking	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
setting	O
,	O
Dark	B-Application
Sun	I-Application
Online	I-Application
:	I-Application
Crimson	I-Application
Sands	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1996	O
and	O
hosted	O
on	O
the	O
T.E.N.	O
</s>
<s>
Dark	B-Device
Sun	I-Device
:	I-Device
Shattered	I-Device
Lands	I-Device
takes	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
fictional	O
land	O
of	O
Athas	O
,	O
a	O
dying	O
and	O
hostile	O
desert	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
a	O
party	O
of	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
gladiators	B-Application
,	O
condemned	O
to	O
fight	O
in	O
Draj	O
's	O
arena	O
until	O
they	O
die	O
,	O
so	O
naturally	O
the	O
first	O
order	O
of	O
business	O
is	O
escape	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shattered	O
Lands	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
a	O
somewhat	O
unfinished	O
state	O
in	O
1993	B-Application
,	O
and	O
later	O
patched	O
to	O
a	O
more	O
workable	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
available	O
on	O
both	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
and	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
,	O
though	O
the	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
contained	O
no	O
additional	O
content	O
and	O
was	O
merely	O
used	O
to	O
install	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
the	O
computer	O
's	O
hard	O
drive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
re-released	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
AD&D	B-Application
Masterpiece	I-Application
Collection	I-Application
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
Data	O
East	O
was	O
developing	O
console	O
ports	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
and	O
Sony	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
for	O
release	O
in	O
1996	O
,	O
but	O
they	O
were	O
cancelled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
re-released	O
in	O
2015	O
on	O
GOG.com	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shattered	O
Lands	O
debuted	O
at	O
#17	O
on	O
PC	O
Data	O
's	O
computer	O
games	O
sales	O
chart	O
for	O
the	O
month	O
of	O
September	O
1993	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Writing	O
for	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
Today	O
,	O
T	O
.	O
Liam	O
McDonald	O
called	O
Shattered	O
Lands	O
"	O
a	O
refreshing	O
new	O
twist	O
on	O
familiar	O
AD&D	O
games	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
noted	O
its	O
"	O
vastly	O
improved	O
interface	O
"	O
compared	O
to	O
SSI	O
's	O
previous	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scorpia	O
of	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
in	O
1993	B-Application
assured	O
readers	O
that	O
Dark	O
Sun	O
"	O
is	O
about	O
as	O
far	O
from	O
[	O
the	O
Gold	O
Box	O
series ]	O
as	O
you	O
can	O
get	O
...	O
SSI	O
is	O
taking	O
their	O
role-playing	O
line	O
in	O
a	O
new	O
direction	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
good	O
to	O
see	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dark	O
Sun	O
was	O
a	O
runner-up	O
for	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
Worlds	O
Role-Playing	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
award	O
in	O
June	O
1994	O
,	O
which	O
ultimately	O
went	O
to	O
Betrayal	B-Application
at	I-Application
Krondor	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dark	B-Device
Sun	I-Device
:	I-Device
Shattered	I-Device
Lands	I-Device
 '	O
graphics	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
other	O
hand	O
,	O
were	O
rather	O
cutesy	O
—	O
not	O
the	O
violent	O
,	O
mature	O
affair	O
fans	O
were	O
hoping	O
for	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
