<s>
Darxide	B-Application
(	O
stylized	O
as	O
DarXide	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
for	O
the	O
32X	B-Device
by	O
Frontier	O
Developments	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
January	B-Application
1996	I-Application
only	O
in	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gameplay	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
Asteroids	B-Application
in	O
three	O
dimensions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reception	O
of	O
Darxide	B-Application
was	O
mixed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
followed	O
in	O
2004	O
by	O
Darxide	B-Application
EMP	O
,	O
an	O
expanded	O
version	O
released	O
for	O
Pocket	B-Device
PCs	I-Device
and	O
Nokia	O
mobile	O
phones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Darxide	B-Application
is	O
a	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
premise	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
involves	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
asteroids	B-Application
being	O
mined	O
,	O
with	O
defenses	O
protecting	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
object	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
to	O
eliminate	O
the	O
defenses	O
and	O
destroy	O
the	O
asteroids	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Innocent	O
miners	O
,	O
released	O
off	O
the	O
asteroids	B-Application
,	O
also	O
have	O
to	O
be	O
rescued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
plot	O
involves	O
an	O
alien	O
race	O
which	O
wants	O
the	O
mining	O
operations	O
for	O
themselves	O
,	O
and	O
have	O
hidden	O
forces	O
inside	O
some	O
hollowed-out	O
asteroids	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Destroying	O
those	O
asteroids	B-Application
releases	O
the	O
enemy	O
forces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Elements	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
were	O
influenced	O
by	O
designer	O
David	O
Braben	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
previously	O
worked	O
on	O
Frontier	B-Application
:	I-Application
Elite	I-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Elite	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
the	O
gameplay	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
simpler	O
with	O
more	O
focused	O
objectives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reception	O
to	O
Darxide	B-Application
was	O
mixed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gus	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
reviewers	O
for	O
Mean	O
Machines	O
Sega	O
,	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
gameplay	O
improves	O
and	O
becomes	O
more	O
interesting	O
later	O
into	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
calling	O
the	O
game	O
an	O
homage	O
to	O
Asteroids	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Video	O
Games	O
,	O
a	O
German	O
magazine	O
,	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
graphics	O
and	O
solid	O
gameplay	O
,	O
but	O
criticized	O
the	O
sound	O
as	O
being	O
of	O
a	O
quality	O
expected	O
for	O
a	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Darxide	B-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
last	O
games	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
32X	B-Device
,	O
and	O
was	O
only	O
released	O
in	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
port	O
,	O
Darxide	B-Application
EMP	O
,	O
in	O
2003	O
for	O
Pocket	B-Device
PC	I-Device
and	O
Nokia	B-Language
S60	I-Language
mobile	O
phones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Retro	O
Gamers	O
Mike	O
Bevan	O
commented	O
that	O
Darxide	B-Application
looks	O
impressive	O
given	O
the	O
hardware	O
,	O
though	O
it	O
was	O
made	O
more	O
difficult	O
by	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
a	O
crosshair	O
on	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
