<s>
Mace	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
Age	I-Application
is	O
a	O
fighting	O
video	O
game	O
released	O
by	O
Atari	O
Games	O
for	O
arcade	O
machines	O
in	O
1997	B-Application
and	O
later	O
ported	O
by	O
Midway	O
to	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
Bio	B-Application
F.R.E.A.K.S.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
and	O
the	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
in	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
,	O
when	O
a	O
character	O
wins	O
both	O
rounds	O
,	O
they	O
can	O
perform	O
an	O
execution	O
move	O
on	O
the	O
enemy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
its	O
contemporary	O
Dead	B-Application
or	I-Application
Alive	I-Application
,	O
in	O
lieu	O
of	O
ring-outs	O
Mace	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
Age	I-Application
has	O
arenas	O
which	O
are	O
surrounded	O
by	O
dangerous	O
terrain	O
,	O
causing	O
damage	O
to	O
any	O
character	O
who	O
goes	O
out	O
of	O
bounds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
12th	O
century	O
,	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
nations	O
called	O
the	O
Covenant	O
of	O
Seven	O
send	O
their	O
best	O
warriors	O
to	O
kill	O
Asmodeus	O
,	O
a	O
practitioner	O
of	O
the	O
dark	B-Application
arts	I-Application
who	O
wields	O
the	O
fabled	O
Mace	B-Application
of	O
Tanis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mace	B-Application
is	O
imbued	O
with	O
necropotic	O
energy	O
,	O
offering	O
those	O
who	O
wield	O
it	O
a	O
tantalizing	O
promise	O
of	O
ever-lasting	O
life	O
and	O
unbridled	O
power	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mace	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
Age	I-Application
took	O
roughly	O
two	O
years	O
to	O
develop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
technology	O
was	O
used	O
during	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
Atari	O
team	O
who	O
happened	O
to	O
be	O
in	O
the	O
Society	O
for	O
Creative	O
Anachronism	O
did	O
all	O
the	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
acting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
arcade	O
machines	O
using	O
the	O
3Dfx	O
Voodoo	O
graphics	O
card	O
,	O
the	O
same	O
technology	O
powering	O
San	B-Application
Francisco	I-Application
Rush	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
port	O
,	O
a	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
planned	O
but	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
arcade	O
release	O
of	O
Mace	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
Age	I-Application
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
,	O
its	O
console	O
iteration	O
garnered	O
average	O
critical	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
discussed	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
version	O
in	O
the	O
context	O
of	O
the	O
console	O
's	O
dismal	O
fighting	O
game	O
library	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
and	O
claimed	O
Mace	B-Application
was	O
the	O
best	O
of	O
them	O
only	O
by	O
default	O
;	O
an	O
exception	O
was	O
Jeff	O
Gerstmann	O
of	O
GameSpot	O
who	O
considered	O
it	O
inferior	O
to	O
Dark	B-Application
Rift	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
terms	O
of	O
visuals	O
,	O
Mace	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
Age	I-Application
was	O
noted	O
for	O
stage	O
interactions	O
with	O
elements	O
such	O
as	O
water	O
,	O
and	O
damaging	O
areas	O
such	O
as	O
lava	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mace	B-Application
is	O
a	O
beautifully	O
designed	O
game	O
with	O
attractive	O
characters	O
and	O
bodes	O
well	O
for	O
Mace	B-Application
II.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
did	O
praise	O
the	O
arena	O
designs	O
,	O
particularly	O
the	O
interactive	O
objects	O
and	O
danger	O
zones	O
,	O
with	O
GamePro	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
to	O
give	O
Mace	B-Application
a	O
wholly	O
positive	O
review	O
,	O
applauding	O
the	O
"	O
dynamic	O
details	O
that	O
not	O
only	O
look	O
great	O
but	O
add	O
to	O
the	O
fun	O
and	O
playability	O
of	O
the	O
game.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
quality	O
of	O
the	O
conversion	O
from	O
arcade	O
to	O
N64	B-Operating_System
was	O
considered	O
good	O
by	O
most	O
reviewers	O
,	O
though	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
them	O
complained	O
of	O
bad	O
frame	O
rates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Complex	O
included	O
it	O
on	O
the	O
list	O
of	O
ten	O
"	O
most	O
blatant	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
ripoffs	O
"	O
,	O
adding	O
,	O
"	O
If	O
anything	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
like	O
a	O
more	O
brutal	O
version	O
of	O
Soul	O
Edge.	O
"	O
</s>
