Dark Ages is an extremely primitive-looking platformer in which you play a prince who was kidnapped by an evil wizard and raised by a peasant who turned out to be a hero. Trained to use magic, you must save your kingdom from the dark ages by defeating the evil wizard, Garth, who has given the kingdom to undead creatures and rules with an iron fist. There are 3 volumes in this game, with only the first volume playable in the shareware version.

Volume 1: Prince of Destiny
Volume 2: The Undead Kingdom
Volume 3: Dungeons of Doom

Graphics

Downloads

Complete version history:

Dark Ages v1.0 Registered Version (383,229 bytes)	1 February 1992	DOS	Play online
Dark Ages v1.0 Shareware Episode (189,376 bytes)	1 February 1992	DOS	Play online

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Availability

Apogee generously released this game as freeware under the Dark Ages Freeware License on 20 March 2009.

Cheat Codes

Customer Cheat

All keys need to be pressed at the same time:

[X] [T] [R] [A] - Gives you max ammo.
[N] [E] [X] [T] - Lets you warp to any level.

Debug Mode

Pressing [Z] [E] [U] [S] at the same time will put you into God mode and will let you activate the other debug mode key, which is [G]. Pressing that will reverse the gravity in the game.