Dark Void™ Zero

DISCLAIMER: THE SECUROM PROBLEM HAS BEEN FIXED BY CAPCOM. THE GAME WORKS NOW. Anyway, It's like if Mega Man had played Contra and had a jetpack sometimes. And like Mega Man, DVZ is hard. Really hard. No save functionality either. If you want a challenge, DVZ has one for you. If any of this ticks your boxes, this is easily worth $5.

The DRM on this game renders it unplayable. **** DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!!!!! ***** EVEN $0.99 USD IS TOO MUCH, IT DOESN'T WORK DOESN'T RUN, DOESN'T DO ANYTHING. Steam gives you a SN that precious snow flake securom of course has no record of. Good grief, I have better things to do with my time than to hunt down idiots who insist on DRM'ing their crap to only render it unusable to the end user. Thank goodness I didn't buy copies for all my friends as $0.99 seemed like such a bargain, instead it is a lesson in punishing the end users. Way to go guys! Maybe in another 20 years they will release a version of this game that actually works. But the world will be too busy playing Call of Duty 37.

I rarely write reviews but wanted to shed some light for the "Activation key" problems that people were having... Credits go to this article from the community hub - http://steamcommunity.com/app/45730/discussions/0/613940109841685105/ In short - Report problem to https://www.fuzeqna.com/capcomsupport/consumer/question.asp From Level 1 Dropdown - Select "PC" From Level 2 Dropdown - Select "Dark Void Zero" - Provide your serial key with explaination - take snapshot (I used Window's snipping tool) of your activation error and also snapshot of Steam's receipt. Within the next day, Capcom's customer support responded and activated my key from SecuROM's database. Now for the actual review of the game itself - After only playing this game for an hour, I would say that it was worth my $1 from steam's capcom sale. It has a nice classic, retro feel reminiscent of my childhood NES days. I will say that the controls are rather clunky which provides challenge of playing this game. The game allows you to map the controls on your gamepad and also switch to fullscreen (thru menu option or pushing ALT+Enter). Very simplistic and easy to pick up. Reminds me of a mash-up between Metroid and Contra. I only recommend this game for it being only $1 and having the [b]will/courage to go through the trouble of activating your key[/b].

Just like with the original Dark Void, i was wondering why i stopped playing this game. It came back to me really fast, the controls are bad and the extra annoyance provided by the cd key authentication.

[b]2021:[/b] There are NO more DRM issues, the game works fine. This is a fun little retro-style game, especially considering it was made as a "April Fools parody" of Dark Void, later made into a full game. Originally released for the Nintendo DSi, then later ported to PC, it's intended to have a classic NES feel to it. For me, it really does not look or feel like an NES game, the color pallet is different and it's just too "advanced". It's more of a "how you remember it" rather than "how it actually it was" style. There is nothing wrong with that at all! If I want to play an NES game, I will do just that. The game is fun to play, not too difficult, and scratches that retro itch. Especially for $5 or less. Here in 2021, the game activated just fine for me and runs perfectly on Windows 10.

Capcom retroactively adds obscure drm to they older titles breaking modding, support on steam deck and causing performance issues/crasehes. I do not recommend supporting Capcom for as long as they are harming they own paying customers.

Capcom?! what no....the ♥♥♥♥ you doing?! They're actually intending to stuff anti-mod malware into this thing now....get ♥♥♥♥♥♥. Way to trash your reputation Capcom...you bring shame to your families, commit sudoku to restore honor.