Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
About
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance is a 2001 action role-playing/hack and slash video game developed by Snowblind Studios for PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It was ported to GameCube by High Voltage Software, and to the Game Boy Advance by Magic Pockets. The game was published for PlayStation, Xbox and GameCube by Black Isle Studios, a division of Interplay Entertainment, and distributed by Vivendi Universal Games. The Game Boy Advance version was published by DSI Games. CD Projekt was developing a version for PC, but it was ultimately cancelled.
The game is set in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting of Dungeons & Dragons, and the gameplay is based on the rules of Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition, which were released in 2000. It is the first video game to implement the real time application of the new rules. It is also the first game in the Baldur's Gate series released on consoles as opposed to a PC and/or Mac.
Dark Alliance was well received on all four platforms, with the PlayStation 2 version going on to win the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences award for "Role-Playing Game of the Year" (2001). A sequel, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II, was released in 2004 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox. A third game was planned, but was cancelled early in development due to legal problems.
System requirements for Linux
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Ubuntu 20.04 or later
- Processor: Pentium 4 2Ghz / AMD AthlonXP 2400
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce FX5700 or better / ATI Radeon 9600 or better (OpenGL 2.0 compatible video card and compatible drivers)
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- Sound Card: OpenAL compatible sound card and necessary drivers
- Additional Notes: Requires the following packages: libc6:i386 libasound2:i386 libasound2-data:i386 libasound2-plugins:i386 libwrap0:i386 libopenal1:i386 libvorbisfile3:i386 libglu1:i386 libfreetype6:i386 libgtk2.0-0:i386 libuuid1:i386 This game comes with a 64-bit binary only
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
System requirements for macOS
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: 10.14
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz or equivalent
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce FX5700 or better / ATI Radeon 9600 or better
- Storage: 5 GB available space
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system