Realms of Arkania: Shadows over Riva

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Realms of Arkania Shadows over Riva

Developer(s)	Attic Entertainment Software
Publisher(s)	Sir-Tech/U.S. Gold
Designer(s)	Fantasy Productions
Series	Realms of Arkania
Platform(s)	PC (MS-DOS)
Release date	1997
Genre(s)	Role playing game
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	ESRB: Teen (T) USK: 12+
Media	CD
System requirements	Intel 80486 CPU, 8 MB RAM, 60 MB HD space, VGA video card, DOS 5.0
Input methods	Keyboard, Mouse

Realms of Arkania: Shadows over Riva is a computer role playing game based on the German RPG system Das Schwarze Auge by Attic Entertainment Software. The original German version of the game (German title: Das Schwarze Auge: Schatten über Riva) was released in 1996. Sir-Tech released the English version in 1997.

[edit] Development Team

Guido Henkel - Designer, Music
Hans-Jürgen Brändle - Designer, Programmer
Horst Weidle - Designer
Lothar Ahle - Programmer
Wolfgang Schulz - Programmer
Ugurcan Yüce - Cover Artist
Vadim Pietrzynski - Artist
Markus Henrich - Artist
André Taulien - Artist

[edit] The Northlandtrilogy and beyond

Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny was the first game in the trilogy, it was followed by Realms of Arkania: Star Trail, and Shadows over Riva. As a feature players could save after beating the game, this allowed players to import their characters into any of the sequels. Even though it was possible to save at the end of Shadows over Riva there has never been a sequel, since Attic went out of business in 2001.

The next game set in the The Dark Eye-universe will be Drakensang: The Dark Eye (German: Das Schwarze Auge: Drakensang). It was announced that Drakensang is not a sequel to the Northlandtrilogy and will not be able to import characters saved at the end of Shadows over Riva.