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Diablo is a video game developed by Blizzard North and published by Electronic Arts, Blizzard Entertainment, Sourcenext, and Square Electronic Arts. Released on December 31, 1996, the title is part of the Diablo franchise. It is classified as an Action, RPG, and Strategy game, featuring Single player, Co-operative, and Split screen game modes. The software version identifier is 1.09.
The game is available on PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, and PlayStation platforms. It has received a Metacritic score of 94 and a rating of 4.4. IGDB lists a rating of 84 based on 597 counts. The subject has 759,492 social media followers.
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Game data
Metacritic 94- Released
- 1996-12-31
- User rating
- 4.40 / 5
- Genres
- Action, RPG
- Platforms
- PC, macOS, PlayStation
via RAWG
Game details · IGDB
Diablo is an isometric strategy RPG and one of the most well-known examples of the action-RPG subgenre. Although some of the game mechanics resemble a typical RPG, all actions are done in real-time just like in an action game. The player have to kill hordes of monsters through randomized dungeon levels in order to gain experience points, gold and a variety of equipment to bolster the hero's monster-killing potency.
- Released
- 1996
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG), Strategy
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation
- Game modes
- Single player, Co-operative, Split screen
- Franchise
- Diablo
- Developer
- Blizzard North
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts, Blizzard Entertainment, Sourcenext, Square Electronic Arts
Key facts
- Developer
- Blizzard North
- Publisher
- Blizzard Entertainment
- Producer
- Bill Roper
- Designers
- Erich Schaefer David Brevik
- Programmer
- David Brevik
- Artists
- Erich Schaefer Samwise Didier
- Writers
- Erich Schaefer Eric Sexton Chris Metzen Bill Roper
- Composer
- Matt Uelmen
- Series
- Diablo
- Platforms
- Windows PlayStation Mac OS
- Release
- Windows NA : January 3, 1997 EU : November 2, 1997 PlayStation NA : March 30, 1998 EU : April 1998 Mac OS NA : May 8, 1998
- Genre
- Action role-playing
- Modes
- Single-player , multiplayer
via Wikipedia infobox
Internet Archive
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Encyclopedic overview
Diablo is a 1997 action role-playing game developed by Blizzard North and published by Blizzard Entertainment for Windows. It is the first installment in the video game series of the same name.
Set in the fictional Kingdom of Khanduras in the mortal realm, the player controls a lone hero battling to rid the world of Diablo, the Lord of Terror. Beneath the town of Tristram, the player journeys through sixteen randomly generated dungeon levels, ultimately entering Hell in order to face Diablo.
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