The voice acting is goofy and some of the puzzles are a bit obtuse but the original Dark Seed is a neat little adventure game. The time limits are much more forgiving than it may first seem and the short length allows it to avoid being frustrating when you realize you've softlocked yourself and need to start over. After a couple of scouting runs to see what items were available and what obstacles blocked progress most of the solutions came naturally in my proper run of the game.

The battery still works!