DarXide
DarXide — frequently asked questions
- What platforms is DarXide on?
- DarXide was released on Sega 32X.
- When did DarXide release?
- DarXide was first released on January 1, 1996.
About DarXide
One of the last 32X games released (and exclusively in Europe), DarXide is a 3-D space shooter, inspired in part by the arcade gameplay of Asteroids. It is one of the few 32X games to used texture-mapped polygons. Players control a lone starship rushing to destroy oncoming asteroids and alien vessels before they annihilate defenseless human miners and colonies. Asteroids break apart into smaller rocks, which much also be hunted down and destroyed. Aliens likewise arrive in larger, more dangerous vessels.
Summary via IGDB.
Game details
- Platforms
- Sega 32X
- Themes
- Science fiction
Details via IGDB.
Collector value & authenticity
Sega 32X · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-11-02
How often it sells
- Loose: about 3 times a year
- Complete: about once a year
- Sealed: about once a year
Prices marked “few sales” rest on about one recorded sale a year, so treat them as a rough guide: the next copy could sell well above or below. Expect to wait for one to come up.
Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-11-02.
Price over time
- Loose
- Complete
A loose copy sold for about $1,579 in Apr 2021, $1,579 five years ago, and $450 as of Nov 2026.
Show as table
| Month | Loose | Complete |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2022 | $1,579 | $3,474 |
| Jan 2023 | $1,561 | $3,474 |
| Jan 2024 | $997 | $3,474 |
| Jan 2025 | $1,292 | $2,843 |
| Jan 2026 | $53 | $933 |
| Nov 2026 | $450 | $4,000 |
Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Nov 2026.
Release record
| Territory | Date | Product number |
|---|---|---|
| Europe / PAL | January 1996 | 84580-50 |
- Region
- EU
- Released
- 1996
- Authenticity
- Med
A competent 3D Asteroids update that is more about its looks than its depth, and a very expensive Europe-only cart.
Darxide is a three-dimensional take on Asteroids, developed by Frontier Developments and published by Sega, and it came out only in Europe, in January 1996. Mean Machines Sega called it at heart a homage to Asteroids and an unusually concentrated blast fest for the 32X, praising the texture-mapped asteroids, the lock-on targeting and the depth-cued sound, but marking it down for a limited scenario and gameplay that evolves too slowly.
The same review noted that David Braben, a credited designer of the game, rejected the idea that it resembles the combat sequences of Elite.
How it was made
Frontier Developments developed Darxide and Sega published it. The credited designers are Peter Irvin and David Braben.
What the press said at the time
| Mega Fun | 63% | |
| Video Games | 72% | |
| MAN!AC | 36% | |
| Sega Magazin | 82% | |
| Sega News | 80% | |
| Mean Machines Sega | 79/100 |
“But Initially It seems devoid of drama, with little apart from time limits to tax you. … but it's an unusually concentrated blast feat for the 32X.”
Undated scores are from the review table in the game's Wikipedia article, limited to reviews of the 32X version.
Before you buy
It is the pricier of the two Europe-only 32X carts, and a complete copy costs a lot more than a loose one. It needs European (PAL) hardware: a PAL 32X on a PAL Mega Drive. Reproduction carts of it exist and collectors discuss them openly; one reported repro boards fitted into Acclaim 32X shells with fresh labels, so the shell tells you little about what is inside. Get a photo of the label and the board, and prefer a seller who takes returns.
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