I Have no Mouth, and I Must Scream

a.k.a. I Have No Mouth but I Must Scream

published by Cyberdreams / Acclaim Entertainment in 1995, developed by The Dreamers Guild, running on MS-DOS

type: adventure
genre: Science Fiction, Horror, Point-and-click adventure
setting: Future, Post-apocalypse
perspective: 3rd person
player options: single player

game engine: SAGA
languages: eng ger

2.7/5

Personal review

Great atmosphere, an incredible narrator (voiced by no other than the original writer, Harlan Ellison) and well done sense of unease and fated misery; nonetheless it includes confusing controls (for example walk to vs. use, and how only one or another should be used in different doors/passages), many plot holes and very frustrating random solution puzzles.

It saddens me see that is not up to the quality of the original short story.

4 of 10

P.S.: The best part is Nimdok's chapter.

AmunJazz # 2015-03-19 22:10:02

Official description

Assume the roles of five different characters, each in a unique environment. Challenging dilemmas dealing with powerfully charged emotional issues. Provocative psychological and adult-oriented themes. Based on Harlan Ellison's short story "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream", one of the ten most reprinted stories in the English language. Fully digitized speech with over 40 different characters and state of the art animation. Harlan Ellison as the voice of the insane master computer, AM. - FIVE DAMNED SOULS: Buried deep within the center of the earth, trapped in the bowels of an insane computer for the past hundred and nine years. Garrister the suicidal loner. Benny the mutilated brute. Ellen the hysterical phobic. Nimdok the secretive sadist. Ted the cynical paranoid.

ONE CHALLENGE: The adventure plunges you into the tortured and hidden past of the five humans. Delve into their darkest fears. Outwit the master computer AM in a game of psychological warfare. Disturbing. Compelling.
An adventure you won't easily forget !!

# 2023-06-07 16:55:00 - official description

Comment

Requires DOS 4.0+, 80486 CPU, 4MB RAM, 2xCD-ROM, SuperVGA/VESA, (Ensoniq Soundscape/General MIDI/Gravis Ultrasound/Ultrasound ACE/Pro Audio Spectrum/Spectrum Plus/Spectrum 16/Roland MT-32/Roland LAPC-1/Sound Blaster/Sound Blaster 16/Sound Blaster AWE32/Sound Blaster Pro) sound card, Keyboard and Mouse
Original version shipped with a mousepad with a 3D picture of the box art on it.
Due to German laws, The story involving the nazi scientist has been cut in the German version. This cut includes an entire chapter.
Harlan Ellison sued because he didn't 'get my share of the prophets'. Turns out the game lost money. Ellison was not counter sued for the difference.

(Zerothis) - # 2006

Technical specs

software: DOS 4.x, SAGA, Scumm Virtual Machine,

hardware: 486DX CPU, VESA,

display: raster

Authors / Staff

management

Allison Hershey (art director)
David B. Schultz (music producer)
David Mullich (director)
David Mullich (producer)
Glenn Price (assistant art director)
Jhoneil Centeno (assistant art director)
John Bolton (technical director)
Patrick Ketchum (executive producer)
Paul Licari (executive producer)
Peter Delgado (art director)
Robert Wiggens (line producer)
Robert Wiggens (producer)

author

John Ottman (original music composer)

design

Bradley W. Schenck (production design)
Bright & Associates (package design)
David Mullich (design)
David Sears (design)

writer

David Mullich (game story)
David Sears (game story)
Harlan Ellison (writing short story)

coding

John Bolton (programmer)
Mike Tudorovich (additional programmer)
Ted Gruber Software (game engine)

graphics

Anita Ziobro (additional art)
April Lee (additional art)
Bradley W. Schenck (background art)
Diane Cooper (character animator)
Diane Cooper (character animation)
Glenn Price (background art)
Glenn Price (background art)
Jhoneil Centeno (character animation)
Jhoneil Centeno (character animator)
John Goodner (additional art)
Lisa Ienacco (additional art)
Lisa Iennaco (additional art)
Nathan Simpson (additional art)
Ralph Navarro (character animator)
Ralph Navarro (character animation)
Robert Miles (background art)
Steve Nazar (character animator)
Steve Nazar (character animation)

audio

David B. Schultz (music arrangement)
DBS Music (music arrangement)
DBS Music (music production)
James Phillipsen (sound effects)
Lawrence Schwedler (sound effects)

other

Andrew Balzer (sales)
Cyberdreams (production company)
Cyberdreams (distributor)
Daniel Pelli (sales)
David Mullich (dialog)
David Sears (dialog)
Erick Haugen (additional script)
Erik Bethke (additional script)
Jack Russell (scriptor)
Jani Peltonen (technical review board)
John Bolton (scriptor)
Loudmouth (instrument bank provided by)
MGM Interactive [USA] (distributor)
MGM Interactive [USA] (sales)
Michael G. Buscher (technical review board)
Michael G. Buscher (production)
Sharon McIntyre (scriptor)
Steven McNally (scriptor)
The Dreamers Guild (production company)
Virtual Images Unlimited (3-d mouse pad)

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External review - average: 50%

review source		issue	date	score
Génération 4 (083-138)	fr	92	1996-10	3/6	50%

Contributors (7)

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