showing 11 games
| name | publisher(developer) | year arrow_downward | description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantum Gate | Media Vision (Hyperbole Studios) | 1993 | labelimageminimize | |
| The Journeyman Project | Presto Studios;Sanctuary Woods (Presto Studios) | 1993 | Claiming to be the first ever photorealistic game, The Journeyman Project take us to the far future, to the year 2318. Humanity is on the verge on signing an historic peace treaty with an alien civilisation called the Symbiotry. However, it seems someone is altering history and meddling with the timeline. This is due to a newly created machine, the Pegasus time travel machine. You are a member of the team assigned to guard it, and now you must use it to travel back through time and unravel the mystery and stop whoever is behind it. In your travels, you will travel from 2 million years BC to the far future, solving puzzles and untangling the mystery. The game is played from a 1st-person view point.*** [22]*** [37]***"It suffered from performance problems and slow animations due to its early reliance on Macromedia Director. These problems were mostly overcome with the version 2.0 release that was retitled The Journeyman Project Turbo! and published by Sanctuary Woods in 1994." [i](source: Wikipedia)[/i]***A first person adventure game with great graphics. It takes place in the future, where you are an employee of the Journyman project - a working time machine. You have to save the timeline from some robots and their creator. | labelimagesubject |
| Blown Away | IVI Publishing (Imagination Pilots) | 1994 | labelimageminimize | |
| The Vortex: Quantum Gate 2 | Hyperbole Studios | 1994 | In this sequel, you assume the role of Drew Griffin, a young soldier recruited to fight a war against an anthropomorphic alien race on a distant world. The year is 2057. Due to severe environmental pollution, Earth has only five years to live. Only a rare mineral exists on the planet AJ3905 can reverse this environmental Armageddon. At the end of the original Quantum Gate, you and your comrades are transported through an interplanetary device called the Quantum Gate to destroy the alien inhabitants in order to excavate the needed minerals. Through your Virtual Reality tophat display, they appear in the form of alien bugs. When your tophat suddenly malfunctions, however, you discover that you have been tricked by your commanding officer Colonel Saunders to destroy a seemingly peaceful race known as the Aylinde instead. It's played entirely from a first person perspective. Various icons appear intermittently during playback of Full Motion Videos that convey the story throughout the game. By clicking on these icons, it allows the player to make inquires, guide Drew’s actions, or display emotions. The emotion can be anger, balance, or sorrow. Some icons trigger supplemental videos to simulate various moments of flashbacks by Drew. Responses differ depending on the player's choices. An unprecedented six hours of digital video is backed by a Hollywood quality production, with over 30 professional actors forming the cast. Photorealistic 16-bit graphics provide an immersing environment that can be explored in detail. The story is engaging and has an unexpected ending.*** [22] | labelimagesubject |
| Dark Seed II | Cyberdreams (Destiny Media Technologies) | 1995 | Dark Seed II continues the nightmare of Mike Dawson as he recovers from a nervous breakdown from his earlier encounters with the Ancients. Back in his hometown, Mike's high school sweetheart, Rita, is found murdered after the high school reunion. Unfortunately, Mike cannot remember much about that night, even though others saw him with Rita. Now, as the prime suspect, he must find a way to prove his innocence. The designs of H.R. Giger are pivotal in this horror-tinged point 'n click adventure. Players will be swapping between the Normal World and the Dark World, with 75 prerendered 3D locations in total. There are 40 characters to interact with. The goal is to overthrow the Behemoth of the Dark World and cut through the corruption of the Normal World. Movement, action and dialogue interaction modes are toggled between using the right mouse button, with the full screen used for location display unless the game menu or inventory bars are called into use. | labelimagesubject |
| Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Monster | Interplay (Amazing Media) | 1995 | This interactive movie puts a new twist on the Frankenstein tale: you are the monster! You have been falsely accused of murder and executed. However, the scientist Dr. Frankenstein (played by Tim Curry) has found a way to bring you back to life. You wake up in his laboratory, and your goal is to find out what exactly happened to you and what role Frankenstein played in your resurrection. Will you be able to return back to your former self? The game plays entirely from first-person perspective. You wander around the huge laboratory, looking for clues and solving puzzles. Sometimes events will happen in the game, triggered by careful research of Frankenstein's notes and other clues. The game features live actors filmed over pre-rendered backgrounds. | labelimagesubject |
| Panic in the Park | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (Imagination Pilots) | 1995 | An interactive adventure starring Erika Eleniak Erika Eleniak (A Pyromaniac's Love Story, Under Siege) heats up this interactive adventure CD-ROM game that simmers with style and suspense. A set of twins - one virtuous, one diabolical, both beautiful - are fighting for the fate of aging Skyview amusement park, operated by the twin's father until his recent death. But there's more happening behind the park's gates than first meets the eye. As a reporter, you must navigate through a complex web of intrigue to get to the heart of the mystery. It's up to you to help the good twin find the park's missing deed by morning in order to save it from destruction. Bizarre park employees, a variety of engaging games and puzzles with increasing skill level, and more than 200 different outcomes make Panic in the Park an ever-changing adventure with each new play. State-of-the-art computer animation, photo-realistic 3-D environments and full-screen video performances by over 30 different characters make Panic in the Park a cinematic-quality adventure like no other.***The review does not indicate if it is about the Win3.1 or Win95 version. [84] | labelimagesubject |
| The Daedalus Encounter | Virgin (Mechadeus) | 1995 | From MECHADEUS comes a heart-stopping science fiction action adventure as vast as a universe - and just as mind-blowing in concept. Join actress Tia Carrere (Wayne's World, Rising Sun, True Lies) in her most dynamic role yet. Together, you must explore and gain control of a vast alien spacecraft on a collision course with disaster: a massive binary star. Sumptuous cinematic sequences are infused with exploration, puzzle-solving, combat - and occasionally diplomacy. Navigate a maze of tunnels and stay constantly alert for encounters with the warlike Krinn. Feel the plot writhing under your influence, twisting and turning towards one of several thrilling finales. Just make sure you don't play it alone.FEATURES * Over two hours of digital video and animation, a seamless combination of live actors and computer-generated scenery and animation. Feature film production quality and cutting-edge interaction fill three compact discs. * A moody, original musical score from Her House productions and rock musician Ronnie Montrose. * Multiple endings and three levels of difficulty for a vast range of possibilities. * Runs under Microsoft Windows so installation is simple and the interface is intuitive.*** [22] | labelimagesubject |
| Shine | BMG Interactive Entertainment | 1996 | German-produced game Shine is a typical Myst-like 1st-person perspective adventure game with pre-rendered backdrops. In this game you will become Shine. But who is Shine? You don't know when you start the game. You don't know anything but that you are in Twilight City, a once huge and crowded metropolis. But all life and population seems to have vanished, everything is past and only remains as a distant memory. Strange artificial creatures, lost musicians, no day and no night - what dark secret does the city hold? Become Shine and find out by exploring murky and frightening places, meeting bizarre creatures and people and solving a few puzzles.*** [65] | labelimagesubject |
| Yucatan: Das Gold der Mayas | Megadream Software (Dosch Design) | 1997 | labelimageminimize | |
| Latex | Lucky Raven | 1998 | labelminimizeminimize |
