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Navigation by points of interest

Video game concept

Player navigates the gameworld by targeting points of interest rather than manually controlling the whole movement. This can be long distance POIs or short distance, but only as long as this is true for all of the game and not just overworld or similar.

15
games
12
platforms
The 7th Guest (MS-DOS)
The 7th Guest
DOS 1993
D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die (Xbox One)
D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die
XBOX1 2014-09-19
Ripper (MS-DOS)
Ripper
DOS 1996
Jurassic Park: The Game (Windows)
Jurassic Park: The Game
WIN 2011-11
Jurassic Park: The Game (Xbox 360)
Jurassic Park: The Game
X360 2011-11
Jurassic Park: The Game
PS3 2011-11
D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die
WIN 2015-06-05
Ripper
MAC 1996
Stimulating Simulations
TRS 1978
Stimulating Simulations
TI99 ? *
The 7th Guest
MAC 1993
Stimulating Simulations
IIE 1978
This essentially restricts player from moving anywhere that is not a point of interest somehow, so there's no wasted travel unless some of the POIs are red herrings or fluff.

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Parent group

Navigation

Games by year

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The first Navigation by points of interest video game was released in 1977.

Personal, Telltale Games and Virgin Games published most of these games.

Platforms

MS-DOS 2
Windows 2
Mac OS Classic 2
Apple II E 1
TRS-80 1
TI99 1
custom 1
X360 1
PS3 1
Mac OS X 1
Xbox One 1
Commodore PET 1