Chill Manor

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Chill Manor
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Developer(s) Animation Magic
Publisher(s) Simon & Schuster Interactive
Director(s) Jeffrey Siegel
Producer(s) Amanda Thornton
Dale DeSharone
Designer(s) Matt Sughrue
Composer(s) Tony Trippi
Platform(s) MS-DOS
Release
  • NA: October 16, 1996
Genre(s) Educational, First-person shooter
Mode(s) Single-player

Chill Manor is an educational first-person shooter for MS-DOS compatible systems. The game is designed to teach history to children. It is the sequel to I.M. Meen and shares similar gameplay. Chloe Leamon provided Ophelia Chill's voice, while Peter Berkrot reprised his role as I.M. Meen. [1]

Contents

Plot

The evil magician I.M. Meen's presumed wife Ophelia Chill obtains the Book of Ages and tears out all the pages within, allowing her to re-write history as she sees fit. It is up to one of four playable children to travel through her manor and correct history.

Gameplay

The player goes through 20 levels, fixing history mistakes in various scrolls.

Reception

In a retrospective review, AllGame gave Chill Manor score of 3.5 out of 5. [2]

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References

  1. "Let's Play Chill Manor Finale - Final Boss and Credits". YouTube . 26 November 2014.
  2. "Chill Manor - Overview - allgame". Allgame. Archived from the original on 14 November 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2013.