| Fascination | |
|---|---|
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| Developer(s) | Tomahawk |
| Publisher(s) | Coktel Vision Digital Integration |
| Designer(s) | Muriel Tramis |
| Programmer(s) | Philippe Lamarque |
| Artist(s) | Yannick Chosse Joseph Kluytmans Rachid Chebli |
| Composer(s) | Frédéric Motte |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS |
| Release | 1991 |
| Genre(s) | Graphic adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Fascination is an erotic thriller graphic adventure game developed by Tomahawk and published by Coktel Vision for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS in 1991.
Fascination is a first person point and click game, the player picks up objects or interacts with the environment (activating or moving objects) using the mouse cursor. The player advances the plot by solving puzzles.
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The protagonist is a flight stewardess. A passenger who died on the last flight gave her a suitcase containing a capsule containing a secret substance. That secret capsule gets her involved in a murder mystery.
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Fascination received mixed reviews reception upon its release, including some very positive review scores of upwards of 90% for the PC version in French magazines; the Amiga reviews ranging from a high 80% in CU Amiga , through moderate 67% and 65% in Amiga Power and Amiga Format , to only 51% and 47% in Amiga Action and Amiga Computing . [1] Retrospectively, Richard Cobbett of PC Gamer opined the game has had "perhaps the stupidest ending of any game in history". [2]
Polish scholar Filip Jankowski criticized Cobbett's opinion, remarking that Fascination's ending predicted the finale of David Fincher's film The Game (1997). Compared to Fincher's film, Fascination more evidently criticizes capitalism. Jankowski stated that in the game's ending, all game characters turn out to participate in a murder party, the majority of them belonging to the white male establishment responsible for the pornographic content of the game world. Thus, leaving the area of the murder party, Doralice questions the patriarchal norms. Jankowski also stressed that Fascination was among the first video games featuring the female protagonist and adopting her viewpoint. [3]
Maniac Mansion is a 1987 graphic adventure video game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games. It follows teenage protagonist Dave Miller as he attempts to rescue his girlfriend Sandy Pantz from a mad scientist, whose mind has been enslaved by a sentient meteor. The player uses a point-and-click interface to guide Dave and two of his six playable friends through the scientist's mansion while solving puzzles and avoiding dangers. Gameplay is non-linear, and the game must be completed in different ways based on the player's choice of characters. Initially released for the Commodore 64 and Apple II, Maniac Mansion was Lucasfilm Games' first self-published product.
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Kajko i Kokosz is a Polish video point-and-click adventure game based on the Kayko and Kokosh comic-book series about the adventures of two Polish warriors, the comedy duo of Kajko and Kokosz. The game was released for Amiga in 1994, for PC MS-DOS in 1995, and for PC Windows in 1998. It was the first of several video-game adaptations of the Kayko and Kokosh comics. The game was described as a commercial success, despite receiving mixed reviews.
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