| Mirage | |
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| Developer(s) | The Dream Designers |
| Publisher(s) | Atlantis Interactive |
| Platform(s) | Windows 3.1 |
| Release | 1995 |
Mirage is a video game developed by The Dream Designers for Windows 3.1 and published by Atlantis Interactive in 1995. A 3DO Interactive Multiplayer version was planned but never released. [1]
Next Generation reviewed the PC version of the game, rating it one star out of five, and stated that "Like areas that will randomly kill you? Like spending minutes searching for hot-spots with a mouse? No? Well then, stay away from this." [2]
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