Tintin: Destination Adventure

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Tintin: Destination Adventure
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Developer(s) Runecraft
Publisher(s) Infogrames
Designer(s) Moulinsart
Composer(s) Pierre Estève
Platform(s) PlayStation, Microsoft Windows
ReleasePlayStation
  • EU: 21 September 2001
Microsoft Windows
  • EU: 12 November 2001
Genre(s) Adventure
Mode(s) Single-player

Tintin: Destination Adventure is a video game loosely based on the series The Adventures of Tintin , the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. It was released for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation in Europe in late 2001.

Contents

Gameplay

The gameplay is similar to the previous two Tintin games ( Prisoners of the Sun and Tintin in Tibet ), with the exception in some parts where the player can operate vehicles. Aside from this the only other enhancement is the use of full 3D for the game.

Release

Tintin: Destination Adventure was released for PlayStation in September 2001 and for Windows in November 2001.


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