Tag: mystery

• February 15, 2023

  Uninvited (Windows) Review

  Written in 2010 I first posted this review on Abandonia. I am adding it here, in case Abandonia eventually closes. Score: 4 (out of 5) As I mentioned in the DOS review of Uninvited, the Windows remake was bound to get a separate entry on Abandonia. Five years separate the two releases, making it easy to…
• February 12, 2023

  Uninvited (DOS) Review

  Written in 2010 I first posted this review on Abandonia. I am adding it here, in case Abandonia eventually closes. Score: 3 (out of 5) Uninvited is a horror adventure game released in 1986 and is a hybrid between interactive fiction and a point-and-click game. It uses the same graphical interface as Déjà Vu: A Nightmare Comes…
• January 24, 2023

  Prisoner of Ice Review

  Written in 2013 I first posted this review on Abandonia. I am adding it here, in case Abandonia eventually closes. Score: 3 (out of 5) Between the 1992 release of Alone in the Dark and 1995, when Prisoner of Ice was launched, horror adventure games have become a real phenomenon in the industry. The genre has the perfect devices…
• January 20, 2023

  Murders in Space Review

  Written in 2010 I first posted this review on Abandonia. I am adding it here, in case Abandonia eventually closes. Score: 3 (out of 5) Murders in Space is the last title released in a unique series of adventure games that had you solve countless crime cases in some of the most exotic places ever: from…
• January 14, 2023

  Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers Review

  Written in 2011 I first posted this review on Abandonia. I am adding it here, in case Abandonia eventually closes. Score: 5 (out of 5) Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers is a legendary point-and-click adventure game released in 1993. The title marks a turning point in Sierra’s approach to game creation: It is more mature…
• January 2, 2023

  Murders in Venice Map & Times

  Murders in Venice is a murder mystery adventure game that relies heavily on map navigation. A source of frustration is knowing when to find characters at their usual dwelling place. The map below addresses that and can be used as a guide (click on the image to get it full size).