The Gene Machine

The Gene Machine

It is the age of England. Under the stern rule of Queen Victoria, the British Empire has expanded throughout the globe bringing the bright light of civilisation to the darkest reaches of the wild. Wherever there is poverty and heathen ritual, wherever people drop their "H"s or don't take afternoon tea, there is at least one garrison of her Majesty's Army ready to shoot anyone with bare feet.

It is a time of adventure and discovery. For people with a liking of scientific matters, this is the most exciting of times. Those born to the correct families can look forward to working at the forefront of modern technology, as the world succumbs to the power of steam.

But, engineering and steam physics are not the only fields of study for a budding savant. There are other, much darker, sciences to be explored...

Our story begins in an uncharted part of the South Seas. From a cave stretching into the very bowels of the earth can be heard screeches and howls of torment, like some sort of diabolical choir ...

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Game Manual

Ein Adventure der feinen Art

GENE MACHINE

England zu der Zeit Königin Victorias: die technische Revolution beflügelt immer mehr geniale Köpfe zu richtungsweisenden und phantastischen Erfindungen. Doch nicht all diese Entwicklungen dienen dem Wohl der Menschheit . . . So hat der ebenso geniale wie niederträchtige Dr. Dinsey eine Maschine entwickelt, mit deren Hilfe er nun die Weltherrschaft an sich reißen will. Der mutige Piers und sein Butler versuchen, den Schurken Dinsey in einer aufregenden Jagd rund um den Erdball an seinen teuflischen Plänen zu hindern . . .

**Ab August '96

Komplett in Deutsch

Für DOS und WIN 95**

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