Bone: Out from Boneville

A mysterious foe. An idyllic valley. An unlikely hero.

Enter the world of Jeff Smith's Bone and a truly epic adventure will come to life.

As the saga begins, three cousins - Fone, Phoney and Smiley Bone - become separated in a vast, uncharted desert. One by one, they find their way into a deep, forested valley filled with wonderful and terrifying creatures and new mysteries that await them.

• Help Bone and his cousins find a way back to Boneville. Unravel curious puzzles, maneuver through mini-games and encounter un-expected surprises.
• Travel throughout the idyllic valley and meet the unique inhabitants. Brave and lovely Thorn, the great Red Dragon, rat creatures, talking bugs and more.
• Discover the hidden secrets of the valley. A mysterious map, a beautiful heroine with a past even she doesn't know about, a hooded creature with a grand scheme, and the power of quiche!

With an in-game help system, you'll never get stuck for long!

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www.telltalegames.com

Jeff Smith's 'Bone' cartoon game comes to Mac

Vanbrio Entertainment on Friday announced the release of Bone: Out from Boneville for the Macintosh. Based on Jeff Smith’s popular cartoon fantasy series, the 3D adventure game is available for download as a playable demo and costs $12.99 to register and unlock.

The first installment of an episodic adventure series, “Bone: Out from Boneville” follows the story of three cousins — Fone Bone, Phoney Bone and Smiley Bone — who become separated in a desert. They find their way into a forested valley where they meet its unique inhabitants and uncover its secrets. The game is chock-full of puzzles, mini-games and surprises.

“Out of Boneville” is based on Smith’s acclaimed Bone series, following the same story line as the original cartoon series, which mixed comic camp with high adventure and originally ran from 1991 to 2004. Telltale Games has brought the series to life in games for the PC — Vanbrio worked with Telltale to bring the series to the Mac.

System requirements call for a G4, G5 or Intel Mac (it’s a Universal binary), 1GHz or faster, Mac OS X v10.3.9 or later, 512MB RAM and 32MB graphics acceleration.

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Macworld (Oct. 13, 2006)

After an attack by a swarm of locusts leaves Fone Bone lost in the mountains, he sets out to find his cousins, with a little help from a mysterious red dragon, a couple of talking bugs, and a pretty girl named Thorn. But with hungry rat creatures on his tail, will Fone Bone ever make his way back to Boneville?

(website text as of 2009)

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www.telltalegames.com