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Platform
Teen
ESRB Rating
Genre
Perspective
Non-Sport
74
MobyRank
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
4.0
MobyScore
5 point score based on user ratings.

Description

Down in the Dumps is a graphical adventure game in which the player takes control of the family Blub. In each chapter the player controls a different family member. The family of minuscule aliens wanted to go on holidays to another planet, but after a crash with evil aliens, they crash-land in a dump on earth. It is up to the player to take control of the family members and collect the required parts to reconstruct their spaceship.

The game is played with the mouse in typical point & click adventure style. You can collect in an inventory and combine items with each other or use them with objects in the game world. The game makes use of prerendered backgrounds and characters. The entire game takes place on the dump and is in a comedic style.

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The Press Says

PC Gameplay (Benelux) Oct, 1996 91 out of 100 91
Coming Soon Magazine Mar, 1997 90 out of 100 90
PC Games (Germany) Dec, 1996 85 out of 100 85
PC Player (Denmark) 1997 85 out of 100 85
Jeuxvideo.com Jul 17, 2011 16 out of 20 80
Power Play Dec, 1996 69 out of 100 69
PC Player (Germany) Dec, 1996 3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars 60
High Score Feb, 1997 3 out of 5 60
GameBoomers 2003 40 out of 100 40

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Trivia

Contents

The manual lists some trivia and statistics. Down in the dumps includes:
  • 150 locations
  • 45 minutes of cinematic sequences
  • 3000 gags
  • 3 hours of 3D computer animation
  • 66 CD-ROMS of RAW DATA
  • 41 GIGABYTES of RAW DATA
  • 700 sounds
  • 150 000 SOURCE CODE LINES
  • 18 000 C language lines
  • 9 GIGABYTES of hard drive scratched
  • 12 PC motherboards burnt out
  • 7300 cups of coffee drunk
  • 5700 beers drunk
  • 6 dumps visited (Los Angeles, London, Paris, Bastia, New York, Florence)
  • 55 sleepless nights for each developer



This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by robotriot Bronze Star Contributing Member (8642) on Jan 02, 2000.
 

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