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I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

Description

The game is based on a collection of short stories by Harlan Ellison. After the Cold War, the computers of the USA, Russia and China take over the world and wipe out almost the entire human race. The Allied Mastercomputer (called AM) holds the last five humans as prisoners to torture them. Any of them has to face his or her past in a virtual adventure AM has designed for them. There they encounter their fears and weaknesses.

The player can choose which of the protagonists he wants to be but in fact he has to complete all of the six stories in order to solve the game. There are different ways of completing the game depending on the humanity the player shows.

The voiceacting features Harlan Ellison as AM.

Alternate Titles

• "Безмолвный Крик " -- Russian spelling
• "Bezmolvnyj Krik" -- Russian title

Part of the Following Group

• Literature-inspired games

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User Reviews

The clever, imaginative material alone makes up for any deficiencies	Zovni (9141)
My favorite game	Jordan Owen (13)	unrated
Bold move, long fall.	Ola Sverre Bauge (236)	unrated
This attempt at something completely different partially succeeds.	Ben Sokal (16)

The Press Says

PC Gameplay (Benelux)	Oct, 1996	88 out of 100	88
Just Adventure	Apr 22, 2002	B+	83
Adventure Gamers	Oct 30, 2002		80
La Aventura es la Aventura	Sep 05, 2006	70 out of 100	70
Just Adventure	2000	B-	67
Adventurearchiv	Jul 22, 2004	64 out of 100	64
High Score	May, 1996	3 out of 5	60
Aventura y Cía	Jan 15, 2003		50
PC Player (Germany)	Mar, 1996	49 out of 100	49
GameSpot	May 01, 1996	4.3 out of 10	43

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Trivia

[from the readme]

If you have video problems when starting the game, try starting it with the command s vesa This will force it to use the VESA video standard.

[Old video cards, pre-'97 or thereabouts, may require a VESA driver, but I think practically all video cards since then have VESA built in]