9: The Last Resort

aka: 9
Moby ID: 2176
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9: The Last Resort is a surreal point-and-click adventure game in which you have just inherited a large mansion and have to get rid of the 9 evil muses that have taken it over. The gameplay is first person view and similar to Myst which means you spend most of your time searching for clues and solving logic puzzles, often mechanical or musical ones. Later in the game you also have to solve a shooting gallery sequence.

It is most notable for involving some of the most famous people ever in a computer game including Robert De Niro, Cher, James Belushi, Christopher Reeve and a couple of guys out of the rock band Aerosmith.

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Average score: 68% (based on 17 ratings)

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Average score: 3.5 out of 5 (based on 13 ratings with 2 reviews)

Myst-clone not delivered by the presentation alone.

The Good
The presentation is top-notch throughout the game, with characters voiced by the likes of James Belushi and Christopher Reeve, with Cher as a seer offering the services of saving and loading. The mouse-driven interface is smooth and intuitive, and the surreal, slightly horror-influenced graphics give the Last Resort the feel of an amusement park gone bad. The game has its own distinct character, and is occasionally able to draw the player firmly into the story.

The Bad
Unfortunately, the story practically ends at the entrance to the resort. When the dust eventually settles there are only puzzles left to solve with minor interaction with the few characters present. The puzzles come in three varieties: simple and irritating (e.g. memory game with sounds), arcade-flavoured (e.g. shooting rats with the mouse), and amazingly complicated coded sequences with no hints to speak of, particularly the end game puzzle(s) involving playing the organ. The back of the game box states that the player needs "divine inspiration to complete" and that is a fact: without a walkthrough I could never have managed the feat.

The Bottom Line
9: The Last Resort is a true curiosity from the middle of the 1990s, especially due to the people listed in the credits. Professional in technical aspects it falls flat with its puzzle design, the one component a Myst-clone has to get right.

Windows · by Bullyt (525) · 2010

Beautiful but very tough.

The Good
the game has some amazing and amusing visuals by Mark Rydan. The strange environment is alive and literally throbbing. The fun characters that you meet while exploring the Last Resort. Some of the puzzles are quite good. A good early variation on the early myst-clones. You really don't miss having a good story. The funny one liners Cher delivered as the automated save/load menu.

The Bad
An ongoing puzzle that requires careful notes. The single arcade sequence near the end that frustrated me to the point of almost quiting.

The Bottom Line
An inspired but flawed point and click game. Very creative presentation. Loads of talented performances. Well designed but lacking the extra work to make it a classic.

Windows · by Scott Monster (986) · 2006

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Win3.x Version? eXo (346) May 3, 2013

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In the box of the U.S. release an envelope is included which contains a (mock-up) postcard and tourist brochure for The Last Resort and the Last Will and Testament of Thurston Last.

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All the in-game scenes are stored as QuickTime movies on the CD. They can be played with any QuickTime player.

Tribeca

To date (2010), this is the only game in history to have been co-produced by Robert DeNiro, the Hollywood star. He was the co-founder of Tribeca Interactive, and is the reason why this game has such an impressive voice talent roll-call (including Cher!). Although DeNiro is more famous as an actor, he is also an astute businessman; he also owns a pair of successful restaurants and a hotel, and runs a film festival. 9: The Last Resort was the first and last game ever produced by Tribeca.

Information also contributed by Ashley Pomeroy and PolloDiablo.

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Game added by Pix.

Macintosh added by Scaryfun. Windows 3.x added by Macs Black.

Additional contributors: Jeanne, Apogee IV, Scott Monster, formercontrib, Patrick Bregger, Harmony♡.

Game added August 15, 2000. Last modified March 6, 2024.