Windows

Anachronox

Description

I am Sly Boots, a private investigator whose office is on an artificial planet called Anachronox, somewhere in the middle of the universe. Currently, an angry client is beating me up... Right, I forgot again about that little debt of mine... No big deal. But my secretary Fatima reminds me I should better get a job. Okay, okay... I'll just walk around, talk to people, and find something. What's that? A mysterious rich man wants me to find some artifact for him? Great! That looks like a simple PI job. What can possibly go wrong?

And so, the tale of Anachronox begins. Together with his friends, Sly Boots will discover a great mystery and prevent the destruction of the universe. Set in a futuristic world, the game is a console-style RPG for the PC, that also contains elements of a humorous adventure á la Space Quest. Controlling Sly and six other party members, you'll explore many planets, and fight enemies in Final Fantasy style battles - a mixture of real time and turn-based combat. There are also many mini-games and plenty of side quests scattered around.

Part of the Following Groups

• 3D Engine: id Tech 2
• Games with Dopefish

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User Reviews

If you celebrate Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams: here's a surprise for you...	silent_driver (13)
A really wonderful game	Sam Jeffreys (2214)
If you want to have fun, look no further	JazzOleg (53182)
Great, great game, but call the Orkin man before playing	Atomic Punch! (140)
Pixel Hunt-tastic disappointment	Zovni (8824)
Anachronox, Anachrorocks!	MasterMegid (715)
Final Fantasy fans will love this game...great RPG	devils102 (18)
U as in Anachronox, duh.	MAT (34668)
An absolutely remarkable game	Ian Waddell (70)
A plot better than most Sci-Fi movies	Plix (209)

The Press Says

Withingames	Aug 15, 2001	5 out of 5	100
Christ Centered Game Reviews	Jun 01, 2005		90
IGN	Jul 18, 2001	8 out of 10	80
UHS (Universal Hint System)	Mar 29, 2002		80
Game Over Online	Aug 06, 2001	80 out of 100	80
Gamigo	Aug 13, 2001	7.9 out of 10	79
PC Games (Germany)	Jul 09, 2001	79 out of 100	79
GameSpot	Jul 16, 2001	7.8 out of 10	78
PC Action	Jul 06, 2001	78 out of 100	78
Jeuxvideo.com	Jul 18, 2001	14 out of 20	70

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Trivia

IonStorm did a couple neat tricks for Anachronox.

• APE stands for Anachronox Programing Environment. Its a programing language that was used to create all the interaction and gameplay. It was also used to create the minigames that you could play.
• Magpie: Magpie was a program designed to process MP3s and create .lip files that the game engine could use to lip-sync dialogue. The lip files were simple text files that would load with the MP3s during cut scenes.

Pretty cool...