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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 รก 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.


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User Reviews

If you celebrate Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams: here's a surprise for you... silent_driver (13) 4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars
A really wonderful game Sam Jeffreys Bronze Star Contributing Member (2214) 4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars
If you want to have fun, look no further JazzOleg Bronze Star Contributing Member (53182) 4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars
Great, great game, but call the Orkin man before playing Atomic Punch! (140) 4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars
Pixel Hunt-tastic disappointment Zovni (8824) 3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars
Anachronox, Anachrorocks! MasterMegid (715) 4.83 Stars4.83 Stars4.83 Stars4.83 Stars4.83 Stars
Final Fantasy fans will love this game...great RPG devils102 (18) 3.83 Stars3.83 Stars3.83 Stars3.83 Stars3.83 Stars
U as in Anachronox, duh. MAT Bronze Star Contributing Member (34668) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
An absolutely remarkable game Ian Waddell (70) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
A plot better than most Sci-Fi movies Plix (209) 4.67 Stars4.67 Stars4.67 Stars4.67 Stars4.67 Stars

The Press Says

Withingames Aug 15, 2001 5 out of 5 100
Christ Centered Game Reviews Jun 01, 2005 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars 90
IGN Jul 18, 2001 8 out of 10 80
UHS (Universal Hint System) Mar 29, 2002 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 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...




This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by JazzOleg Bronze Star Contributing Member (53182) on Jul 12, 2001.
 

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