Elvira

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Description

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark is an adventure game. The game uses a first-person perspective in which the hero wanders around solving puzzles, and combating with undead creatures that have overrun Elvira’s Castle.

This game features dozens of different death sequences. If the cook in the kitchen kills you, for example, you can see your head floating in her cauldron. The game also has a real-time combat system. You have to time your attacks and blocks in order to defeat the enemy.

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Alternate Titles

• "Elvira: The Fantasy Adventure" -- Tag-lined title
• "Elvira: Mistress of the Dark" -- In-game title
• "Elvira: La Aventura Fantastica" -- Spanish tag-lined title

Part of the Following Groups

• Elvira licensees
• Game Engine: AGOS

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Critic Reviews

Amiga Action	Amiga	Mar, 1991	87 out of 100	87
Joker Verlag präsentiert: Sonderheft	Atari ST	1992	87 out of 100	87
Atari ST User	Atari ST	Aug, 1991	87 out of 100	87
Zzap!	Commodore 64	Jun, 1991	81 out of 100	81
Score	DOS	Feb, 1996	8 out of 10	80
64'er	Commodore 64	Aug, 1991	7 out of 10	70
Power Play	Amiga	Mar, 1991	42 out of 100	42
Retroguiden	Amiga	Feb 25, 2011	4 out of 10	40
Amiga Power	Amiga	May, 1991		33
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Amiga	May, 1991	Unscored	Unscored

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Trivia

Engine

The game uses a modified version of AberMUD with added graphical extensions called the AGOS Engine. AberMUD was originally written by Alan Cox who is now a well-known Linux developer at Red Hat.

Awards

• Computer Gaming World
  • November 1991 (Issue #88) – Role-Playing Game of the Year
• Enchanted Realms
  • March 1991 (issue #5) – Best Graphic Adventure (Amiga version)

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• AtariMania (Accolade, France, UK, USA, Atari ST) (For Atari ST: game entry database; downloadable release; game packaging; advertisement; manuals; magazine reviews; additional material.)
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• Lemon 64 (For C64: game entry database; advertisement; magazine reviews; music; documentation; cover art; additional material.)
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• Museum of Computer Adventure Game History (Accolade, PC) (Slash version.
  For IBM PC: game packaging; manuals; media; additional material.)
• Museum of Computer Adventure Game History (Accolade, PC) (UK version.
  For IBM PC: game packaging; manuals; media; additional material.)
• ScummVM (supports the DOS, Amiga and Atari ST versions of Elvira: Mistress of The Dark under Windows, Linux, Macintosh and other platforms.)
• Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (video game) (Encyclopaedic entry for combined platforms.)