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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
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Critic Reviews
Amiga Joker | Amiga | Nov, 1990 | 94 out of 100 | 94 |
Enchanted Realms | Amiga | Mar, 1991 | 91 out of 100 | 91 |
Zzap! | Amiga | Mar, 1991 | 90 out of 100 | 90 |
Score | Amiga | Feb, 1996 | 8 out of 10 | 80 |
ST Format | Atari ST | May, 1991 | 80 out of 100 | 80 |
Score | Atari ST | Feb, 1996 | 8 out of 10 | 80 |
Dragon | DOS | May, 1991 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
80 |
64'er | Commodore 64 | Aug, 1991 | 7 out of 10 | 70 |
Amiga Format | Amiga | Feb, 1991 | 61 out of 100 | 61 |
Power Play | DOS | Mar, 1991 | 42 out of 100 | 42 |
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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)
Related Web Sites
- AtariMania (Accolade, France, UK, USA, Atari ST) (For Atari ST: game entry database; downloadable release; game packaging; advertisement; manuals; magazine reviews; additional material.)
- AtariMania (Accolade, Germany, Atari ST) (For Atari ST: game entry database; downloadable release; game packaging; advertisement; manuals; magazine reviews; additional material.)
- Commodore 64 Boxed Sets (For C64: game packaging digitalisations. Include box, manual, brochure, additional material.)
- DOSBox, an x86 emulator with DOS (Statistics page of compatibility with original DOS version.)
- DOSBox Wiki (The encyclopaedic page of the DOSBox project.)
- Hall of Light (For Amiga: game database entry; digitalised manuals; game packaging; screenshots; additional material.)
- Lemon 64 (For C64: game entry database; advertisement; magazine reviews; music; documentation; cover art; additional material.)
- Lemon Amiga (For Amiga: game database entry; magazine reviews; music; manual; additional material.)
- 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.)
Amiga Credits (19 people)
Horror Soft:
Michael Woodroffe, Alan Bridgman, Keith Wadhamsa, Simon Woodroffe, Paul Drummond, Kevin Preston, Philip Nixon, Michael Landreth, Dave Hasler, Sylvia Parry, Lee Walton, Jonathan Woodroffe, Tricia Woodroffe
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