Ishar 3: The Seven Gates of Infinity

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Description

After Zubaran, the Lord of Ishar, has defeated the evil Shandar, peace has returned to the land. Unfortunately, it didn't last for long, since Shandar found a way to retain his spirit, which is looking for a body to possess. Using time manipulation, Shandar is trying to find the dragon of Sith, last survivor of the Great Black Dragons, in order to control his body and execute its immense power for evil purposes. Zubaran has to find companions, use the Portals of Time, explore the land, and get to the Black Dragon before Shandar does.

In this third installment of the Ishar series, the player can control Zubaran or import characters both from Ishar or Ishar 2. The gameplay is very similar to that of the second game. The player recruits companions and navigates the party through 3D environments viewed from first-person perspective. Combat is in real-time, like in the two predecessors. A slight graphical change is the usage of digitized photos as character portraits.

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Alternate Titles

• "Ishar III: The Seven Gates of Infinity" -- In-game title
• "Ishar III: Les sept portes de l'infini" -- French title
• "Ishar-3" -- European Windows title

Part of the Following Groups

• Fantasy Creatures: Dragons
• Fantasy Creatures: Dwarves
• Fantasy Creatures: Elves
• Fantasy Creatures: Orcs
• Gameplay feature: Alchemy
• Gameplay feature: Hunger / Thirst
• Gameplay feature: Importable characters
• Ishar series

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Critic Reviews

PC Loisirs	DOS	Sep, 1994	18 out of 20	90
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Amiga	Oct, 1994	83 out of 100	83
Amiga Format	Amiga	Sep, 1994	72 out of 100	72
Amiga Magazine	Amiga	Jan, 1996	7 out of 10	70
Play Time	DOS	Sep, 1994	55 out of 100	55
PC Games (Germany)	DOS	Feb, 1995	53 out of 100	53
Play Time	Amiga	Sep, 1994	50 out of 100	50
Amiga Power	Amiga	Sep, 1994	50 out of 100	50
Power Play	DOS	Aug, 1994	47 out of 100	47
Play Time	DOS	Feb, 1995	45 out of 100	45

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Awards

• Amiga Joker
  • Issue 02/1995 – #2 Best RPG in 1994 (Readers' Vote)

CD-ROM/Floppy disc version differences

The CD-ROM version of the game is mainly the same as the floppy disc version. The differences are: prerendered 3D animation instead of bitmap screens for the following sequences: Silmarils logo, Opening sequence, Title Screen. Also, in the floppy version there are people wandering in the streets, but you cannot interact with them. In the CD-Rom version they were not implemented.