Auryn Quest (Windows)
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Published by

The Adventure Company

Developed by

Attaction, Discreet Monsters

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Description

Inspired by the novel The Neverending Story by Michael Ende, Auryn Quest combines 3D adventure and puzzle-solving with arcade "jump and run" sequences, but without any shooting or violence.

Your hero, Atreyu, must find the magic Auryn and restore Fantasia its power before it is destroyed by The Nothing. Beginning at the Temple of a Thousand Doors, Atreyu will explore six richly detailed worlds during his quest, each with its own challenges and puzzles. The difficulty of the arcade elements increases as the player advances through the levels.

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Screenshots

Auryn Quest Windows The portal leads to level two; Gaya's Lava Dungeon.

Auryn Quest Windows All the gears are spinning. The best way down there and back may be the burn off scaffolding to the left.

Auryn Quest Windows Inside the witch's hut. What that in the cage? And is that a sandwich on the table?

Auryn Quest Windows A view of the final room of the urwerk. It's really tough to traverse those bell-like platforms on the left as they close on you.

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Alternate Titles

"Бесконечная История: В Поисках Волшебного Амулета" -- Russian spelling
"Real Neverending Story, The" -- Working title
"Auryn Quest: L'Histoire Sans Fin" -- French title
"Auryn Quest: Die Unendliche Geschichte" -- German title

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It's a platform game?!	Depeche Mike (17558)

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Critic Reviews

Game Captain	Feb 16, 2002	78 out of 100	78
ComputerGames.ro	Jul 20, 2002	77 out of 100	77
Imperium Gier	Nov 06, 2002	7.6 out of 10	76
Gamezoom	Mar 21, 2002	65 out of 100	65
PC Games (Germany)	Feb, 2002	59 out of 100	59
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault)	Jul 31, 2002		50
GameZone	Aug 11, 2002	5 out of 10	50
GameStar (Germany)	Feb, 2002	43 out of 100	43
Game Chronicles	Oct 28, 2002	4 out of 10	40
4Players.de	Jan 21, 2002	36 out of 100	36

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Trivia

Development

Auryn Quest is the sad result of another German new economy company crash-landing. The development of a game called The Real Neverending Story started in 1998 with much pomp and huge financial investment, but developer Discreet Monsters managed to spent three years with technological experiments and mismanagement. At the company’s bankruptcy in May 2001, the game was still half-finished. Subsequently, Attaction bought the carcass and disfigured it into the jump-and-run game Auryn Quest. See Discreet Monster’s company overview for a full account.

Secrets

In the Temple of a Thousand Doors, there is a pathway lined with trapezoidal pillars. It is possible, if you time your jump correctly, to jump on top of any of them. The second from the last on the left-hand side (if you're facing away from the center of the temple) has "zlep was here" written on the top. The credits list zlep as one of the programmers, and give him/her sole credit for scripting.

Information also contributed by Itay Shahar

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