- Strategy, Adventure, Action, Science fiction
It Came From the Desert is an action-adventure game that derives its inspiration from the many cult-horror B-Movies of the 50's and 60's, the 1954 film Them in particular. The player plays the part of Dr.
StrategyAdventureActionScience fictionHorrorThrillerantsoverworldtime limitmultiple endingstankday/night cyclenon-linear storytellinginsect infestationDOS, Amiga, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD
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Unpretentious, plot-driven, nostalgic and grave.
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- character-ledplot-driven
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- Platforms
- DOS, Amiga, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD
- Developer
- Cinemaware
- Publisher
- Cinemaware
- Released
- December 31, 1989
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- First person, Bird view / Isometric
IGDB rating 6.9/10 from 15 ratings.
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