

Wander around. Puzzles will be posed. Eventually you win. A work of interactive fiction by Andrew Plotkin, recreating one he originally made in 1989.
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Plot-driven, warm, spare and cool.
- character-ledplot-driven
- warmbleak
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
- contemporarynostalgic
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“Is the nostalgia doing the heavy lifting?”
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“Does the smallness hold it back?”
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“Would Praser 5 hit harder if it came out today rather than in 2005?”
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About the game
- Platforms
- Web browser, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
- Developer
- Andrew Plotkin
- Released
- April 29, 2005
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Text
- Engine
- Inform
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