

Beyond the Tesseract is a text based adventure game developed in 1983 by Canadian author David Lo for the TRS-80. The game was notable for its unique take on the genre and approach to mathematical entities and abstract concepts.
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Cool, grave, plot-driven and contemplative.
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
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About the game
- Platforms
- Atari ST/STE, DOS, TRS-80
- Developer
- David Lo
- Released
- June 30, 1983
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Text
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