Babel 1997
- Adventure, Science fiction, Mystery
In this game, you play as an amnesiac inside Babel, an abandoned Arctic facility devoted to biological research. You soon discover that you have the unusual ability to witness scenes from the past by touching various glowing items. But can you discover who you are, what happened to the station, and then how to escape from Babel? A piece of interactive fiction written by Ian Finley.
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Grave, earnest, intimate and contemplative.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
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About the game
- Platforms
- Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS
- Released
- October 1, 1997
- Perspective
- Text
- Engine
- Text Adventure Development System (TADS)
Pairings
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Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
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Both grave, earnest, intimate.
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