1893: A World's Fair Mystery

by The Illuminated Lantern

Product Features

• Hundreds of locations to explore
• Illustrated by over 500 archival photographs of the Fair
• Non-linear game play
• Challenging and unique puzzles
• Includes Visitor's Guide and Maps on the disc

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002JU7OI
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 2, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,793 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

A theft on the fairgrounds! Precious diamonds stolen from the Kimberly Diamond Mining Exhibit! An urgent telegram from your old partner arrives, requesting your help to solve the mystery. How can you refuse? And besides, you've been dying to see the wonder of the age everyone has been talking about, this Columbian Exposition. And so, dossier in hand, you take the next train to Chicago.

But this is no simple theft. And as theft turns to kidnapping, and kidnapping to murder, you find yourself at the center of a plot the extent of which you can only begin to imagine...

"1893 is the kind of adventure game we've allowed to languish far too long. Author Peter Nepstad has meticulously mapped and recreated the 1893 Chicago World's Fair in prose and pictures and used it as the setting for a mystery. Full of puzzles, history, intrigue, and interactive dialogue, 1893 immerses you in a place and time like few recent games have." -- GAMES MAGAZINE

"...proves convincingly that the best games aren't about razzle-dazzle special effects or cheap gimickry. They're about story, character, and especially here, location, location, location." -- Nick Wadhams, The Associated Press

"Terrific!" -- MAXIMUM PC MAGAZINE

"4.5 OUT OF 5 STARS!!! 1893: A World's Fair Mystery is fascinating, entertaining, deviously educational, and simply one of the most fantastic adventure games I have ever played, text or otherwise." -- Evan Dickens, Adventure Gamers

"[1893]...brings out the simple elegance of the genre...an amazing game with so much more than you'd expect...give it a try!" -- Greg Crowe, Game Industry News

"1893...arrives on the gaming scene like a breath of fresh air." -- Mark Smith, Game Chronicles Magazine

Awards

Runner-Up, Best RPG/Adventure of 2004, GAMES MAGAZINE Winner, Best Setting, 7th Annual XYZZY Awards

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great game, wrong price., March 13, 2005

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Aaron D. Carter - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 1893: A World's Fair Mystery (CD-ROM)

I don't know what the person selling 1893: A World's Fair Mystery is trying to pull, but the game is available directly from Illuminated Latern for $19.95.