Maabus
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| Developer(s) | Microforum International |
| Publisher(s) | Monolith |
| Platform(s) | MS-DOS, Windows 3.1x |
| Release | 1994 |
| Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Maabus is an action-adventure game developed by Canadian studio Microforum International and published by Monolith Productions in 1994.
Gameplay
[edit]The player is in control of a weaponized probe sent to a remote tropical island where strange dangerous radiation has been detected, and must fight giant creatures, solve puzzles and find the source of the radiation.
Reception
[edit]Next Generation reviewed the PC version of the game, rating it one star out of five, and stated that "unless looking at a handful of pretty pictures and dying in countlessly unpredictable ways is your idea of fun, spend your money on something else."[1]
Entertainment Weekly gave the game an A− and described the game as a combination of Myst, Doom, and The 7th Guest. They wrote that the game is as addictive as any of the games it draws inspiration from.[2]
Trish Murphy for The Sydney Morning Herald said that "Despite its quirks, I found Maabus imaginative, challenging and great to play."[3]
Allie West for CD-ROM Today felt that the time limit "adds a certain tension", but noted that "the overall drifting nature makes this ultimately monotonous".[4]
CD-ROM Review rated the game a 4 out of 5 and called it an "exotic, compelling adventure game".[5]
The game sold more than 100,000 copies.[6]
Reviews
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Finals". Next Generation. No. 7. Imagine Media. July 1995. p. 74.
- ^ "Maabus". EW.com. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- ^ "Clipped from the Sydney Morning Herald". The Sydney Morning Herald. 9 May 1995. p. 39.
- ^ "Name of the Game". CD-ROM Today (17): 88. September 1995 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Princeton Media Group (1995). Philip Lief Group (ed.). CD-ROM review : the only guide you need to make informed CD-ROM purchases (1996 ed.). New York, NY: HarperPerennial. p. 301. ISBN 0-06-273382-6. OCLC 33078851. Archived from the original on 2012-05-24.
- ^ "Miicroforum". National Post. March 27, 1997. p. 130. Archived from the original on August 31, 2024. Retrieved September 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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