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Castlevania: Rondo of Blood is a 1993 platform game developed by Konami for the PC Engine Super CD-ROM². The game follows Richter Belmont’s quest to rescue his captured lover, Annette, from Dracula. It was initially released in Japan on October 29, 1993, and served as a direct sequel to Symphony of...
Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom is an interactive movie released in 1996 by Origin Systems. It combines cinematic Full Motion Video segments starring recognizable actors like Mark Hamill and Malcolm McDowell with player-driven choices that impact the storyline. Players assume the role of Cap...
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis is a point-and-click adventure game created by LucasArts in 1992. Utilizing the SCUMM engine, players navigate interactive environments with command-based interactions across three distinct storylines. The CD-ROM version includes full voice acting and digitized...
King’s Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow is a 1992 point-and-click adventure developed by Sierra On-Line. The game featured a groundbreaking 3D graphic introduction movie from Kronos Digital Entertainment and utilized professional voice acting with Robby Benson as Prince Alexander. A CD-ROM versio...
Encarta was a digital multimedia encyclopedia published by Microsoft, launched in 1993 on CD-ROM and later made available on DVD and through an online subscription service. It included articles, images, audio and video clips, interactive maps, and a world atlas, and was published in multiple languag...
Microsoft Encarta was a digital multimedia encyclopedia published by Microsoft Corporation. It was originally released in 1993 on CD-ROM and later transitioned to online subscriptions. The encyclopedia incorporated text, images, audio, and video to present articles on general knowledge topics. It re...
The Sony PlayStation 1, released in Japan in 1994, established Sony as a major player in the video game market. Its use of CD-ROM technology enabled larger games and more complex graphics compared to previous consoles. Notably, it popularized 3D polygonal gaming, influencing subsequent console gener...
Little Big Adventure is a 1994 action-adventure game developed by Adeline Software International. Initially released on CD-ROM with full-motion video and music, it was later adapted for various platforms including PC-98, FM Towns, PlayStation, and mobile devices. The game’s distribution spanned Euro...
The Sega Saturn is a 32-bit, fifth-generation home video game console released by Sega in 1994. It is distinguished by its complex dual-CPU architecture, which made software development difficult but allowed for technically advanced 2D graphics. While it struggled commercially against the Sony PlayS...
Microsoft Encarta Africana is a multimedia digital encyclopedia released on CD-ROM in 1999, dedicated to the history, geography, and cultures of Africa and the African diaspora. The project was co-edited by Harvard scholars Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Kwame Anthony Appiah, fulfilling an earlier vision...
The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia was a digital reference work published by Grolier, initially released on CD-ROM in 1992. Evolving from the text-based New Grolier Electronic Encyclopedia, it added multimedia elements like photographs, video clips, and audio recordings to enhance its articles. It...
Microsoft Encarta Kids was a specialized digital encyclopedia and educational software application designed for children, introduced as part of the Microsoft Encarta reference suite in 2005. The program featured a highly visual, colorful, and intuitive interface that was distinct from the main Encar...
Black Dahlia is a 1998 full-motion video (FMV) mystery adventure game published by Take-Two Interactive, set in Cleveland, Ohio during the 1940s. The player controls a government agent investigating a chain of murders tied to the real-life unsolved killing of Elizabeth Short, blended with Nazi occul...
Return to Zork is a graphic adventure game released in 1993 by Activision, marking a major transition for the historically text-based Zork franchise into the multimedia era. Originally released on CD-ROM, the game features a first-person, pseudo-3D environment navigated by point-and-click mechanics...
Amber: Journeys Beyond is a 1996 full-motion video (FMV) adventure game developed by Hue Forest Entertainment for Macintosh and Windows. The game is set in a reportedly haunted Victorian-era house, where the player uses specialized recording equipment to document paranormal activity and uncover the...
Released in 1993 by Panasonic, the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer was an ambitious fifth-generation video game console notable for its advanced hardware and prohibitively high price.
Purble Place is a series of three educational adventure games developed by Oberon Media. These point-and-click titles, released in the early 2000s for Windows operating systems, focus on problem-solving and learning through engaging puzzles. The games are primarily designed for children aged 6-10 se...
Prehistorik is a 1991 platformer developed by Titus Interactive. This adventure game, notable for its chase sequences through prehistoric France, offers a retro experience reminiscent of the 1990s. It’s primarily targeted toward players interested in classic gaming and those drawn to titles set in a...
1995 FMV mystery game by Colossal Pictures distributed by Electronic Arts, in which the player inhabits other characters through psychic possession to solve a murder.
1996 FMV adventure game by Coktel Vision and published by Sierra On-Line, featuring live-action footage shot in Paris around a chase-thriller narrative.
Third volume in ICOM Simulations' FMV Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective series, presenting additional cases on CD-ROM platforms in the early 1990s.
1998 PC game by Hasbro Interactive adapting the classic Clue board game with FMV sequences, mansion exploration, and multiple murder scenarios to solve.
1995 FMV science fiction adventure game by Mechadeus starring actress Tia Carrere, notable for its large volume of pre-rendered and live-action video content.
