Software:The Martian Chronicles (video game)

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Short description: 1995 video game
The Martian Chronicles
TheMartianChronicles cover.jpg
Developer(s)Byron Preiss Multimedia Company
Publisher(s)Simon & Schuster[1]
Platform(s)Windows, Macintosh
Release
Genre(s)Adventure

The Martian Chronicles is a 1995 video game developed by Byron Preiss Multimedia Company, released for Windows and Mac OS.

Gameplay

The Martian Chronicles is an adventure game based on the works of Ray Bradbury.[2]

Reception

In 1996, Computer Gaming World declared The Martian Chronicles the 16th-worst computer game ever released.[2] It received a largely negative review from Computer Game Review, whose writers called it "dull and lifeless".[3]

Reviews

  • PC Gamer Vol. 3 No. 2 (1996 February)
  • Computer Gaming World (Jan, 1996)
  • Entertainment Weekly (Dec 01, 1995)[4]

References

  1. "Simon & Schuster Interactive and Byron Preiss Multimedia agree to co-publish three additional titles.". Berkshire Hathaway. June 14, 1995. Archived from the original on May 21, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130521095718/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Simon+%26+Schuster+Interactive+and+Byron+Preiss+Multimedia+agree+to...-a017027460. Retrieved August 16, 2019. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Staff (November 1996). "150 Best (and 50 Worst) Games of All Time". Computer Gaming World (148): 63–65, 68, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 84, 88, 90, 94, 98. 
  3. "Mars Hotel". Computer Game Review. January 1996. Archived from the original on December 21, 1996. https://web.archive.org/web/19961221185647/http://www.nuke.com/cgr/reviews/9601/martian/martian.htm. 
  4. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,299765,00.html