Amnesia (by Disch)
| Amnesia | |
|---|---|
| Game | |
| Main links | |
| Published | 1986 |
| Credits | |
| Author | Thomas Disch |
| Development company | Cognetics Corporation |
| Publisher | Electronic Arts |
| Reception | |
| IFDB rating | 3.5 out of 5 (13 ratings) |
| Gameplay | |
| Interaction style |  Parser |
| Literary genre |  Slice of life |
| Location |  City |
| Language | English |
| Cruelty scale | Cruel |
| Accessibility | Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none. |
| Technical details | |
| Authoring system | King Edward Adventure |
| Systems | MS-DOS, Apple II, Commodore 64 |
| License | Commercial |
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How it begins
The game opens with a short cut-scene describing how you wake up in your hotel room, at first wondering where you are, and soon realising you have no idea who you are either. The game then says:-
Hotel Room What's a person to do in this situation? What YOU do is...
This is followed by the first command prompt. After some preamble related to your appearance, it quickly becomes apparent that your first task is to find some clothes. The long term objective is, of course, to recover your memory.
Notable features
- The game world covers a large portion of New York, with hundreds of locations.
- The game is quite simulationist - the main character's need for money, food and sleep play a large part in the game.
- The game's prose has all the hallmarks of Disch's trademark cynical humour.
Versions
Apple II version
Date: 1986
The Amnesia Restored website states: "Amnesia was originally released in 5.25-inch floppy disk for the Apple IIe and later made available for the Commodore 64 and IBM PC." It calls it "the 1986 game authored by Thomas M. Disch".
MS-DOS version
Date: 1987 (uncertain)
Commodore 64 version
Date: 1987
CASA states: "The C64 version was released in 1987."
Links
General info
- Amnesia: Restored
- Amnesia at Wikipedia.
- Amnesia - at Home of the Underdogs.
- Amnesia - at 50 Years of Text Games.
Reviews
- Review - by C. E. Forman (in SPAG)
- Review - by Tom Henrik.
- Review
Date: 1986
Date: 1987 (uncertain)
Date: 1987