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Amnesia

Electronic Arts 1986

Language:
English
Authors:
Kevin Bentley, Thomas M. Disch info
Systems:
King Edward Adventure Language
Platforms:
Apple II, C64/128 info, PC info
Genres:
Amnesia info, Crime
Entered by:
FredrikR, Gunness, Strident
Added:
10-05-2010
Edited:
04-05-2022

Synopsis

The protagonist wakes up in a hotel room in midtown Manhattan with no clothes and no money, and what is worse, no memory. Soon he discovers that some man wants to kill him and he is wanted for murder in Texas. Now his quest is to find out what exactly is going on, who he is and how to set things right.

Notes

The defining feature of Amnesia is the inclusion of the whole of Manhattan, more specifically about 4000 separate locations, 650 streets and the subway system. For this reason the original package includes a map and the "X-Street Indexer" (a code wheel for finding the nearest cross street when aligning the avenue name with the street address number), so that the player can find his way.

The game was developed by Cognetics Corporation and originally slated to be released by book publisher Harper & Row. When this was cancelled, Electronic Arts picked up the game instead.

The C64 version was released in 1987.

In 2021, a new version of the game Amnesia: Restored was created by graduates of the Creative Media & Digital Culture program and four staff members from the Electronic Literature Lab at Washington State University Vancouver. The project was in conjunction with the Thomas M. Disch Estate. This new version of the game, with restored text and other sections missing from the original, can be played online.

There is also a related book looking at the game: Total Amnesia: The Complete Text and Programming Notes of the World's Most Famous Lost Computer Game, edited by Sarah Smith and published by Max Light Book in December 2021.

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