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Big Brother | '''''Big Brother''''' was a video game developed for PC by the U.S company Media X some time in the late 90's. Based on George Orwell's novel ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'',not much is known about the game outside of the [https://ia903101.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?zip=/6/items/NEXT_Generation_48/NEXT_Generation_48_jp2.zip&file=NEXT_Generation_48_jp2/NEXT_Generation_48_0056.jp2&scale=4&rotate=0 December issue of Next Generation Magazine, 1998.] | ||
The published information in Next Generation Magazine describes Big Brother as an adventure game that uses a modern interface, real time graphics, advanced facial animations and environmental puzzles to deliver a fresh experience in the fatigued adventure genre of the late | ==Plot and gameplay== | ||
The game's story is based on George Orwell's 1948 novel 1984, the plot is "slightly different from that of 1984, with a corrupt regime that’s crumbling even more than in the book". Players are tasked with rescuing their fiancee from the Thought Police through 12 levels, each one apparently "5 hours" long, cut down from an original count of 60 levels.<ref>[https://ia903101.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?zip=/6/items/NEXT_Generation_48/NEXT_Generation_48_jp2.zip&file=NEXT_Generation_48_jp2/NEXT_Generation_48_0056.jp2&scale=4&rotate=0 Next Generation Magazine - December 1998 issue] Retrieved 08 Dec '19</ref> | |||
The published information in Next Generation Magazine describes Big Brother as an adventure game that uses a modern interface, real-time graphics, advanced facial animations, and environmental puzzles to deliver a fresh experience in the fatigued adventure genre of the late '90s. | |||
Next Generation Magazine seems to be the last time Big Brother or Media X was ever mentioned. The release date was scheduled for the first quarter of 1999. | Next Generation Magazine seems to be the last time Big Brother or Media X was ever mentioned. The release date was scheduled for the first quarter of 1999. | ||
Revision as of 04:25, 9 December 2019
Screenshot from the game.
Status: Lost
Big Brother was a video game developed for PC by the U.S company Media X some time in the late 90's. Based on George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four,not much is known about the game outside of the December issue of Next Generation Magazine, 1998.
Plot and gameplay
The game's story is based on George Orwell's 1948 novel 1984, the plot is "slightly different from that of 1984, with a corrupt regime that’s crumbling even more than in the book". Players are tasked with rescuing their fiancee from the Thought Police through 12 levels, each one apparently "5 hours" long, cut down from an original count of 60 levels.[1]
The published information in Next Generation Magazine describes Big Brother as an adventure game that uses a modern interface, real-time graphics, advanced facial animations, and environmental puzzles to deliver a fresh experience in the fatigued adventure genre of the late '90s.
Next Generation Magazine seems to be the last time Big Brother or Media X was ever mentioned. The release date was scheduled for the first quarter of 1999.
References
- ↑ Next Generation Magazine - December 1998 issue Retrieved 08 Dec '19