Cosmology Of Kyoto

Summary

An existential game where the player, from a first person perspective, must explore ancient Kyoto city in Japan.

Authors

© Copyright 1993-1995 SOFTEDGE Inc. Published and distributed by Yano Electric, Co., Ltd. Distributed by Dynaware USA, Inc.

Platform and Requirements

  • CPU : 33 MHz+
  • System : MS-DOS 5.0+, Windows 3.1+, Windows 95+
  • Memory : 5 MB+
  • Display : SVGA video card with 256 colors and 640 x 480
  • CD-ROM : dual-speed CD-ROM or faster
  • Sound Card : PCM sound reproduction
  • Mouse and mouse driver

Gameplay

The game is controlled by clicking hotspots and text options when appropriate. There is also an element of typing in sentences, upon occasion. The game is in fact created using Macromedia software.

Comments

This is a game with no clear objective. At the start you are born and must take the clothes off a nearby corpse. During the game you will often die after being attacked by evil demons or robbers, and will then go to a level of hell depending upon your conduct in that life. Once you escape hell and are reborn, you must take the clothes from your last body to continue. As you progress you discover abilities and items to protect you from certain death, and progress through the city. In fact, you are walking through history - at each point in the game you can consult an on-line guide to ancient (and modern) Kyoto. You discover that the characters in the game are, in fact, real-life characters from the city. The game deals with religion, philosophy, myth and legend. The game's readme.txt file has the following quote: "Today the outlook and spirit of the ancient capital is increasingly recognized as a key to the understanding of Japanese and East Asian civilization, throwing light on the roots of modern patterns and problems."

 

<< PreviousWord BrowserNext >>
vijay s. pande
list of drugs: sp sub
join the army
list of drugs: suc sul
list of drugs: sum sz
space combat
znak
play (self titled)
sit up
laminar research
button mashing
cyrix cx486slc
military patrol at the 1924 winter olympics
demish
list of drugs: t td
list of drugs: te
list of drugs: tf th
alexander nowell
list of drugs: ti
avalanche (final fantasy)
list of drugs: tj tq
drew caldwell
cyrix cx486dlc
list of drugs: tr tri
jasper heywood
list of drugs: trj tz
orpheus chamber orchestra
boeing stearman
stearman
common toad
bridget loves bernie
war on errorism
m181 motorway
timba
list of drugs: u
monique vinh thuy
too late the hero
gregory dewar
list of drugs: v ve
list of drugs: vf vz
list of drugs: w
handover
wordpad
helen (play)