AMBER: Journeys Beyond
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| Developer(s) | Hue Forest Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | Hue Forest Entertainment (1996) (mail order) Cendant Software (1997) Changeling (199?) Graphic Simulations (199?) |
| Designer(s) | Frank Wimmer, Susan Wimmer |
| Engine | Made with Macromedia and QuickTime 2.0 |
| Release date(s) | 1996 |
| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | USK: 16 |
| Platform(s) | Mac OS System 7, Windows 95 |
| Media | CD-ROM (2: Macintosh version), (1: Windows 95 version) |
| System requirements | Windows 95:
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| Input | Mouse |
AMBER: Journeys Beyond is an American computer game released in 1996 for Apple Macintosh computers and later ported to Windows 95. It is a first-person point and click adventure game similar to Myst however, the plot involves a house believed to be haunted by ghosts.
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[edit] Plot
You (the protagonist) have come home from work and check your e-mail. It seems that your friend Roxanne (Roxy) has recently purchased a reportedly haunted house in North Carolina and is performing tests there. A friend of yours asks you to check on her, as he is worried that she may be too hasty with the still undeveloped ghost hunting equipment. When you arrive at the house, you realize that something is very wrong.
[edit] Reception
The game was not a commercial success as it was an independent project and was not released by a major company. However, around the time of release, the game received moderate to favorable reviews from critics such as GameSpot [1]. In April 1997, when the game was reviewed in Computer Gaming World, it received four stars, a "warm" rating.
In later years, the game received praise from several online reviewers and currently has a cult following. The game was not without its criticism however, many of the critics and players felt that the game was not long enough and that the conclusion was anticlimatic.
[edit] Miscellanea
- Frank and Susan Wimmer created their company, Hue Forest Entertainment, in order to make this game, much like Ken and Roberta Williams' formation of On-Line Systems.
[edit] References
- AMBER: Journeys Beyond instruction booklet
- AMBER: Journeys Beyond
- AMBER: Journeys Beyond at MobyGames
- Hue Forest Entertainment archived website at Internet Archive
