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Amazon: Guardians of Eden

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Amazon: Guardians of Eden
Developer(s)Access Software
Publisher(s)Access Software
Designer(s)Chris Jones
Kevin L. Jones
Programmer(s)Bruce Ward
Artist(s)Douglas Vandegrift
Platform(s)MS-DOS
Release1992
Genre(s)Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Amazon: Guardians of Eden is a point-and-click adventure game for MS-DOS published by Access Software in 1992. It is one of the first games with Super VGA graphics, digitized voice-overs, and an online (in game) hint system.[1] The game was re-released on GOG.com in July 2021.[2]

Plot

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Amazon is an adventure game set in a 1957 expedition into the heart of the Amazon forest. The game follows the explorer on a perilous search through a land where legends come to life, danger hides behind every corner, and incredible treasures wait to be discovered.

Reception

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Computer Gaming World wrote that beyond "masterful" graphics and sound, "Access has clearly carried their excellent story far beyond anything produced by Hollywood in its naive years". It approved of Amazon: Guardians of Eden "avoid[ing] the insulting, often embarrassingly sophomoric fashion in which women are reduced to objects of bestial lust, as is commonly the case in this genre ... parents who are only concerned with a game's sexual content need have no concerns over Amazon". The magazine concluded that the game was an "outstanding piece of work".[3] The game was reviewed in 1993 in Dragon #193 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 5 out of 5 stars.[4]

Reviews

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References

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  1. ^ Doyle, Aidan. "Amazon: Guardians of Eden". AllGame. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 2 Oct 2013.
  2. ^ "Big Finish Games official Twitter account". Twitter. Archived from the original on 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  3. ^ Greenberg, Allen L. (February 1993). "Amazon: Guardians of Eden from Access". Computer Gaming World. p. 102. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  4. ^ Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia & Lesser, Kirk (May 1993). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (193): 57–63.
  5. ^ "Games Magazine [June 1993]". June 1993.
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