Mutation of J.B.
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Developer(s) | Invention |
Publisher(s) | Riki Computer Games |
Platform(s) | DOS |
Release | 1996 |
Genre(s) | Adventure game |
Mutation of J.B. is a 1996 Slovak scifi/comic adventure game developed by Invention and published by Riki Computer Games on DOS.
Production
This was the very first Slovakian video game which also included Slovakian voice acting. Voice talent included Joseph Pročka, Ladislav Kocan, and Riki magazine's editor-in-chief Ivo Ninja.[1] It is also the first Slovak commercial point & click adventure.[2]
The publishers actively tried to push against the rampant cross-country piracy by publishing the title directly into the Slovakian and Czeck domestic markets, and in English through the company OCEAN.[3] The Austrian publisher insisted that the games' music must be uploaded directly to them in the studio.[3]
Plot and gameplay
The player controls Johnny Burger, who plans to visit his cousin Emanuel for two weeks. A scientist offers him money to be part of an experiment. The experiment goes wrong, the scientist disappears, Johnny gets turned into a human pig, and he is kidnapped to the Planet Ladea. He must return things to how they were and find out what happened to Emanuel. Gameplay takes the form of a classic point and click adventure, with inventory and puzzles.
Critical reception
Adventure-archiv praised the puzzles and story for being highly original.[4] Gamesite.sk editors listed the title as the fifth best games of all time.[5]
References
- ^ Čelár, Ľubomír (24 October 2016). "Zabudnutý klenot videoherného priemyslu – česko-slovenské point&click adventúry".
- ^ Sokol, Richard (2016-09-06). "TOP 5 najlepších hier všetkých čias, podľa redaktorov Gamesite.sk". Gamesite.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2018-03-27.
- ^ a b https://is.muni.cz/th/367276/fss_m/Priloha_3.pdf
- ^ slydos. "Mutation of J. B. - Review english". www.adventurearchiv.com.
- ^ Sokol, Richard (2016-09-06). "TOP 5 najlepších hier všetkých čias, podľa redaktorov Gamesite.sk". Gamesite.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2018-03-27.