| 📰 Title: | The Labyrinth of Time | 🕹️ / 🛠️ Type: | Game |
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| 🗃️ Genre: | Puzzle | 👁️ Visual: | 2D |
| 🏷️ Category: | Adventure & Action ➤ Walking Simulator | 🏝️ Perspective: | First person |
| 🔖 Tags: | Adventure; Puzzle; Myst; Walking Sim; Sci-fi; Futuristic; ScummVM engine; 1990s; Mythology | ⏱️ Pacing: | Point and Click |
| 🐣️ Approx. start: | 1993-06-01 | 👫️ Played: | Single |
| 🐓️ Latest: | 2004-12-07 | 🚦 Status: | 04. Released (status) |
| 📍️ Version: | Latest: (see ScummVM) | ❤️ Like it: | 9. ⏳️ |
| 🏛️ License type: | 💰 Commercial | 🎀️ Quality: | 7. ⏳️ |
| 🏛️ License: | Commercial | ✨️ (temporary): | |
| 🐛️ Created: | 2012-05-28 | 🐜️ Updated: | 2024-10-10 |
| 📰 What's new?: | 👻️ Temporary: | ||
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| 💡 Lights on: | 🎨️ Significant improvement: | ||
| 👔️ Already shown: | 💭️ New version published (to be updated): | ||
| 🎖️ This work: |  |
🚧️ Some work remains to be done: | |
| 👫️ Contrib.: | goupildb & Louis | 🦺️ Work in progress: | |
| 🎰️ ID: | 13150 |
| 📜️[en]: | A remastering of the 1993 first person view futuristic adventure game (reminiscent of the game Myst), inspired largely by Greek mythology. While in the subway, the protagonist suddenly finds himself and his wagon plunged into an alternate reality in which Daedalus explains that King Minos has forced him to oversee the construction of a labyrinth that spans the space-time continuum. This labyrinth will allow him to invade and conquer all times and places with his supernatural army. Daedalus asks the player to find a way to destroy his labyrinth before Minos has achieved his goal. This port delivers a cleaned up soundtrack, an improved save menu and a breadcrumb function to navigate the labyrinths. | 📜️[fr]: | Une remastérisation du jeu d'aventure futuriste en vue subjective de 1993 (rappelant le jeu Myst), inspiré très largement de la mythologie Grecque. Alors qu'il est dans le métro, le protagoniste se trouve soudainement plongé avec son wagon dans une réalité alternative dans laquelle Daedalus lui explique que le Roi Minos l'a forcé à superviser la construction d'un labyrinthe qui s'étend sur le continuum espace-temps. Ce labyrinthe lui permettra d'envahir et de conquérir tous les temps et lieux avec son armée surnaturelle. Daedalus demande au joueur de trouver un moyen de détruire son labyrinthe avant que Minos ne soit parvenu à ses fins. Ce portage livre une bande musicale nettoyée, un menu de sauvegarde amélioré et une fonction de fil d'Ariane pour naviguer dans les labyrinthes. |
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🏖️ Teaser: (200911),
🏝️ Trailer: (201411),
🎲️ Gameplay: (201906), (201601), (201601),
🏡️ Website & videos
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🍩️ Resources
• The Labyrinth of Time(demo, not compatible with ScummVM): [Abandonware France[fr] (The Labyrinth of Time demo)]
🛠️ Technical informations
[PCGamingWiki] [MobyGames] [ScummVM (The Labyrinth of Time)] [The Spoiler.com (The Labyrinth of Time : Walk Thru)]
🦣️ Social
Devs (Terra Nova Development [fr] [en]): [Site 1 2] [Chat] [mastodon] [PeerTube] [YouTube] [PressKit] [Interview 1(202xxx) 2(202xxx)]
Published by (Wyrmkeep Entertainment [fr] [en]): [Site 1 2] [Chat] [Forums] [mastodon] [PeerTube] [YouTube] [PressKit] [Interview 1(202xxx) 2(202xxx)]
Published by (Night Dive Studios [fr] [en]): [Site 1 2] [Chat] [mastodon] [Facebook] [PeerTube] [YouTube] [PressKit] [Discord] [Interview 1(202xxx) 2(202xxx)]
(ScummVM) Devs (ScummVM Team 1 2 [fr] [en]): [Site 1 2 3] [mastodon] [PeerTube] [YouTube] [PressKit] [Interview 1(202xxx) 2(202xxx)]
The Project: [Blog] [Chat] [Forums] [mastodon] [PeerTube] [YouTube] [PressKit] [reddit] [Discord]
🐝️ Related
[Wikipedia (The Labyrinth of Time) [fr] [en] [de]]
📦️ Misc. repositories
[Repology] [pkgs.org] [Generic binary] [Arch Linux / AUR] [openSUSE] [Debian/Ubuntu] [Flatpak] [AppImage(author's repo)] [Snap] [PortableLinuxGames]
🕵️ Reviews
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🕹️ Title: The Labyrinth of Time
🦊️ What's: A first person view futuristic adventure game (reminiscent of the game Myst), inspired largely by Greek mythology
🏡️ https://www.wyrmkeep.com/labyrinth
🐣️ https://github.com/scummvm
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📚️ The Labyrinth of Time is a remastering of the 1993 first person view futuristic adventure game (reminiscent of the game Myst), inspired largely by Greek mythology. While in the subway, the protagonist suddenly finds himself and his wagon plunged into an alternate reality in which Daedalus explains that King Minos has forced him to oversee the construction of a labyrinth that spans the space-time continuum. This labyrinth will allow him to invade and conquer all times and places with his supernatural army. Daedalus asks the player to find a way to destroy his labyrinth before Minos has achieved his goal. This port delivers a cleaned up soundtrack, an improved save menu and a breadcrumb function to navigate the labyrinths.
📜️ "A remastering of the 1993 first person view futuristic adventure game (reminiscent of the game Myst), inspired largely by Greek mythology" 📜️
About The Labyrinth of Time
The Labyrinth of Time™ is an adventure game set in a wondrous maze created by the spirit of Daedalus, master craftsman of the ancient world. This maze is more than it seems and stretches through both space and time. Daedalus was forced to build this labyrinth by the power-mad King Minos, who hopes to use its expansive powers to rule the universe in every era of time! Your mission is to destroy this labyrinth before King Minos can complete his nefarious plot.
ScummVM wiki:
The Labyrinth of Time is a first person adventure game. King Minos has commissioned a labyrinth bridging time and space, with doorways into all eras of history. Once completed, the labyrinth will allow Minos to rule the Earth. A hero must overcome the power of Minos, and destroy the labyrinth by manipulating the fabric of history.
🌍️ Wikipedia :
The Labyrinth of Time is a graphic adventure video game created by Terra Nova Development, a two-man team composed of Bradley W. Schenck and Michal Todorovic. Intended to be the first in a series of games, The Labyrinth of Time was less successful than similar graphic adventures released around the same time, such as The 7th Guest and Myst. It is the sole game produced by Terra Nova Development. In the years after its release, The Labyrinth of Time was published on more recent platforms by The Wyrmkeep Entertainment Co. in collaboration with the original developers.
Plot
The story of The Labyrinth of Time is loosely based on Greek mythology. The game begins during player's commute home from work. While aboard the subway, the player and their train car are suddenly sucked into an alternate dimension. An illusion in the form of the mythological character Daedalus explains that King Minos has forced him to oversee the construction of a labyrinth that spans the space-time continuum. Upon its construction, King Minos will invade and conquer all times and places with his supernatural army. Daedalus pleads for the player to find a way to destroy the labyrinth before Minos can complete his conquest.
In-game terminals and journal entries reveal the extent of Minos's power. As explained by the lone archivist on a lunar library, a figure identifying himself as the king appeared simultaneously to all world governments in all time periods, seizing control of their militaries and erasing all written history. Minos's new abilities seem to extend beyond time travel; the scene of the king's tomb strongly implies that he rose from the grave.
The labyrinth that the player explores spans many time periods and locations. Despite their incongruity, each area is thematically connected by the story of Martin Garret, a professor intrigued with discovering the tomb of the unnamed Sorcerer-King at a far-off ziggurat near Uxmal. Desperado Mad Dog Maddigan, the one man who knew the location of the Sorcerer-King's treasure chamber, was buried in the Western town of Revolver Springs, California, along with a map to the ziggurat's chamber. Revolver Springs, however, was destroyed in a fire on May 1, 1882, leaving the location of his grave a mystery. Garret was about to begin his second expedition to the ziggurat, but suffered from anxiety after losing his lucky shirt in a previous dig.
When the player finds the ziggurat, they can retrieve the shirt. They are also able to go back in time to Revolver Springs and pick up a newspaper explaining that the local graves were relocated to make way for a railroad extension project. The player leaves both for Garret to receive, changing history. With the encouragement and new information, Garret locates Mad Dog Maddigan and completes his expedition. Among the treasures brought back from the Sorcerer-King's tomb, Garret discovers a talisman that was reputedly used to destroy buildings.
The player must operate three levers in the ziggurat to reach the center of the labyrinth and take, among other items, the talisman to destroy its cornerstone. After dispelling an illusory Minotaur guarding the Maze Center, the player breaks the maze's keystone. This causes the labyrinth to unfurl at the seams. Daedalus appears in person to offer thanks for his freedom, then leaves to ensure King Minos can do no more harm. He leaves the player floating in an area that does not exist in time or space.
The game ends with a teaser for a sequel, The Labyrinth II: Lost in the Land of Dreams. The sequel was never produced.
Re-release
On December 7, 2004, The Labyrinth of Time was re-released by The Wyrmkeep Entertainment Co. for the Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, AmigaOS, and Linux. The new versions of the game restored some audio quality and added a breadcrumbs feature for navigating mazes, as well as porting the original code to Simple DirectMedia Layer. The Amiga version was released as freeware and can be downloaded from Aminet and its mirrors or as an .iso from the official site.
The game was later ported to Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch on November 14, 2009. It is at present available for purchase or download on the online game stores Steam and GOG.com.
Reception
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Un jeu d'aventures inspiré de la mythologie Grecque, par le studio Terra Nova Development (ré-édité et publié par le studio Wyrmkeep Entertainment).
La version de 1993 fonctionne avec le moteur ScummVM (non testé). Celle de 2004 est un portage sur la bibliothèque SDL avec quelques améliorations (audio + fonction de fil d'Ariane pour naviguer dans les labyrinthes).
The Labyrinth of Time est une remastérisation du jeu d'aventure futuriste en vue subjective de 1993 (rappelant le jeu Myst), inspiré très largement de la mythologie Grecque. Alors qu'il est dans le métro, le protagoniste se trouve soudainement plongé avec son wagon dans une réalité alternative dans laquelle Daedalus lui explique que le Roi Minos l'a forcé à superviser la construction d'un labyrinthe qui s'étend sur le continuum espace-temps. Ce labyrinthe lui permettra d'envahir et de conquérir tous les temps et lieux avec son armée surnaturelle. Daedalus demande au joueur de trouver un moyen de détruire son labyrinthe avant que Minos ne soit parvenu à ses fins. Ce portage livre une bande musicale nettoyée, un menu de sauvegarde amélioré et une fonction de fil d'Ariane pour naviguer dans les labyrinthes.
NdT : Daedalus (Dédale en Français) est le père d'Iccare, et concepteur du labyrinthe ayant permis d'enfermer le Minotaure.
À propos de The Labyrinth of Time
The Labyrinth of Time™ est un jeu d'aventure qui se déroule dans un labyrinthe merveilleux créé par l'esprit de Dédale, maître artisan du monde antique. Ce labyrinthe est plus qu'il n'y paraît et s'étend à la fois dans l'espace et dans le temps. Dédale a été contraint de construire ce labyrinthe par le roi Minos, fou de pouvoir, qui espère utiliser ses pouvoirs expansifs pour régner sur l'univers à chaque époque du temps ! Votre mission est de détruire ce labyrinthe avant que le roi Minos ne puisse mener à bien son infâme complot.
ScummVM wiki (traduction du Bottin) :
The Labyrinth of Time est un jeu d'aventure à la première personne. Le roi Minos a commandé un labyrinthe reliant le temps et l'espace, avec des portes vers toutes les époques de l'histoire. Une fois terminé, le labyrinthe permettra à Minos de régner sur la Terre. Le héros doit vaincre le pouvoir de Minos et détruire le labyrinthe en manipulant le cours de l'histoire.
🌍️ Wikipedia:
The Labyrinth of Time est un jeu vidéo de type Walking simulator développé par Terra Nova Development et édité par Electronic Arts, édité par The Wyrmkeep Entertainment Co., sorti en 1993 sur DOS, Windows, Mac, Linux, Amiga et iOS.