Game Classification

The Dig LucasArts / Sean Clark / Brian Moriarty (U.S.A.), LucasArts (U.S.A.), 1995  

Informations Analyses Serious Gaming
 

Classification

VIDEO GAME

Keywords

Adventure - Asteroïd - Futuristic - Graphic adventure - Meteor - Planet - Puzzle - Puzzle-solving - Science fiction - Space - Spaceships - Story telling

Purpose

Besides play, this title features the following intents:
  • Storytelling

Market

This title is used by the following domains:
  • Entertainment

Audience

This title targets the following audience:
 Age : 12 to 16 years old / 17 to 25 years old / 25 to 35 years old
General Public

Gameplay

The gameplay of this title is Game-based
(designed with stated goals)

The core of gameplay is defined by the rules below:
AVOID : explanation of this brick MATCH : explanation of this brick MOVE : explanation of this brick SELECT : explanation of this brick
1 analysis

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The Dig Adventure game: A asteroïd is directly heading towards Earth. To stop it, Boston Low, capitain (and hero of the game), Maggie Robbins, journalist, Ludger Brink, scientific are send into the space. The game starts when Low, Brink and Robbins leave the shuttle to plant the explosives on the asteroid's surface. After setting off the explosives and successfully causing the asteroid to enter an orbit, Low, Brink, and Robbins explore the asteroid to find out that it is hollow. After further exploration (and activation) by the crew, it turns into a starship in the shape of a shining dodecahedron, transporting the three to a distant planet of unknown position. The crew starts to explore the deserted planet (now named Cocytus by Brink), their main priority being to find a way back home...

Distribution : Retail - Commercial
Platform(s) : Macintosh - PC (Dos) - PC (Windows)

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