Jigsaw (video game)
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Jigsaw (online version)[lower-alpha 1]
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| Developer(s) | Graham Nelson |
| Publisher(s) | Self published |
| Designer(s) | Graham Nelson |
| Programmer(s) | Graham Nelson |
| Engine | Z-machine |
| Platforms | Z-machine for PCs, plus later[when?] browser[lower-alpha 1] |
| Release date(s) | 1995 |
| Genre(s) | time-travel romance,[1] Interactive Fiction, Aventure |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
Jigsaw is an interactive fiction (IF) game,[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3] written by Graham Nelson in 1995.[lower-alpha 4]
The game begins on New Year's Eve of 1999, with the player discovering a time machine enabling him or her to travel throughout the twentieth century (including voyage of The Titanic, discovery of penicillin, codebreaking of the enigma machine during WWII,[1] opening of the Suez Canal, and the recording of Abbey Road) to ensure history unfolds 'correctly'.[2]
Jigsaw contains references to other interactive fiction games, including Trinity.[lower-alpha 5] Features of the game include attention to detail,[lower-alpha 6] and a romantic relationship between the player's character and another central character whose gender is never revealed[2] (allowing the player to project the gender of their choice onto both).
Jigsaw has been described as "acclaimed,"[3] "epic...notable,"[1] and as "[perhaps] one of the most fun educational games in existence".[2] The gameplay is challenging.[2][lower-alpha 4]
See also
- Carmen Sandiego[2] (1985+ educational videogame series)
- Trinity (video game) (1986 game by Infocom that is referenced[lower-alpha 5] in Jigsaw)
- Curses (video game) (1993 game by Nelson which has some linkage[vague] to Jigsaw)
- Forrest Gump[2] (1994 movie where the protagonist appears at the scene of many major historical events)
- Graham Nelson, designer and developer of Jigsaw
Notes
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