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Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express Review
CD-ROM games never die. They are simply reborn as casual game downloads. Such is the case with 1996's Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express, a classic point-and-click adventure game based on the beloved murder mystery novel penned by Agatha Christie.
NiBiRu: Age of Secrets Review
Many Gamezebo readers are aware of my soft spot for the adventure genre - um, perhaps it's because I wax nostalgic about these point-and-click story-driven games in my reviews whenever possible - so I'm the first to jump on an assignment that lets me play and write about them. Such is the case with NiBiRu: Age of Secrets, a nearly 3 year-old CD-ROM adventure game that is now available as a sub-$20 "casual" game download.
Safecracker Review
Duncan W. Adams is an eccentric millionaire petrol tycoon with a collection of combination safes and arcane locking devices. After he disappears and is presumed dead, his relatives hire you, an accomplished safecracker and locksmith, to search through Adams' mansion for his will to see who he has left his fortune to. But it won't be easy - Adams has left an elaborate series of puzzles to make whoever wants his will to work for it. That's the premise behind Safecracker.
Return to Mysterious Island Review
Jules Verne is considered to be one of the pioneers of science fiction thanks to fantastical novels like Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in Eighty Days, and The Mysterious Island. It's the last story that The Adventure Company and Kheops Studio have chosen to craft a Myst-style adventure game around with positive results.