Anchorhead - Details
Anchorhead - Wikipedia,
Anchorhead is a Lovecraftian horror interactive fiction game, originally
written and published by Michael S. Gentry in 1998. The game is heavily
inspired by the works and writing style of H.P. Lovecraft, particularly the
Cthulhu mythos.[1] Anchorhead takes place in a fictional New England town of
the same name, where the unnamed protagonist and her husband, a professor
and aspiring writer, have relocated to in order to take possession of his
ancestral family home. Through historical investigation of the town and her
husband's family, the protagonist uncovers a conspiracy to perform a ritual
that will summon a Great Old One and put the planet in jeopardy. The
protagonist must stop the ritual from occurring and save her husband.
The game story takes place across three days, with the first two
corresponding to whole days and the third day divided into a number of
segments. There is no time limit in the first two days; each day ends when
the player has completed a required task or tasks. Only during the third day
does the game impose constraints on the number of turns a player can take to
solve the necessary puzzles.
Anchorhead was hailed by critics and players as one of the best interactive
fiction games available due to its complex and intricate backstory and
well-written dialogue and descriptions. In the 1998 XYZZY Awards, Anchorhead
received the award for Best Setting, and was also nominated for Best
Game.[2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchorhead
You can get the z8 file from:
http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=op0uw1gn1tjqmjt7
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