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5/5 Amazon Engine TADS Genre(s) Interactive fiction Initial release date 24 April 2003 Designer Peter Nepstad | 5/5 Download 5/5 My Abandonware Release date(s) April 24, 2003 Mode(s) Single-player Developer Peter Nepstad Publisher Illuminated Lantern, The | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms Macintosh operating systems, Microsoft Windows Awards XYZZY Award for Best Setting Similar The Sea Will Claim Everything, Time Gentlemen - Please!, Metal Dead, Slouching Towards Bedlam, The Shivah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1893: A World's Fair Mystery is an educational work of interactive fiction by Peter Nepstad, written in the TADS programming language. It takes place during the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. The exposition is recreated in detail, with archival photographs from the fair and in-depth descriptions detailing each of the few hundred locations.
An early text-only version won the 2002 XYZZY Award for Best Setting, and 1893 was declared runner-up for Games' Best RPG/Adventure 2004.
References
1893: A World's Fair Mystery Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA