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The Land of the Cyclops

Author:Francesco Cordella
Translator:Simone Di Conza
Genres:Adaptation>Literary
Fantasy>Mythological
Released:2002
Review:

An adaptation of the famous scene from the Odyssey in which Odysseus attempts to escape from the Cyclops; it was designed as an experiment in converting situations from classic literature into IF puzzles. As such, it's only partly successful. The puzzles are fairly easy if you are familiar with the episode in question, but probably impossible otherwise. Interesting nonetheless as a recapitulation of a well-known story.

Rating: ***

Reviewed by Emily Short (03 Aug 2002)

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Cyclops.z5 (76.50 KB)
Z-code 5 executable (version: 1)


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