A short, simple horror game in the Lovecraftian mode. The puzzles are logical and sensible, and objects are found in logical places. The best thing about the game is the prose, which is expansive but not wordy. The only real problem here is that the game's main audience, Lovecraft fans, are likely to figure things out far too early.

Rating: ****

Reviewed by R. Serena Wakefield (12 Jul 2000)

awaken.inf (91.03 KB)

Inform source code (version: Release 1)

awaken.z5 (97.00 KB)

Z-code 5 executable (version: release 1)

despert.z5 (126.50 KB)

Z-code 5 executable in Spanish (version: 1, translated by José Luis Díaz)