Ark of Time
North American PC cover art
Developer(s)Trecision
Publisher(s)Koei
Director(s)Edoardo Gervino
Programmer(s)Fabrizio Lagorio
Artist(s)Mario Ricco
Tommaso Bennati
Writer(s)Stewart Bell
Bryn Isaac
Laura Sicignano
Composer(s)Luigi Gaggero
Platform(s)MS-DOS, PlayStation
ReleaseMS-DOS
PlayStation
  • WW: 1998
Genre(s)Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Ark of Time is a 1997 adventure game developed by Italian studio Trecision and published in 1997 for MS-DOS by Koei.[2] A PlayStation version was released in 1998.

Plot

Players control Richard, a newspaper reporter whose search for a missing professor takes him around the world and entangles him in the mystery of the fate of Atlantis.[3]

Gameplay

Ark of Time is a third-person point-and-click adventure game, with mostly inventory based puzzles.

Reception

Giving the game 80/100, Tap-Repeatedly/Four Fat Chicks complimented the game's sly sense of humor.[4] AdventureGamers rated the game 70/100, saying "This is the worst game that I've totally enjoyed."[5][6] GameSpot gave it 6.3/10, writing that Ark of Time was neither revolutionary or groundbreaking.[7] Quandary gave the game 60/100, writing that the game was part of a rush of titles centering around the fabled lost city of Atlantis that were released at the time. Additionally, Quandary felt that it was surprising.[8][9] Gameboomers wrote that the game was 'pretty okay'.[10] Just Adventure felt the title was loony and offbeat.[11] Meristation felt that while the game was competent and didn't have any serious flaws, it lacked anything that pushed the genre.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Online Gaming Review". 1997-06-06. Archived from the original on 1997-06-06. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
  2. ↑ "Ark of Time (1997) DOS release dates - MobyGames". MobyGames. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Ark of Time". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 87. Ziff Davis. October 1996. p. 98.
  4. ↑ "Four Fat Chicks -- Ark of Time Review". Tap-repeatedly.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Ark of Time review - AdventureGamers.com". Adventuregamers.com. 19 May 2002. Archived from the original on 11 December 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Game Rankings - External Link". 2005-07-21. Archived from the original on 2005-07-21. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
  7. ↑ Poole, Stephen (March 11, 1997). "Ark of Time Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2011-05-18. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  8. ↑ "Game Rankings - External Link". 2006-05-29. Archived from the original on 2006-05-29. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
  9. ↑ "Ark of Time for DOS (1997) MobyRank - MobyGames". MobyGames. Archived from the original on 11 December 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  10. ↑ "Game Rankings - External Link". 2007-06-23. Archived from the original on 2007-06-23. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
  11. ↑ Ivey, Ray (1997). "Ark of Time". Just Adventure. Archived from the original on 2007-08-08. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
  12. ↑ "La Atlántida, mito o realidad". MeriStation (in Spanish). 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
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