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* [[The Character Died with Him]]: Martine Burden's actress Debra Ritz Mason died in 2006 at the age of 55. |
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* [[Development Hell]]: ''The 11th Hour'' suffered from this greatly, the reception was lukewarm and the resulting game faded into obscurity for a time until the advent of the [[Let's Play]] that helped bring attention to the game. |
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* [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]]: Good luck trying to find a physical copy of ''Uncle Henry's Playhouse''. Only twenty-seven copies were sold in the US. Worldwide sales capped at '''176 copies'''. Yes, those numbers are right. And no, it hasn't been re-released. |
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** The Microscope puzzle uses AI to play a game of Ataxx with the player, and you must beat it to proceed. Thanks to processing advances since the initial PC release, it's nigh impossible for a human to beat now. The game AI allots itself a set amount of time to perform a search tree for its most optimal move, then after a preset delay, picks the best move it's found by then. A really good processor back in 1993 ran about 40-60 MHz. They have since become 50 times faster ''with a single core'', and as a result the Ataxx AI can think far, far, far more ahead in the same amount of delay. However, since it was only one game, in controlling only one (relatively minor) room of the house, excising it for the iOS release wasn't that big of a deal. |
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*** In fact, even if it is solved, there's no rewarding cutscene to watch, unlike many of the others. |
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* [[Technology Marches On]]: |
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** The same unfortunately can't be said for ''Eleventh Hour'', which had several puzzles where you were locked in a "duel with Stauf", including the final puzzle of the game, which was essentially playing a game of Pente with the AI. Because of that, the developers will need to find another way to limit the possible moves analyzed before the game can be released. |
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** The Microscope puzzle in ''The 7th Guest'' pits the player against an AI in a game of Ataxx. The AI performs a brief search tree for its most optimal move, waits for a set delay, and picks the best move it finds. Processors have become at least fifty times faster ''with a single core'' since 1993; the Ataxx AI can now think so far ahead in the same amount of delay that defeating the AI is nigh-impossible. But this was only one minigame in one relatively minor room of the house—and it didn't deliver a cutscene reward for winning—so excising it for the tablet releases wasn't that big of a deal. |
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** ''The 11th Hour'' features several puzzles that lock players in a "duel with Stauf". One such "duel" is the final puzzle of the game, which is essentially a game of Pente. To access the game's multiple endings, players have to beat the final puzzle multiple times—and each successive playthrough gives the AI a bigger advantage in that puzzle. ''The 11th Hour'' couldn't be re-released until the developers found a way to limit the AI's advantage over human players. |
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* [[Vaporware]]: This is the fate of both the 3DO port of ''The 11th Hour'' and ''The 11th Hour'''s planned sequel ''The Collector''. |
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Latest revision as of 23:24, 25 January 2020
- The Character Died with Him: Martine Burden's actress Debra Ritz Mason died in 2006 at the age of 55.
- Development Hell: The 11th Hour suffered from this greatly, the reception was lukewarm and the resulting game faded into obscurity for a time until the advent of the Let's Play that helped bring attention to the game.
- Keep Circulating the Tapes: Good luck trying to find a physical copy of Uncle Henry's Playhouse. Only twenty-seven copies were sold in the US. Worldwide sales capped at 176 copies. Yes, those numbers are right. And no, it hasn't been re-released.
- Killer App: The 7th Guest was often bundled with CD-ROM drives (at least until Myst came along).
- Technology Marches On:
- The Microscope puzzle in The 7th Guest pits the player against an AI in a game of Ataxx. The AI performs a brief search tree for its most optimal move, waits for a set delay, and picks the best move it finds. Processors have become at least fifty times faster with a single core since 1993; the Ataxx AI can now think so far ahead in the same amount of delay that defeating the AI is nigh-impossible. But this was only one minigame in one relatively minor room of the house—and it didn't deliver a cutscene reward for winning—so excising it for the tablet releases wasn't that big of a deal.
- The 11th Hour features several puzzles that lock players in a "duel with Stauf". One such "duel" is the final puzzle of the game, which is essentially a game of Pente. To access the game's multiple endings, players have to beat the final puzzle multiple times—and each successive playthrough gives the AI a bigger advantage in that puzzle. The 11th Hour couldn't be re-released until the developers found a way to limit the AI's advantage over human players.
- Vaporware: This is the fate of both the 3DO port of The 11th Hour and The 11th Hour's planned sequel The Collector.
- Back to The 7th Guest