Abyss
The Abyss is a unique adventure game that blends strategic decision-making with varied puzzle challenges. Players control an adventurer attempting to cross a treacherous network of bridges spanning a deadly…
Abyss is an adventure developed by Cases Computer Simulations, released 31 December 1984 on BBC Microcomputer System and ZX Spectrum.
What Abyss is
Abyss is an adventure game developed by Cases Computer Simulations and released in 1984. It is available on BBC Microcomputer System and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Abyss is a unique adventure game that blends strategic decision-making with varied puzzle challenges. Players control an adventurer attempting to cross a treacherous network of bridges spanning a deadly abyss. The game begins with a bird's-eye view of the bridge system, requiring quick route planning as lingering too long results in falling. Upon reaching each bridge's end, players face diverse challenges from monsters, ranging from solving math problems to navigating mazes. These mini-games add depth and variety to the core bridge-crossing mechanic. The ultimate goal is to reach the Mountain of the Golden Lion, marked by a flashing 'F'. This mix of time-pressured navigation and varied…
How it plays
It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Abyss holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1984 averaged 73, so it scored 2 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Abyss launched on 31 December 1984, within three weeks of Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike and Bomb Jack. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike, Bomb Jack.
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