Countdown
An 3rd person Point and Click adventure game for DOS. You play as Mason Powers, a former CIA agent, who wakes up with his memory erased. While recovering from his amnesia he realised that he has been framed…
Countdown is an adventure developed by Access Software, released 31 December 1990 on DOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Countdown is
Countdown is an adventure game developed by Access Software and released in 1990. It is available on DOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
You're American agent Mason Powers and you've just intercepted an ultra secret message about an international terrorist group. Just as you're about to brief CIA Section Chief, Frank McBain, everything goes black...and you wake up in remote prison hospital in Turkey...with no memory of what happened and charged with the murder of Frank McBain!
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Countdown launched on 31 December 1990, within three weeks of Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound and Colorado.
Released around the same time: Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound, Colorado.
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