Pontifex
Build your bridge with love. Be proud of your creation, and give it a pompous name. Then eventually watch it with horror collapsing as a train runs of it, giving you an undeniable proof that your bridge was…
1 October 2001
Pontifex is a simulator, released 1 October 2001 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Pontifex is
Pontifex was released in 2001. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Build your bridge with love. Be proud of your creation, and give it a pompous name. Then eventually watch it with horror collapsing as a train runs of it, giving you an undeniable proof that your bridge was indeed flawed. Then start over. These few sentences depict well a typical game of Pontifex, the successor of the infamous freeware Bridge Builder which had already made crazy numerous players around the world when it was released. As its name suggests, this game is all about building bridges. Each level confronts you with the same challenge: there is a river to cross, and it's up to you to devise the bridge. Three materials are available - light steel, heavy steel and wire - each with…
What it launched against
Pontifex launched on 1 October 2001, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto III, Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 2 (2001) and Ico.
Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto III, Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 2 (2001), Ico.
Quick answers
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When did Pontifex come out?
Pontifex was released on 1 October 2001 for PC (Microsoft Windows).
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