Popol Maya
According to its introduction, popol maya is “not just a game” but a belief system. Supposedly, its tenets are based on Maya mythology, though it flagrantly misinterprets everything about that culture save for…
Popol Maya is an adventure developed by Shadow Entertainment, released 31 December 1997 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Popol Maya is
Popol Maya is an adventure game developed by Shadow Entertainment and released in 1997. It was published by Hitachi. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
According to its introduction, popol maya is “not just a game” but a belief system. Supposedly, its tenets are based on Maya mythology, though it flagrantly misinterprets everything about that culture save for a vaguely tropical setting. The game stumbles onto its own ideas instead, attempting to solve that universal question of how to find meaning in a disorderly, malevolent world.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Popol Maya launched on 31 December 1997, within three weeks of Resident Evil 2 (1998), Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Gran Turismo and Klonoa: Door to Phantomile.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil 2 (1998), Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Gran Turismo, Klonoa: Door to Phantomile.
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