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Spider and Web

Spider And Web is not a game about a vacation. It is a game about deception, incomplete knowledge, and the ways that stories in other people's heads can be the best lies. It is also about the role of the…

31 December 1998

Spider and Web is an adventure developed by Andrew Plotkin, released 31 December 1998 on Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser.

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What Spider and Web is

Spider and Web is an adventure game developed by Andrew Plotkin and released in 1998. It is available on Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser. It runs on Inform.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Spider And Web is not a game about a vacation. It is a game about deception, incomplete knowledge, and the ways that stories in other people's heads can be the best lies. It is also about the role of the narrator works in interactive fiction -- but you don't have to worry about that to play the game. (Well, not much.)
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are mystery and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Spider and Web launched on 31 December 1998, within three weeks of Suikoden II, Super Smash Bros., Crazy Taxi (1999) and Mario Party.

Released around the same time: Suikoden II, Super Smash Bros., Crazy Taxi (1999), Mario Party.

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When did Spider and Web come out?
Spider and Web was released on 31 December 1998 for Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser.

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