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The Daedalus Encounter

The Daedalus Encounter is an interactive movie puzzle adventure game developed by Mechadeus and published by Virgin Interactive for MS-DOS and 3DO. The premise of the game is that there are three space marines…

1 April 1995

The Daedalus Encounter is an adventure developed by Mechadeus, released 1 April 1995 on 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Daedalus Encounter is

The Daedalus Encounter is an adventure game developed by Mechadeus and released in 1995. It was published by Panasonic. It is available on 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game follows a trio of space marines who fought in an interstellar war: Casey (the player character), Ari (Tia Carrere) and Zack (Christian Bocher). The game opens, and the story begins, just as Casey has been brought back to life by his partners. After being in a horrible space accident, Casey's body irreparably damaged, and he is now only a brain grafted in a life-support system on their spaceship. The player can interact with the world through a small remote controlled flying probe, which is launched from the ship shortly after the start of the game. In this new form, Casey possesses limited ability to interact with his environment, his only way to communicate being through a yes/no…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Daedalus Encounter launched on 1 April 1995, within three weeks of Chrono Trigger, Discworld, Mortal Kombat 3 and Gex.

Released around the same time: Chrono Trigger, Discworld, Mortal Kombat 3, Gex.

Official trailer

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Screenshots

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Quick answers

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When did The Daedalus Encounter come out?
The Daedalus Encounter was released on 1 April 1995 for 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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