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The Sacred Amulet

This 1st person adventure game is set in the time of the Aztecs. A nobleman has been murdered, and you've been blamed for it, you must run away and save yourself. Is there a connection between his murder and…

1 October 1999

The Sacred Amulet is an adventure developed by Cryo Interactive, released 1 October 1999 on PlayStation, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Sacred Amulet is

The Sacred Amulet is an adventure game developed by Cryo Interactive and released in 1999. It was published by CD Projekt. It is available on PlayStation, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

A young Aztec named Little serpent from the village of Atoyac (near Tenochtitlan) is out hunting, he sees a noble, mortally wounded by a otomi warrior. The dying noble gives him an ornate necklace and utters the name Tlatli. Snakeling is thought to be the killer. After learning, that his parents have been taken away and the land is affected by a strange disease, Snakeling searches for the poet in Tlatelolco. Eventually Snakeling infiltrates Moctezuma's palace. There has a limited time to find the nature of the disease, before his parents sacrificed. Finding a link to several necklaces, Snakeling enters the temple of the Ceremonial Center, where a noble and priestess are responsible for the…
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

The Sacred Amulet launched on 1 October 1999, within three weeks of Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, Rayman 2: The Great Escape, Grand Theft Auto 2 and Homeworld.

Released around the same time: Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, Rayman 2: The Great Escape, Grand Theft Auto 2, Homeworld.

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When did The Sacred Amulet come out?
The Sacred Amulet was released on 1 October 1999 for PlayStation, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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