The Tempest
An interactive fiction adaptation of William Shakespeare's comedy The Tempest in which the player guides the spirit Ariel. The text and descriptions are lifted from the original work, i.e. in Early Modern…
The Tempest is an adventure developed by Graham Nelson, released 1 October 1997 on Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser.
What The Tempest is
The Tempest is an adventure game developed by Graham Nelson and released in 1997. It is available on Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser. It runs on Inform.
The premise, in the publisher's words
An interactive fiction adaptation of William Shakespeare's comedy The Tempest in which the player guides the spirit Ariel. The text and descriptions are lifted from the original work, i.e. in Early Modern English.
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
The Tempest launched on 1 October 1997, within three weeks of Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, Grand Theft Auto, Resident Evil: Director's Cut and Ultima Online.
Released around the same time: Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, Grand Theft Auto, Resident Evil: Director's Cut, Ultima Online.
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