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Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
Elvira Mistress of the Dark Cover.jpg
Developer(s) Horrorsoft
Publisher(s) Accolade
Platform(s) Amiga, Atari ST, C64 and IBM PC
Release date(s) 1990 for IBM PC and 1991 for Atari ST and Amiga
Genre(s) Horror RPG Point and click
Mode(s) Single-player
Media 5 Floppy disk
Input methods Keyboard, mouse

Elvira: Mistress Of The Dark is a horror RPG,[1] starring the actress Cassandra Peterson. The game was created by Horrorsoft and released in 1990 by Accolade. Elvira won Computer Gaming World's 1991 Role Playing Game of the Year award.[2] It was Horrorsoft's second published game, after "Personal Nightmare".[3] The game was followed by Elvira 2: The Jaws of Cerberus.

Plot

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The player's character has been called upon to rescue Elvira, for she has been kidnapped and is being held in her own castle. In the beginning of the game the player is captured, and then rescued by Elvira. She has lost her items and potions and the player needs to find them so she can get her powers back so she can resume control of the castle.

Reception

The game was reviewed in 1991 in Dragon #169 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 4 out of 5 stars.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Elvira: Mistress of the Dark". Mobygames. http://www.mobygames.com/game/elvira-mistress-of-the-dark.  
  2. ^ Staff (November 1991). "Computer Gaming World's 1991 Games of the Year Awards". Computer Gaming World (Golden Empire Publications, Inc) (88): 38–40, 58.  
  3. ^ "Elvira: Mistress of the Dark". The House of Games. http://www.thehouseofgames.net/index.php?t=10&id=155.  
  4. ^ Lesser, Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk (May 1991). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (169): 61-65.  







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