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| Developer(s) | Interactive Binary Illusions |
| Publisher(s) | Renegade Software |
| Designer(s) | John Passfield Steve Stamatiadis |
| Engine | AMOS |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, DOS, all ScummVM platforms |
| Release date(s) | 1995 |
| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Everyone (6+) USK: 6+ |
| Media | 1 CD-ROM (DOS) 11 Floppy disks (Amiga) |
| System requirements | Amiga: Any Amiga DOS: 386, 33 MHz CPU, 4 MB RAM |
| Input methods | Mouse, Keyboard |
Flight of the Amazon Queen (FOTAQ) is a graphical point-and-click adventure game by Interactive Binary Illusions originally released in 1995 for Amiga and DOS and re-released as free software in 2004[1][2] for use with ScummVM. It is very similar in style in many ways to LucasArts' many popular point-and-click adventures of the 1990s, and was inspired by Monkey Island[3] and Indiana Jones[4].
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Taking place in 1949, the game is a pastiche of adventure serials and pulp magazines of the time.
The player assumes the role of Joe King, pilot for hire and owner of the Amazon Queen airplane of the title, who crash-lands in the Amazon jungle and subsequently has to save not only his passenger, the famous movie star Faye Russel, but also an entire tribe of Amazon women and even the world from a mad scientist and his lederhosen company, who have concocted a vile scheme to turn Amazons into Dinosaur warriors using his DinoRay invention.
The game includes multiple allusions to the Indiana Jones games, for example images of their main character and his fear of snakes.
Prior to release, the game was sent by the publisher to Future Publishing's Amiga Power magazine, to be reviewed by Jonathan Nash in issue 51. Whilst playing he found an error which prevented progression through the game (at the start, the bellhop would not relinquish the door key). He informed the publisher which resulted in the game release being delayed for several months as, at the time, the game had been sent to the disk duplication factory ready for reproduction. As it was also too late to change the magazine content and layout, the issue went to press with an apology that they had unintentionally reviewed an "unfinished" game, which was against one of their policies[5]. The screenshots for the issue came from the PC version, also against their policy. The front cover of this issue featured an artist's impression of the 'escape from Rio' car chase scene[6].
The Amiga version had no voices, whereas the DOS CD version was a talkie featuring full voice-acting. The voice of the Temple Guardian was provided by British actress Penelope Keith. Actor William Hootkins, who played Red Six (Jek Porkins) in Star Wars, also voiced a number of characters.
In March 2004, the game was released as free software and support for it was added to ScummVM, allowing it to be played on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, and many other operating systems and consoles. The datafiles for both the floppy disk and CD-ROM version are available from the ScummVM website. The Fedora RPM software repository has an installer for the game alongside ScummVM.
In 2009, iPhSoft took ScummVM's FOTAQ iPhone / iPod Touch free port and modified it. This modification is being commercially sold on iTunes.
The game is set primarily in the Amazon Basin. The following key locations feature in the game:
| Flight of the Amazon Queen | |
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| Developer(s) | Interactive Binary Illusions |
| Publisher(s) | Renegade Software |
| Designer(s) | John Passfield Steve Stamatiadis |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, DOS |
| Release date(s) | 1995 |
| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Everyone (6+) USK: 6+ |
| Media | 1 CD-ROM (DOS) 11 Floppy disks (Amiga) |
| System requirements | |
Flight of the Amazon Queen (FOTAQ) is a graphical point-and-click adventure game by Interactive Binary Illusions originally released in 1995 for Amiga and DOS and re-released as free software in 2004[1][2] for use with ScummVM. It is very similar in style in many ways to LucasArts' many popular point-and-click adventures of the 1990s, and was inspired by Monkey Island[3] and Indiana Jones[4].
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Taking place in 1949, the game is a pastiche of adventure serials and pulp magazines of the time.
The player assumes the role of Joe King, pilot for hire and owner of the Amazon Queen airplane of the title, who crash-lands in the Amazon jungle and subsequently has to save not only his passenger, the famous movie star Faye Russel, but also an entire tribe of Amazon women and even the world from a mad scientist and his lederhosen company, who have concocted a vile scheme to turn Amazons into Dinosaur warriors using his DinoRay invention.
The game includes multiple allusions to the Indiana Jones games, for example images of their main character and his fear of snakes.
Prior to release, the game was sent by the publisher to Future Publishing's Amiga Power magazine, to be reviewed by Jonathan Nash in issue 51. Whilst playing he found an error which prevented progression through the game (at the start, the bellhop would not relinquish the door key). He informed the publisher which resulted in the game release being delayed for several months as, at the time, the game had been sent to the disk duplication factory ready for reproduction. As it was also too late to change the magazine content and layout, the issue went to press with an apology that they had unintentionally reviewed an "unfinished" game, which was against one of their policies[5]. The screenshots for the issue came from the PC version, also against their policy. The front cover of this issue featured an artist's impression of the 'escape from Rio' car chase scene[6].
The Amiga version had no voices, whereas the DOS CD version was a talkie featuring full voice-acting. The voice of the Temple Guardian was provided by British actress Penelope Keith. Actor William Hootkins, who played Red Six (Jek Porkins) in Star Wars, also voiced a number of characters.
The DOS CD version contained a Mini-Game of sorts. The file Queen.1 (1.82MB, CRC: D72DCD56) is found in the INTERVIE folder in the CD-ROM's Root. The Mini-Game is a fully playable adventure game, where the main character tries to get an interview from the game's development team. The game features MIDI music and full text, but no talkie version was ever released. The Mini-Game features familiar locations, characters, and game spoilers. The Mini-Game usually goes unnoticed as it is not bootable or playable from within the main game. The Mini-Game is fully supported by the recent ScummVM release.
In March 2004, the game was released as free software and support for it was added to ScummVM, allowing it to be played on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, and many other operating systems and consoles. The datafiles for both the floppy disk and CD-ROM version are available from the ScummVM website. The Fedora RPM software repository has an installer for the game alongside ScummVM.
In 2009, iPhSoft took ScummVM's FOTAQ iPhone / iPod Touch free port and modified it. This modification is being commercially sold on iTunes.
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The game is set primarily in the Amazon Basin. The following key locations feature in the game:
Flight of the Amazon Queen | Table of
Contents | Walkthrough
| Flight of the Amazon Queen | |
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| Developer(s) | Interactive Binary Illusions |
| Publisher(s) | Renegade Software |
| Designer(s) | John Passfield, Steve Stamatiadis |
| Engine | AMOS BASIC |
| Release date(s) | |
| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| System(s) | MS-DOS, Amiga |
| Players | 1 |
| Rating(s) |
ESRB:
 Everyone |
| System requirements (help) |
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Flight of the Amazon Queen is a graphical point-and-click adventure game by Interactive Binary Illusions, originally released in 1995 for MS-DOS and the Commodore Amiga. The Amiga version had no voices, while the DOS CD version is a "talkie" featuring full voice acting. The game was released as freeware in 2004 for use with ScummVM.
Taking place in the 1940s, the game is a pastiche of adventure serials of the time. The player assumes the role of Joe King, pilot for hire and owner of the titular Amazon Queen airplane, who crashlands in the Amazon jungle and subsequently has to save not only his passenger, the famous movie star Faye Russel, but also an entire tribe of Amazon women and even the world from a mad scientist and his lederhosen company, who have concocted a vile scheme to turn Amazons into Dinosaur warriors.
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| Developer(s) | |
| Publisher(s) | Renegade Software |
| Release date | 1995 |
| Genre | Adventure |
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| Platform(s) | DOS, Amiga |
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 Intro |
 Ingame |
 Dr. Ironstein |
 Anderson and Faye Russell |
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