Four Minutes to Midnight
8th Day Software 1985
- Language:
- English
- Authors:
- Martin Rennie, Mike White
- Systems:
- Quill, The/AdventureWriter
- Platforms:
- Spectrum
- Genres:
- Based on literature , Horror, Science fiction
- Related:
- Games Without Frontiers [1: Four Minutes to Midnight, 2: Cuddles, 3: Quann Tulla, 4: Ice Station Zero, 5: In Search of Angels, 6: Faerie]
- Entered by:
- Gunness, Strident, WhenIWasCruel
- Added:
- 10-05-2010
- Edited:
- 03-09-2019
Synopsis
Plot
After a deadly virus has wiped nearly all of mankind, you're among the few survivors. Your task is to gather five people who can help you with now-forgotten technology, traverse the United States and disarm a number of nuclear weapons.
Notes
Inspired by Stephen King's The Stand.
There are two versions of this game; a text-only version and a text/graphics version.
Resources (Upload file)
- Solution
- by terri
- Map
- by Exemptus
- Hints
- by terri, Ken Hart
- Further Info:
- Search at Museum of Computer Adventure Game History
- Search at Spectrum Computing
- Search at The Tipshop
- Search at World of Spectrum
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A complicated affair, with lots of variables to juggle (party of 5 NPCs which can augment / constrain capabilities, individual counters for hunger, day/night cycles, vehicles), but manageable with a bit of perseverance. The post-apocalyptic theme is not too convincing, but mostly works. Problems have a logical, though sometimes obscure workaround. Goals are not well defined and have to be stumbled upon, or inferred from context. Can present a decent challenge to experienced adventurers, but it is not very exciting to play due to too much drudgery with the required moves.